1. Martin Joseph Jenkins was born on November 12,1953 and is an American attorney and jurist serving as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California.
18 Facts About Martin Jenkins
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Martin Jenkins was previously a justice of the California Court of Appeal for the First District, located in San Francisco, and a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
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Martin Jenkins earned an Associate of Arts degree from City College of San Francisco, then graduated from Santa Clara University with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
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Martin Jenkins played on the Santa Clara Broncos football team at defensive back.
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Martin Jenkins then attended the University of San Francisco School of Law, where he earned his Juris Doctor with honors.
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Martin Jenkins was a law clerk in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, California, from 1980 to 1981, and then a deputy district attorney in that same office from 1981 to 1983.
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In 1985, Martin Jenkins moved back to the Bay Area when his mother became ill, then served as in-house counsel for Pacific Bell for four years.
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Martin Jenkins served as the Judicial Appointments Secretary for California Governor Gavin Newsom from January 14,2019, to December 4,2020.
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Martin Jenkins was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
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Martin Jenkins was nominated by President Bill Clinton on July 24,1997, to a seat vacated by Eugene F Lynch.
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Martin Jenkins was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 9,1997, and received commission on November 12,1997.
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On January 25,2008, Schwarzenegger nominated Jenkins to fill the vacancy on the First District Court of Appeal created by the retirement of Justice Joanne C Parrilli.
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Martin Jenkins resigned from the federal bench on April 3 and was confirmed on the state bench on April 4,2008.
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On October 5,2020, Governor Newsom announced that he would nominate Martin Jenkins to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California, replacing Ming Chin, who retired on August 31,2020.
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On November 11,2020, Martin Jenkins was confirmed as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California.
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On December 4,2020, Martin Jenkins was sworn in as the newest Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court.
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In 2022, Martin Jenkins voted with a majority of the California Supreme Court in ordering University of California, Berkeley to cut its enrollment after a local NIMBY group argued that more students in the college town would have an adverse environmental impact.
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Martin Jenkins is Catholic and a member of the St Thomas More Society of San Francisco.