11 Facts About Susan Illston

Susan Yvonne Illston was born on June 24,1948 and is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

Susan Illston was nominated by President Bill Clinton and confirmed by the Senate in 1995.

Susan Illston graduated Duke University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in 1970 and she received a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School in 1973.

In February 2004, Illston ruled in 321 Studios v Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Inc that the company's software, which was intended, according to the company, to allow consumers to make backup copies of DVDs by "circumventing" so-called "copy protection" methods, was illegal under Federal law.

Susan Illston issued an injunction at the behest of several Hollywood studios and ordered 321 Studios to stop selling their product.

In March 2009, Susan Illston presided over a perjury case involving Barry Bonds.

In October 2009, Susan Illston ruled in favor of environmental groups, including the Center for Biological Diversity, that sued the US Bureau of Land Management over a 5,000 mile expansion of off-roading trails in California's Mojave Desert.

Susan Illston found that the BLM had violated its own regulations when it designated the routes in 2006 without adequately analyzing the impacts on air quality, soils, plant communities and sensitive species such as the endangered Mojave fringe-toed lizard.

Susan Illston ruled that the plan specifically violated the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

Susan Illston has granted Sony permission to track as much information as possible about those who had seen a private YouTube video about the jailbreak and to read their comments, plus obtain access to IP addresses, accounts, and other details of visitors to sites run by Geohot.

The access granted by Susan Illston extends even to those who had not downloaded the jailbreak code.