1. Thelton Eugene Henderson was born on November 28,1933 and is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
16 Facts About Thelton Henderson
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Thelton Henderson has played an important role in the field of civil rights as a lawyer, educator, and jurist.
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Thelton Henderson received a Juris Doctor from the UC Berkeley School of Law in 1962.
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Thelton Henderson was in the United States Army as a Corporal from 1956 to 1958.
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Thelton Henderson was the first African-American attorney for the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice from 1962 to 1963.
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Thelton Henderson was in private practice of law in Oakland, California from 1964 to 1966.
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Thelton Henderson was the Directing Attorney of the East Bayshore Neighborhood Legal Center in East Palo Alto, California from 1966 to 1969.
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Thelton Henderson was an assistant dean at Stanford Law School from 1968 to 1977.
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Thelton Henderson was in private practice of law in San Francisco, California from 1977 to 1980.
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Thelton Henderson was an associate professor at the Golden Gate University School of Law from 1978 to 1980.
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Thelton Henderson was sent to the South to monitor local law enforcement for any civil rights abuses, a role that included investigating the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, which killed four girls.
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Thelton Henderson was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 26,1980, and received his commission on June 30,1980.
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Thelton Henderson served as Chief Judge from 1990 to 1997.
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Thelton Henderson took inactive senior status on August 11,2017, meaning that while he remains a federal judge, he no longer hears cases or participates in the business of the court.
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Thelton Henderson rejected attempts by the Clinton and Bush administrations to relax legal standards on fishing practices and loosen dolphin safe labeling on tuna.
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In 1982 Thelton Henderson overturned the conviction of Johnny Spain, the only member of The San Quentin Six convicted of murder for the deaths of three California Correctional Peace Officers and two inmates in a riot and escape attempt led by Black Panther Party member and Black Guerilla Family founder George Jackson.