U.S. District Judge Cynthia Bashant assumed the role of chief judge of the Southern District of California on Wednesday, succeeding Judge Dana Sabraw. The ceremony, held at the James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep U.S. Courthouse, honored Sabraw's service and marked the transition of leadership. Bashant is the first female chief judge of the district.
U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw, right, speaks before passing the gavel of the chief judge of the Southern District of California to new Chief U.S. District Judge Cynthia Bashant during a ceremony Wednesday evening at the James M. Carter & Judith N. Keep U.S. Court house in Downtown San Diego. U.S.
Much of the ceremony was dedicated to honoring Sabraw as he stepped down as chief judge. San Diego County Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe read a proclamation from the Board of Supervisors declaring Wednesday to be “Dana Makota Sabraw Day throughout San Diego County.” The timing of the ceremony — the week of President Donald Trump’s inauguration and other turnover in federal leadership positions — was coincidental. By tradition, the Southern District of California since 1984 has held its passing of the gavel ceremonies on Jan. 22, the birth date of a former chief judge, Howard Turrentine, who stepped down on his 70th birthday.
During his time as chief of the district, Sabraw helped lead the court through the back end of the COVID-19 pandemic and oversaw the swearing in of six district judges and six magistrate judges. In that landmark immigration case, Sabraw presided over lawsuits over the first Trump administration’s policy of separating families at the border as part of its policy of criminally charging all adults who crossed the border unlawfully.
She ruled that the practice of “metering” — which involved U.S. officials turning away asylum seekers at border crossings if those crossings were deemed to be at capacity —
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