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{{Short description|American judge (born 1955)}}

{{Infobox judgeofficeholder

| office1 = [[United States magistrate judge| = Chief Magistrate Judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of California]]

| term_start1 = January 1, 2011

| term_end1 = November 1, 2015<ref name="JB">[https://web.archive.org/web/20180926012829/http://www.caed.uscourts.gov/caednew/index.cfm/judges/all-judges/5017/united-states-district-judge-dale-a-drozd-dad/ Judiciary Bio]</ref>

| office2 = [[United States magistrate judge| = Magistrate Judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of California]]

| term_start2 = July 15, 1997

| term_end2 = November 1, 2015<ref name="JB" />

| birth_name = Dale Alan Drozd

| birth_date = {{Birth dateyear and age|1955|01|21}}

| birth_place = {{nowrap|[[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]], [[California]]U.S.}}

| education = {{nowrap|[[San Diego State University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.BA]])}}<br>[[UCLA School of Law|University of California, Los Angeles]] ([[Juris Doctor|J.D.JD]])

'''Dale Alan Drozd''' (born January 21, 1955) is a [[United States federal judge|United States Districtdistrict Judgejudge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of California]] and former [[United States magistrate judge|Chief United States Magistratemagistrate Judgejudge]] of the same court.

Drozd was born Januaryin 211955, 1955 in [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]], [[California]],<ref>State of California. California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.</ref> andHe is a 1973 graduate of [[Servite High School]], in [[Anaheim, California|Anaheim]]. He attended the [[University of Southern California]] from 1973 to 1975, graduated from [[San Diego State University]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in 1977, and he received a [[Juris Doctor]] in 1980 from the [[University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law]].<ref name=USCourt>{{cite web| url=http://www.caed.uscourts.gov/caednew/index.cfm/judges/all-judges/5017/ |title=Chief Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd |publisher= United States District Court, Eastern District of California| access-date= October16 Oct, 2013}}</ref><ref name="fjc.gov">{{citeFJC webBio|urlnid=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/drozd-dale-alan1394801|titleinline=Drozd, Dale Alan – Federal Judicial Center|website=www.fjc.govyes}}</ref>

== Professional careerCareer ==

After graduation Drozd served as a Lawlaw ClerkclerktotheJudge [[Lawrence K. Karlton]], of the United States District Judge Eastern District of California from 1980 to 1982 and was in private practice of law for 15 years in [[San Francisco]] and [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]].<ref name= USCourt /><ref name="fjc.gov"/>

=== Federal judicial service ===

The judges of the United States District Court of the Eastern District of California appointed Drozd to be a [[United States Magistratemagistrate Judgejudge]] in 1997 and he was appointed as Chiefchief United States Magistratemagistrate Judgejudge of the same court in 2010. He served as chief judge from January 1, 2011, until his appointment as Districtdistrict Judgejudge.

On November 12, 2014, President [[Barack Obama]] nominated Drozd to serve as a judge on the United States District Court for the [[Eastern District of California]], to the seat vacated by [[Anthony W. Ishii]], who tookassumed [[senior status]] on October 31, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/11/12/president-obama-nominates-two-serve-united-states-district-courts|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=President Obama Nominates Two to Serve on the United States District Courts|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|date=12November 12, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/11/12/presidential-nominations-sent-senate|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|date=12November 12, 2014}}</ref> On December 16, 2014, his nomination was returned to the Presidentpresident due to the [[sine die]] adjournment of the [[113th United States Congress|113th Congress]].

On January 7, 2015, President Obama renominated him to the same position.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/01/07/presidential-nominations-sent-senate|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|date=7January 7, 2015}}</ref> He received a hearing before the [[United States Senate Judiciary Committee]] on May 6, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/nominations-2015-05-06|title=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|website=www.judiciary.senate.gov}}</ref> On June 4, 2015, his nomination was reported out of committee by [[voice vote]] with [[Senator Vitter]] recorded as voting no.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Results%20of%20Executive%20Business%20Meeting%20for%2006-04-152.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – June 4, 2015}}</ref> On October 5, 2015, the [[United States Senate]] voted to confirmconfirmed him inby a 69–21 vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=114&session=1&vote=00274|title=U.SOn the Nomination (Confirmation Dale A. Senate:Drozd, of California, to be U.S. SenateDistrict RollJudge Callfor Votesthe 114thEastern Congress – 1st SessionDistrict)|website=www.senate.gov}}</ref> He received his [[Letters patent|judicial commission]] on November 2, 2015.<ref name="fjc.gov" />

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