Mark Scarsi

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Mark C. Scarsi
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Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the Central District of California
Tenure

2020 - Present

Years in position

4

Education

Bachelor's

Syracuse University, 1987

Graduate

Syracuse University, 1993

Law

Georgetown University Law Center, 1996

Personal
Birthplace
Syracuse, N.Y.

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Mark C. Scarsi is a judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He was nominated by President Donald Trump (R) on November 13, 2018.[1] The U.S. Senate confirmed Scarsi by an 83-12 vote on September 15, 2020.[2] To see a full list of judges appointed by Donald Trump, click here.

The United States District Court for the Central District of California is one of 94 U.S. district courts. They are the general trial courts of the United States federal courts. To learn more about the court, click here.

Scarsi was a partner in the office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCoy LLP, in Los Angeles, California, from 2007 to 2020.[3]

Judicial nominations and appointments

United States District Court for the Central District of California (2020-present)

See also: Federal judges nominated by Donald Trump

On November 13, 2018, President Donald Trump (R) nominated Scarsi to a seat on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.[1] He was confirmed by an 83-12 vote of the U.S. Senate on September 15, 2020.[2] Scarsi received commission on September 18, 2020.[4] To read more about the federal nominations process, click here.

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Nominee Information
Name: Mark C. Scarsi
Court: United States District Court for the Central District of California
Progress
Confirmed 672 days after nomination.
ApprovedANominated: November 13, 2018
ApprovedAABA Rating: Unanimously well qualified
Questionnaire: Questionnaire
ApprovedAHearing: November 13, 2019
QFRs: QFRs (Hover over QFRs to read more)
ApprovedAReported: March 5, 2020 
ApprovedAConfirmed: September 15, 2020
ApprovedAVote: 83-12

Confirmation vote

The U.S. Senate confirmed Scarsi by an 83-12 vote on September 15, 2020.[2] To see a full breakdown of the vote on the official U.S. Senate website, click here.

Scarsi confirmation vote (September 15, 2020)
Party Yea Nay No vote
Electiondot.png Democratic 31 12 2
Ends.png Republican 51 0 2
Grey.png Independent 1 0 1
Total 83 12 5
Change in Senate rules
See also:
Filibuster and reconciliation in the United States Congress
Federal judges nominated by Donald Trump
United States federal courts

Scarsi was confirmed to a U.S. District Court under a new precedent the Senate established.

On April 3, 2019, the U.S. Senate voted 51-48 in favor of a change to chamber precedent lowering the maximum time allowed for debate on executive nominees to posts below the Cabinet level and on nominees to district court judgeships from 30 hours after invoking cloture to two.[5]

The change was passed under a procedure, often referred to as the nuclear option, that requires 51 votes rather than 60.[6]

It was the third use of the nuclear option in Senate history. In 2013, it was used to eliminate the 60-vote threshold to confirm presidential nominees, except those to the Supreme Court. In 2017, it was used to eliminate the 60-vote threshold required to confirm Supreme Court nominees.[7] For more, see Filibuster and reconciliation in the United States Congress.


Senate Judicial Committee

The Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on Scarsi's nomination on November 13, 2019.[8] Scarsi was reported to the full Senate on March 5, 2020, after a voice vote by the judiciary committee.[9]

Nomination

On October 10, 2018, President Donald Trump (R) announced his intent to nominate Scarsi to a seat on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.[3] His nomination was received in the U.S. Senate on November 13, 2018.[1]

At the sine die adjournment of the 115th Congress on January 3, 2019, the Senate returned Scarsi's nomination to President Trump.[10]

Trump announced his intent to renominate Scarsi on January 30, 2019.[11] The Senate received Scarsi's renomination on February 6, 2019.[12]

The nomination was returned to the president a second time at the sine die adjournment of the U.S. Senate on January 3, 2020.[13] The president officially renominated Scarsi on January 9.[2]

Scarsi was nominated to succeed George King, who retired from judicial service on January 6, 2017.

The American Bar Association unanimously rated Scarsi well qualified for the position.[14] To read more about ABA ratings, click here.

Early life and education

Scarsi was born in 1964 in Syracuse, New York. He received a B.S. and an M.S. in computer science from Syracuse University in 1987 and 1993, respectively. He obtained a J.D., magna cum laude, from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1996.[15][16]

Professional career

  • 2020-present: Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • 2007-2020: Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCoy LLP, in Los Angeles, California
  • 1998-2007: O'Melveny & Myers LLP
    • 2003-2007: Partner
    • 1998-2003: Associate
  • 1996-1998: Associate, Christie, Parker & Hale LLP
  • 1993-1994: Engineer (part-time), Lockheed Martin Corporation in Reston, Virginia
  • 1987-1993: Engineer, GE Aerospace/Martin Marietta/Lockheed Martin Corporation[15]

Associations

  • American Bar Association
  • American Business Trial Lawyers
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association
  • The Federalist Society
  • Italian American Lawyers' Association
  • Los Angeles County Bar
  • Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Republican National Lawyers Association
  • St. Thomas More Society of Los Angeles[15]

About the court

Central District of California
Ninth Circuit
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Judgeships
Posts: 28
Judges: 25
Vacancies: 3
Judges
Chief: Dolly Gee
Active judges: Fernando Aenlle-Rocha, Mónica Ramírez Almadani, Percy Anderson, Jesus Bernal, André Birotte Jr., Stanley Blumenfeld, David Carter, Michelle Williams Court, Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, Michael Fitzgerald, Sherilyn P. Garnett, Dolly Gee, John William Holcomb, Wesley L. Hsu, Kenly Kiya Kato, Robert Klausner, Fernando Olguin, Mark C. Scarsi, Fred W. Slaughter, Josephine Staton, Sunshine S. Sykes, Hernán D. Vera, John Walter, Stephen Wilson, Otis Wright

Senior judges:
Valerie Baker Fairbank, Dale Fischer, Terry Hatter, Aaron Kampfe, William Duffy Keller, John A. Kronstadt, Ronald Lew, Consuelo Marshall, Virginia Phillips, Dean Pregerson, James Selna, Christina Snyder, George Wu


The United States District Court for the Central District of California is one of 94 United States district courts. The court serves about seventeen million people in southern and central California, making it the largest federal judicial district by population. The district operates out of courthouses in Santa Ana, Riverside and two locations in Los Angeles. When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, based in downtown San Francisco at the James R. Browning Federal Courthouse. Initial appeals are heard in Pasadena at the Richard Chambers Courthouse.

The Central District of California has original jurisdiction over cases filed within its jurisdiction. These cases can include civil and criminal matters that fall under federal law.

There are three court divisions, each covering the following counties:

The Eastern Division, covering Riverside and San Bernardino counties.[17]

The Southern Division, covering Orange County.[17]

The Western Division, covering Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties.[17]

The federal nomination process

Federal judges are nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. There are multiple steps to the process:

  • The president nominates an individual for a judicial seat.
  • The nominee fills out a questionnaire and is reviewed by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
  • The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing with the nominee, questioning them about things like their judicial philosophy, past rulings or opinions, etc.
  • As part of this process, the committee sends a blue slip to senators from the home state in which the judicial nomination was received, allowing them to express their approval or disapproval of the nominee.
  • After the hearing, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote to approve or return the nominee.
  • If approved, the nominee is voted on by the full Senate.
  • If the Committee votes to return the nominee to the president, the president has the opportunity to re-nominate the individual.
  • The Senate holds a vote on the candidate.
  • If the Senate confirms the nomination, the nominee receives a commission to serve a lifelong position as a federal judge.
  • If the Senate does not confirm the nomination, that nominee does not become a judge.


See also

External links


Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Congress.gov, "PN2597 — Mark C. Scarsi — The Judiciary," accessed January 31, 2019
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Congress.gov, "PN1383 — Mark C. Scarsi — The Judiciary," accessed January 10, 2020
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 WhiteHouse.gov, "President Donald J. Trump Announces Eighteenth Wave of Judicial Nominees, Eighteenth Wave of United States Attorney Nominees, and Thirteenth Wave of United States Marshal Nominees," October 10, 2018
  4. ↑ Federal Judicial Center, "Scarsi, Mark Christopher," accessed September 22, 2020
  5. ↑ The Hill, "GOP triggers 'nuclear option' to speed up Trump picks," April 3, 2019
  6. ↑ Axios, "Senate GOP invokes 'nuclear option' to speed up confirmations of Trump nominees," April 3, 2019
  7. ↑ NBC News, "McConnell to use 'nuclear option' to confirm lower-level nominees," April 2, 2019
  8. ↑ Senate Judiciary Committee, "Nominations," November 13, 2019
  9. ↑ Senate Judiciary Committee, "Results of Executive Business Meeting," March 5, 2020
  10. ↑ Under Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, pending nominations are returned to the president if the Senate adjourns sine die or recesses for more than 30 days. Congressional Research Service, "Senate Consideration of Presidential Nominations: Committee and Floor Procedure," April 11, 2017
  11. ↑ White House, "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Judicial Nominees," January 30, 2019
  12. ↑ White House, "Twelve Nominations Sent to the Senate," February 6, 2019
  13. ↑ Congress.gov, "PN375 — Mark C. Scarsi — The Judiciary," accessed January 10, 2020
  14. ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III and Article IV judicial nominees: 116th Congress," accessed November 13, 2019
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Senate Judiciary Committee, "Questionnaire for judicial nominees: Mark Christopher Scarsi," accessed November 13, 2019
  16. ↑ Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCoy LLP, "Mark Scarsi," accessed October 12, 2018
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 United States District Court for the Central District of California, Jurisdiction

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California courts

Federal courts:

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Northern District of California, Southern District of California

State courts:

California Supreme Court • California Courts of Appeal • California Superior Courts

State resources:

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