Fernando Manzano Olguin
Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2013 and confirmed by voice vote, Fernando Manzano Olguin is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He earned a law degree from University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 1989. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1961 · age 65
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama, 2013
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Harvard 1985 · University of California, Berkeley, Law 1989
- Succeeded
- Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Central District of California succeeded Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen | Obama (D) | Voice vote |
Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.
Confirmation vote
Voice vote
The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.
Education
| Harvard University | B.A. | 1985 |
| University of California, Berkeley | M.A. | 1989 |
| University of California, Berkeley, School of Law | J.D. | 1989 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Olguin was assigned 5,431 district-court cases (1997–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 103 days across 5,027 closed cases.
Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.
On appeal
Of 201 of Olguin’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 153 were affirmed, 29 reversed or vacated, and 19 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Olguin authored 2 published opinions for the court (2005–2008). Most cited: Lundquist v. Continental Casualty Co. (16 citations).
A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Recent & notable rulings
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Lundquist v. Continental Casualty Co. | 394 F. Supp. 2d 1230 | 16 |
| 2008 | Thoa Thi Le v. Astrue | 540 F. Supp. 2d 1144 | 6 |
Showing the 2 most-cited of 2 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.
Questions & answers
- Who appointed Fernando Manzano Olguin?
- President Barack Obama appointed Fernando Manzano Olguin to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 2013.
- Was Fernando Manzano Olguin appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Fernando Manzano Olguin was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Fernando Manzano Olguin's confirmation vote?
- Fernando Manzano Olguin was confirmed by voice vote on December 17, 2012. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Fernando Manzano Olguin on?
- Fernando Manzano Olguin is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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13 years on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).