Salvador Mendoza Jr.

Salvador Mendoza Jr.
Mendoza in 2023
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Assumed office
September 15, 2022
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byM. Margaret McKeown
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
In office
June 19, 2014 – September 16, 2022
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded byLonny R. Suko
Succeeded byvacant
Judge of the Benton County and Franklin County Superior Courts
In office
May 6, 2013 – June 19, 2014
Appointed byJay Inslee
Succeeded byAlexander C. Ekstrom
Personal details
Born (1971-11-30) November 30, 1971 (age 52)[1]
Pacoima, California, U.S.
SpouseMia
Children3
EducationUniversity of Washington (BA)
University of California, Los Angeles (JD)

Salvador Mendoza Jr. (born November 30, 1971)[2] is an American lawyer serving as United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He previously served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington from 2014 to 2022 and as a Washington state court judge from 2002 to 2014.

  1. ^ Judge Salvador Mendoza – Nominee to the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  2. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 23, 2023.