Jeffrey T. Miller

Jeffrey T. Miller
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
Incumbent
Assumed office June 6, 2010
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
In office May 27, 1997 – June 6, 2010
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Gordon Thompson Jr.
Succeeded by	Cathy Ann Bencivengo
Judge of the Superior Court of California, San Diego County
In office 1987–1997
Personal details
Born	Jeffrey Timo Miller[1] (1943-01-14) January 14, 1943 (age 81)[2] New York City, New York, U.S.
Spouse	Jada L. Corbett[2]
Education	University of California, Los Angeles (BA, JD)

Jeffrey Timo Miller (born January 14, 1943) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

Education and career

Born in New York City, Miller received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1964 and a Juris Doctor from the UCLA School of Law in 1967. Miller was a deputy state attorney general of California from 1968 to 1987. He was a judge on the San Diego County Superior Court from 1987 to 1997.

Federal judicial service

On January 7, 1997, Miller was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California vacated by Gordon Thompson Jr. Miller was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 23, 1997, and received his commission on May 27, 1997. On June 6, 2010 he assumed senior status.^[3]

Notable cases

During his tenure as a federal judge, Miller has handled some noteworthy cases.^[3] In 2005 he presided over a corruption case against San Diego City Councilmembers Ralph Inzunza and Michael Zucchet. After the jury convicted both men and a co-defendant, Miller took the unusual step of overturning the jury verdict against Zucchet and acquitting him on most of the charges, saying the evidence against him was insufficient. The ruling was upheld by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

In 2012 he heard the wrongful death civil suit in the case of the crash of a U.S. Marine jet in 2008, which killed four people in a residential area in San Diego. Trying the case without a jury, Miller awarded $17.8 million to the survivors.^[3]

In 2013 he presided over a case against four Somali immigrants who were accused of sending money to the terrorist group al-Shabab. The case used information gathered by a secret National Security Agency (NSA) program for collecting telephone metadata. He sentenced the men to prison; his rulings regarding the NSA's surveillance program were affirmed on appeal.^[3]

In November 2016, Miller successfully brokered settlement talks in three separate lawsuits against Donald Trump alleging fraudulent practices by Trump University.^[3][4]

References

1. "Jeffrey Timo Miller Judge Profile". martindale.com. Archived from the original on October 31, 2019.
2. Confirmation hearings on federal appointments : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, first session, on confirmation of appointees to the federal judiciary. pt.1 (1999)
3. Moran, Greg (November 18, 2016). "Jeffrey Miller: The San Diego judge who nailed down the Trump University deal". San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
4. "Settlement Urged In Trump University Fraud Trial". CBS Los Angeles. Associated Press. November 11, 2016. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

Sources

• Jeffrey T. Miller at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Gordon Thompson Jr.	Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California 1997–2010	Succeeded by Cathy Ann Bencivengo