Vaughn Walker

Vaughn Walker
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
In office
October 30, 2004 – December 31, 2010
Preceded byMarilyn Hall Patel
Succeeded byJames Ware
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
In office
November 27, 1989 – February 28, 2011
Appointed byGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded bySpencer Mortimer Williams
Succeeded byYvonne Gonzalez Rogers
Personal details
BornVaughn Richard Walker
1944 (age 81–82)
EducationUniversity of Michigan (BA)
Stanford University (JD)
Signature
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Vaughn Richard Walker (born 1944) is an American lawyer who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California from 1989 to 2011. Walker presided over the original trial in Hollingsworth v. Perry, where he found California's Proposition 8 to be unconstitutional.