Kimberly J. Mueller

Kimberly J. Mueller (born September 17, 1957 in Newton, Kansas) is a federal magistrate judge of the Sacramento Division of United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. She is just the second female to hold this position since the Eastern District was established in 1966.cite news |first=Cynthia |last=Hubert |title=Bench mark: Kim Mueller, the only female U.S. magistrate judge in Sacramento, has a lifelong commitment to public service |url=http://dwb.sacbee.com/content/lifestyle/story/7522385p-8464172c.html |work=Sacramento Bee |publisher=The McClatchy Company |date=2003-10-02 |accessdate=2008-07-11] cite web |url=http://courthistory.tripod.com/speech.html |title=A History of the Eastern District of California |accessdate=2008-07-11 |publisher=United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Historical Society]

Education

Mueller obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pomona College in 1981, and a Juris Doctorate from Stanford University in 1995.cite web |url=http://207.41.19.127/caed/staticOther/page_1563.htm |title=Magistrate Judge Kimberly J. Mueller |accessdate=2008-07-11 |publisher=United States District Court, Eastern District of California]

Political Career

Mueller served as a legislative aide for California State Assembly member Lloyd Connelly. After moving to Sacramento's Tahoe Park neighborhood, Mueller was elected to the Sacramento City Council, where she served from 1987 through 1992. cite web
url=http://www.sacbar.org/members/saclawyer/may_june2003/mueller.html
title=New Magistrate Judge Took Unconventional Path to Federal Bench
publisher=Sacramento County Bar Association
accessdate=2008-07-11
year=2003]

While on the council, Mueller was selected to serve as Vice-Mayor and chair of the city's budget committee. She also lead a successful effort with then-Mayor Anne Rudin to introduce campaign finance reform to the city's politics. cite news
title=Ferris becomes Sacramento Vice Mayor
format=fee required
work=Sacramento Bee
publisher=The McClatchy Company
page=B3
date=January 03, 1990
accessdate=2008-07-11
quote=Councilwoman Kim Mueller, who held the title last year, nominated Ferris to take her place in 1990
url=http://www.sacbee.com/static/live/search] cite news |title=Mueller Leads Budget Panel
format=fee required
work=Sacramento Bee
publisher=The McClatchy Company
page=B8
date=January 05, 1990
accessdate=2008-07-11
url=http://www.sacbee.com/static/live/search] cite news
title=Rudin, Mueller Call for Campaign Reform
format=fee required
work=Sacramento Bee
publisher=The McClatchy Company
page=B1 |date=December 15, 1988
accessdate=2008-07-11
url=http://www.sacbee.com/static/live/search]

Legal Career

Muller left her position on the Sacramento City Council in 1992 to attend law school. After graduation, she joined a law firm, and later began her own private practice before being appointed as a United States Magistrate Judge in 2003.

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