Milton Lewis Schwartz

Milton Lewis Schwartz (January 20, 1920 – October 3, 2005) was a United States federal judge.

Born in Oakland, California, Schwartz received an A.B. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1941 and was a Major in the United States Army from 1942 to 1945. He received a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law in 1948 and was a law clerk to Rolfe L. Thompson of the California Court of Appeal from 1948 to 1949. He was a deputy district attorney of Sacramento County, California from 1949 to 1951, and was then in private practice in Sacramento, California from 1951 to 1979.

On September 28, 1979, Schwartz was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 26, 1979, and received his commission on November 27, 1979. He assumed senior status on January 20, 1990, serving in that capacity until his death, in Sacramento.

Sources

• Milton Lewis Schwartz at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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Name	Schwartz, Milton Lewis
Alternative names
Short description	United States federal judge
Date of birth	January 20, 1920
Place of birth	Oakland, California
Date of death	October 3, 2005
Place of death	Sacramento, California