Nandor Vadas

Nandor Joseph Vadas
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Incumbent
Assumed office July 2004
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Alma mater	University of California, Santa Cruz Hastings College of the Law

Nandor Joseph Vadas is a United States Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of California. He was appointed as a part-time magistrate in July 2004 and as a full-time magistrate in August 2009.^[1] Vadas is also a member of the Magistrate Advisory Group to the U.S. Judicial Conference.

After graduating from UC Santa Cruz, he attended Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, receiving his J.D. in 1982. He was admitted to the California bar^[2] the same year and was hired in 1983 as a deputy district attorney for San Francisco. In 1989, he left the district attorney's office and became an Assistant United States Attorney. In 1998, he moved from San Francisco to the federal magistrate court in Eureka, California as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney. Because of the part-time nature of the court, he returned to state service as a deputy district attorney. When grant funding for the position ended in May 2004,^[3] he was laid off. In July, he was appointed as a part-time magistrate judge by the District Court, with a renewable term of four years. Located in a rural area, the courthouse offered minimal services, generally handling a sporadic calendar of infractions and misdemeanors. To clear the multitude of civil rights lawsuits filed by inmates in Pelican Bay State Prison, he started an early settlement program focused on speedily resolving such matters. The District Court considered the program a success, expanding the program to all state prisons in the district. Implementation was not just limited to the Northern District as the program also included some prisons in the Eastern District of California.

As a result of his work and additional responsibilities, the magistrate position was upgraded to full-time in August 2009,^[4] with Vadas being reappointed for an eight-year term.

References

1. ^ News Release 8-5-2009. U.S District Court for the Northern District of California. Accessed August 18, 2009.
2. ^ State Bar of California:Nandor Joseph Vadas. State Bar of California. Accessed August 18, 2009.
3. ^ North Coast Journal - June 3, 2004 - In the News. North Coast Journal: June 3, 2004. Accessed August 18, 2009.
4. ^ Full-time federal judge appointed for Eureka court. Times-Standard: August 18, 2009. Accessed August 18, 2009.

External links

• Judge Information at U.S. District Court
• Henry K. Lee (2007-10-05). "Owner of pot-candy factory surrenders on federal drug charges". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2009-08-20. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfgate.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Farticle.cgi%3Ff%3D%2Fc%2Fa%2F2007%2F10%2F04%2FBAGNSJMG6.DTL&date=2009-08-20. 
• Emily Gurnon (2005-03-05). "One year later". North Coast Journal. Archived from the original on 2009-08-20. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.northcoastjournal.com%2F030305%2Fcover0303.html&date=2009-08-20. "Nandor Vadas was laid off because a domestic violence grant that funded his position ran out." 
• "'Guru Of Ganja' Pleads Not Guilty To New Charges". Fox News. 2006-10-16. Archived from the original on 2009-08-20. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxreno.com%2Fnews%2F10090680%2Fdetail.html&date=2009-08-20. 

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