Cynthia Ann Bashant (born March 18, 1960) is the chief United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of California and former judge of the San Diego County Superior Court.
Cynthia Ann Bashant
California Southern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Born 1960 in San Francisco, CA
FJC ID: 3524
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Superior Court of California, County of San DiegoJudge · 2000–2014
- ↳presiding judge, juvenile court · 2010–2013
Southern District of CaliforniaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1989–2000- ↳deputy chief of narcotics · 1995–1997
- ↳chief of border crimes · 1997–1998
- Private practice, San Diego, California1986–1989
Appointments
2014–present · Appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Education
- University of California Hastings College of the Law (now UC College of the Law, San Francisco)J.D. · 1986
- Smith CollegeA.B. · 1982