Dena Michaela Coggins (née Hackett; born 1979) is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California since 2024. She previously served as a judge of the Sacramento County Superior Court from 2021 to 2024.
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- African American/Asian American
Prior employment
- Superior Court of California, County of SacramentoJudge · 2021–2024
- ↳presiding judge of the juvenile court · 2023–2024
- California Office of Administrative HearingsAdministrative law judge · 2015–2017, 2018–2021
- ↳Special Education Division · 2015–2017
- ↳General Jurisdiction Division · 2018–2021
- California Victim Compensation BoardSupervising attorney · 2017–2018
- Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., CaliforniaDeputy legal affairs secretary · 2013–2015
- Private practice, Sacramento, California2012–2013
- Private practice, San Francisco, California2007–2012
Appointments
2024–present · Appointed by Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)
Education
- University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of LawJ.D. · 2006
- California State University, SacramentoB.S. · 2003