John Anthony Mendez (born September 4, 1955) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
Career output and lasting influence
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 5/year
Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento · 2001–2008California Eastern District Court · 2008–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- Hispanic
Prior employment
- Superior Court of California, County of SacramentoJudge · 2001–2008
Private practice · 1980–1984, 1986–1992, 1993–2001
U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California1992–1993- Northern District of CaliforniaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1984–1986
Appointments
2008–2022 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Education
J.D. · 1980- Stanford UniversityB.A. · 1977