Judith Nelsen Keep (March 24, 1944 – September 14, 2004) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
Judith Nelsen Keep
California Southern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Born 1944 in Omaha, NE
Died 2004 in San Diego, CA
FJC ID: 1241
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 19/year
California Southern District Court · 1980–2004
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
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1999–2003
- Municipal Court, San Diego [California] Judicial DistrictJudge · 1976–1980
- Private practice, San Diego, California1973–1976
Assistant U.S. attorney1976- Defenders, Inc., San Diego, CaliforniaAttorney · 1971–1973
- Westgate-California, Inc.Law clerk · 1970
Appointments
1980–2004 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- San Diego School of Law (now University of San Diego School of Law)J.D. · 1970
- Scripps CollegeB.A. · 1966