Mariana R. Pfaelzer (February 4, 1926 – May 14, 2015) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Mariana R. Pfaelzer
California Central District Court
Born 1926 in Los Angeles, CA
Died 2015
FJC ID: 1876
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 8/year
California Central District Court · 1978–2015
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
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California1957–1978
Appointments
1978–2015 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of California, Los Angeles, School of LawJ.D. · 1957
- University of California, Santa BarbaraA.B. · 1949