Dale A. Drozd

Dale Alan Drozd (born January 21, 1955) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California and former Chief Magistrate Judge of the same court.

Dale Drozd was born January 21, 1955 in Los Angeles County, California, and is a 1973 graduate of Servite High School, in Anaheim, California. He attended the University of Southern California from 1973 to 1975, graduated from San Diego State University in 1977, and he is a 1980 graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law.

After graduation Drozd served as a Law Clerk to the Lawrence K. Karlton, United States District Judge Eastern District of California from 1980 to 1982 and was in private practice of law for 15 years in San Francisco and Sacramento, California.

The judges of the United States District Court of the Eastern District of California appointed Drozd to be a Magistrate Judge in 1997 and he was appointed as Chief Magistrate Judge of the same court in 2010. He has served as chief judge since January 1, 2011.

On November 12, 2014, President Obama nominated Drozd to serve as a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, to the seat vacated by Anthony W. Ishii who took senior status on October 31, 2012.

On December 16, 2014 his nomination was returned to the President due to the sine die adjournment of the 113th Congress. On January 7, 2015, President Obama renominated him to the same position. He received a hearing before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee on May 6, 2015. On June 4, 2015 his nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote with Senator Vitter recorded as voting no. On October 5, 2015 the United States Senate voted to confirm him in a 69-21 vote. He received his judicial commission on November 2, 2015.