James Donato

Cases in this dataset

169 linked docket records. These counts are not a count of rulings or a prediction.

Case volume by filing year

• 20151
• 20161
• 20173
• 20184
• 20192
• 202013
• 202116
• 202230
• 202352
• 202422
• 202525

Recent cases

• United States v. Cruz3:25-cr-00357 · 2025-10-28
• United States v. Cisneros-Panameno3:25-cr-00359 · 2025-10-28
• CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO v. United States Department of Justice3:25-cv-09277 · 2025-10-28
• United States v. Zelaya-Martinez3:25-cr-00355 · 2025-10-24
• United States v. Mendoza-Cerrato3:25-cr-00339 · 2025-10-17
• United States v. Tafoya3:25-cr-00336 · 2025-10-16
• United States v. Gomez Mejia3:25-cr-00333 · 2025-10-14
• United States v. Ward3:25-cr-00328 · 2025-10-10
• L.Y v. Roblox Corporation3:25-cv-08595 · 2025-10-08
• United States v. Thomas3:25-cr-00300 · 2025-09-23

Career history

• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California · 2014-02-26 to End not recorded · Barack Obama

• Harvard University A.M. 1984
• Stanford Law School J.D. 1988
• Stanford University J.D. 1988
• University of California, Berkeley B.A. 1983

Sources and corrections

• fjc-bio · 2026-10-07
• courtlistener-people-bulk · 2026-10-07

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