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15JudgeDouglasF.McCormickwassworninasaUnitedStatesMagistrateJudgefortheUnitedStatesDistrictCourtfortheCentralDistrictofCaliforniaonAugust232013.HesitsintheCourtsSouthernDivisionlocatedintheRonaldReaganFederalBuildingandUnitedStatesCourt-houseinSantaAnaOrangeCounty.JudgeMcCormickcomestothebenchafterserv-ingasanAssistantU.S.AttorneyAUSAintheUnitedStatesAttorneysSantaAnaofficefrom2001to2013.HewasnamedDeputyChiefofthatofficein2007andservedinthatroleuntilhisde-parture.BeforejoiningtheU.S.AttorneysOfficeheworkedasanassociateatLathamWatkinsinOrangeCounty.JudgeMcCormickalsoservedasalawclerktotheHonorableCharlesE.WigginsoftheU.S.CourtofAppealsfortheNinthCircuitfrom1996to1997andtotheHonorableGaryL.TayloroftheU.S.DistrictCourtfortheCentralDistrictofCaliforniafrom1995to1996.Here-ceivedhisB.A.in1991fromtheUniversityofCaliforniaIrvinegraduatingmagnacumlaudeandPhiBetaKappaandhisJ.D.in1995fromtheUCLASchoolofLawwherehewasamemberoftheOrderoftheCoif.WesatdownwithJudgeMcCormickforlunchtoaskhimafewquestionsabouthistransitiontothebenchhistasksasamagistratejudgeintheCen-tralDistrictofCaliforniahiscareerandhishob-biesoutsideofwork.WhendidyoudecideyouwantedtobecomeajudgeandwhyIfirstgaveseriousconsiderationtoapplyingforthemagistratejudgepositionaboutthreeorfouryearsago.IknewthattherewouldbeanumberofmagistratejudgeshipsopeninguphereinSantaAnainthenext5to7yearsandIthoughtthejobwouldbeagoodfitforme.ItwasatremendoushonortobeselectedparticularlybecausesomeofthepeoplewhoselectedmewerethejudgesinfrontofwhomIhadappeareddailyforalmost13years.Tellusalittleaboutyourday-to-dayresponsibili-tiesasamagistratejudge.Theday-to-daydutiesrevolvearoundfiveprimaryresponsibilities.ThefirstiswhattheCourtcalls194caseswhichreferstothenumberofthelong-sincesupersededGeneralOrderthatdeline-atestheresponsibilitiesofmagistratejudgesintheCentralDistrict.Theprimary194casesarenon-deathpenaltyhabeascasesprosecivilrightscas-esandSocialSecuritydisabilityappeals.SecondContinuedonPage16QAMagistrateJudgeDouglasF.McCormickBySamrahMahmoudandBrentWestcott