| Cathy Ann Bencivengo | |
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| Judicial Nominee for the United States District Court for the Southern District of California | |
| Nominated by | Barack Obama |
| Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2005 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | August 24, 1958 |
| Alma mater | Rutgers University (B.A.) Rutgers University (M.A.) University of Michigan Law School (J.D.) |
Cathy Ann Bencivengo (born August 24, 1958) is a United States magistrate judge and a current federal judicial nominee to the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
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Bencivengo earned a bachelor's degree in 1980 from Rutgers University and a master's degree in 1981 from Rutgers. She then earned a law degree in 1988 from University of Michigan Law School.[1]
In 1988, Bencivengo joined a predecessor to the law firm DLA Piper as an associate and became a partner in 1996. She remained with DLA Piper until becoming a federal magistrate judge in 2005.[1]
In 2005, the judges on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California selected Bencivengo to be a federal magistrate judge.[1]
On May 11, 2011, President Obama nominated Bencivengo to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, to replace Judge Jeffrey T. Miller, who took senior status in June 2010.[2]