| Philip S. Gutierrez | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office February 16, 2007 |
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| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Terry J. Hatter, Jr. |
| Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court | |
| In office 1997–2007 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1959 Los Angeles, California |
| Alma mater | University of Notre Dame (B.A.) UCLA School of Law (J.D.) |
Philip S. Gutierrez (born 1959) is a United States federal judge.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Gutierrez received a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame in 1981 and a J.D. from UCLA School of Law in 1984. Gutierrez was in private practice in California from 1986 to 1997.
Gutierrez was a judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court, California from 1997 to 2007. Gutierrez was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Gutierrez was nominated by President George W. Bush on January 9, 2007, to a seat vacated by Terry J. Hatter, Jr.. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 30, 2007, and received his commission on February 16, 2007.[1]
Gutierrez heard the trial of Xbox modding defendant Matthew Crippen, a DMCA related case. Gutierrez was noted as providing a scathing rebuke of the prosecution in the early phases of the trial.[2]