Nominated to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Judge Cynthia Valenzuela Dixon has dedicated much of her impressive career to defending civil and human rights. Currently, she is the supervising judge of the State Bar Court of California, an administrative court that hears all attorney discipline cases. She previously served as the national vice president and director of litigation for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), where she worked on cases and briefs supporting educational equity, workers’ rights, voting rights, immigrants’ rights, and marriage equality. Judge Valenzuela also specialized in voting rights as a trial attorney with the civil rights division of the U.S. Department of Justice and served as special assistant to the vice chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Alliance for Justice
On April 24, 2024, President Biden nominated Judge Cynthia Valenzuela Dixon to the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 240 national organizations to promote and protect the rights of all persons in the United States, we write to express our strong support for the confirmation of Judge Cynthia Valenzuela Dixon to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.