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# Consuelo Bland Marshall

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California · U.S. District Judge

## Profile

- Court: U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- State: California
- Role: U.S. District Judge
- Service status: senior
- Last verified: 2026-08-16

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, having assumed senior status on October 24, 2005
- held the role of Chief Judge of the Central District of California from 2001 to 2005 — the first woman and first African American woman to hold that role
- Judge, District Court, C.D. California, 1980-2005
- Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, Criminal Division, 1977-1980
- Judge, Inglewood [California] Municipal Court, Civil and Criminal Divisions, 1976-1977
- Juvenile court commissioner, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 1971-1976
- Deputy City Attorney, Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office (1962–1967)

### Education

- Howard University School of Law — 1961
- Howard University — B.A. (1958)
- Los Angeles City College — 1956

### Additional information

- Nominated by President Jimmy Carter on June 20, 1980, to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, succeeding.
- Confirmed by the Senate on September 29, 1980; commissioned September 30, 1980.
- Private practice, Los Angeles, CA, 1968-1970
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1968-1970
- Deputy city attorney, Los Angeles, CA, 1962-1967
- Deputy city attorney, Los Angeles, California, 1962-1967
- Born September 28, 1936, in Knoxville, Tennessee.
- Date of birth: 1936-01-01
- She continues to hear cases in Courtroom 8D, Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez United States Courthouse, Los Angeles, under the Central District of California’s local rules.
- Birth place: Knoxville, TN

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### civil remote testimony

Scope: courtwide

In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards.

Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.

[Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### criminal recording and broadcasting

Scope: courtwide

Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.

Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.

[Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://apps.cacd.uscourts.gov/Jps/)
- [Official roster](https://apps.cacd.uscourts.gov/Jps/)
- [apps.cacd.uscourts.gov judicial profile or roster](https://apps.cacd.uscourts.gov/Jps/)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2048/consuelo-bland-marshall/)
- [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure)
- [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2048/consuelo-bland-marshall/)
- [Judge Consuelo Bland Marshall](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1384346)
- [Wikidata: Consuelo Bland Marshall](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5164522)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2048/consuelo-bland-marshall/)
- [Judge Consuelo Bland Marshall](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1384346)
- [Wikidata: Consuelo Bland Marshall](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5164522)

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## Federal civil docket activity

Dataset updated through 2026-06-30.

| Period | Assigned cases | Terminated cases | Median disposition (months) | Median sample |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1y | 37 | 9 | Not available | 9 |
| 2y | 318 | 184 | 2.3 | 184 |
| 5y | 812 | 605 | 4 | 605 |
| 10y | 1582 | 1370 | 5.6 | 1370 |

Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/


## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-651872d6e45e0d82319ecccc) — Civil actions in United States District Courts; Rule 81 exceptions apply. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.
- [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.