Ramona Villagomez Manglona
Ramona Villagomez Mangloña (/mɒŋˈloʊnjə/) (née Ramona Emma Pangelinan Villagomez; born February 26, 1967) is the Chief United States district judge of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands.[2] Her term ended on July 28, 2021. She was nominated for reappointment in September 2023.
Ramona Villagomez Mangloña | |
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Chief Judge of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands | |
Assumed office July 29, 2011 | |
Preceded by | Alex R. Munson |
Judge of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands | |
Assumed office July 29, 2011 | |
Nominated by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Alex R. Munson |
Associate Judge of the Northern Mariana Islands Superior Court | |
In office May 2003 – July 2011 | |
Nominated by | Juan Babauta |
Preceded by | Roberto Camacho Naraja |
Succeeded by | Joseph James Norita Camacho |
16th Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands | |
In office November 2002 – May 2003 | |
Governor | Juan Babauta |
Preceded by | Robert Tenorio Torres |
Succeeded by | Clyde Lemons Jr. (Acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Ramona Emma Pangelinan Villagomez[1] February 26, 1967 Saipan, Mariana Islands, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands |
Political party | Independent |
Spouse | John Anthon A. Mangloña |
Children | 2 |
Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA) University of New Mexico (JD) |
Early life and education
Mangloña was born February 26, 1967, on Saipan in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. She graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Japanese. She received her Juris Doctor from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 1996.[3]
Career
Prior to attending law school, Mangloña worked in her family's real estate management business. After graduating from law school, she served as a law clerk for two of the judges of the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. She then joined the Office of the Attorney General, serving first in the criminal division and later in the civil division. She became Deputy Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands early in 2002 and became the first female Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands in November 2002. She was appointed to the Superior Court in May 2003 and resigned from that post in June 2011 to take up her current post in the District Court.[3]
District court service
On January 26, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Judge Mangloña to the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands. This is considered an Article I judicial appointment, with a term of ten years, rather than life tenure. The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on her nomination on March 16, 2011, and reported her nomination favorably on April 7, 2011.[4] On July 26, 2011, the Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote. She received her commission on July 29, 2011, and took her oath of office on July 30, 2011.[5] Unless reappointed, her commission expired on July 28, 2021, at which time her term would have ended, although it will continue thereafter until her successor is chosen and qualified.[6] On August 30, 2023, President Joe Biden announced his intent to reappoint Manglona as a judge of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands.[7] On September 11, 2023, her nomination was sent to the Senate.[8] Her nomination is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Personal
Mangloña is married to John A. Mangloña, an associate justice of the Northern Mariana Islands Supreme Court. They have two children, Den and Savana.[3]
See also
References
- "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees". United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. March 16, 2011.
- http://www.mvariety.com/2011080439095/local-news/federal-judge-manglona-hears-cases.php%5B%5D
- "Judge Manglona's Biography". Archived from the original on 2011-10-05.
- "Congress.gov - Library of Congress". thomas.loc.gov. Archived from the original on 2011-12-14. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
- "Saipan Tribune". Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
- "48 U.S. Code § 1821(b)(1)". Legal Information Institute. Cornell Law School. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- "President Biden Names Thirty-Seventh Round of Judicial Nominees and Announces One New Nominee to Serve as U.S. Marshal" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. August 30, 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 11, 2023.