Dana Makoto Sabraw

Dana Makoto Sabraw (born July 3, 1958) is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. He was nominated by President George W. Bush in 2003. Early life and education Sabraw is half-Japanese; his Japanese mother met his father in 1954 when he was a United States Army soldier stationed in Japan during the Korean War. They married in 1955. His father was a teacher of special-needs students and his mother taught English as a second language. Sabraw was born in San Rafael, California in 1958, and grew up in the Sacramento suburb of Carmichael, California. He received an Associate of Arts degree from American River Junior College in 1978, a Bachelor of Science degree from San Diego State University in 1980, and a Juris Doctor from the McGeorge School of Law at University of the Pacific in 1985. Career His first job was working as a wrestling instructor, conditioning instructor, and later a lifeguard for the San Juan Unified School District in Carmichael, California From 1976 to 1977.