Jacqueline Nguyen

Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen (; born May 25, 1965) is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She previously served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California from 2009 to 2012 and as a California superior court judge from 2002 to 2009. Early life and education Born Hong-Ngoc Thi Nguyen in Da Lat, Vietnam, Nguyen moved to the United States when she was 10, after the fall of the Republic of Vietnam in 1975. The daughter of a South Vietnamese army major who had worked closely with U.S. intelligence officials, Nguyen moved with her family first to an army tent at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, where she lived for several months. They ultimately settled in the La Crescenta-Montrose area of Los Angeles. Her family later opened a doughnut shop in Glendale, California, where Nguyen worked throughout high school and college. Nguyen earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1987 from Occidental College. She then earned a Juris Doctor from UCLA School of Law in 1991.