Ralph E. Jenney

Ralph Edward Jenney (February 20, 1883 – July 13, 1945) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Education and career Jenney was born on February 20, 1883, in Detroit, Michigan, to Royal A. and Caliphernia (née Hoxsey) Jenney. In 1900, he graduated from high school at Ann Arbor High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from the University of Michigan in 1904 followed by a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Michigan Law School in 1906. Jenney was admitted to the bar in Michigan in 1906 and moved to Oregon in 1908. That year he was admitted to the Oregon bar and entered private legal practice in Portland where he remained until 1912. He was in private practice of law in San Diego, California, from 1912 to 1937. Federal judicial service