Daniel Joe Powell Calabretta at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
- Jurisdiction
- California · Federal
- Judicial service
- February 21, 2023–present
Daniel Joe Powell Calabretta
Judge · U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
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Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Deputy legal affairs secretary, Gov. Edmund G. Brown, California, 2013-2019
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court of the United States, 2004-2005
- Professional Career: Deputy attorney general, State of California, 2008-2013
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. William A. Fletcher, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2003-2004
- Professional Career: Private practice, San Francisco, California, 2005-2008
Judicial service
- Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento, 2019-present
- Professional Career: Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento, 2019-2023; presiding judge, Juvenile Court, 2022-2023
Education
- Princeton University · BA, 2000
- University of Chicago Law School · J.D., 2003
Personal record
Born 1978 · Union City
Courtroom rules and guidance
Civil Remote Testimony
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.
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 ↗
Criminal Recording And Broadcasting
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
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 ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked August 16, 2026
https://www.caed.uscourts.gov/caednew/index.cfm/judges/all-judges/CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14336/daniel-joe-powell-calabretta/Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedureFederal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts