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Former FPD-CDCA Deputy Federal Public Defender Angela Viramontes was appointed as United States Magistrate Judge for the Central District of California. From the United States District Court: The United States District Court for the Central District of California announces the appointment of Angela C. C. Viramontes as a United States Magistrate Judge. Judge Viramontes, who was sworn in on January 20, 2026, will preside over matters in Riverside in the Court’s Eastern Division. Judge Viramontes succeeds former Magistrate Judge Shashi H. Kewalramani. Before her appointment […]..