Ramona Villagomez Manglona
Chief Judge of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands
Assumed office
July 29, 2011
Preceded byAlex R. Munson
Judge of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands
Assumed office
July 29, 2011
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded byAlex R. Munson
Associate Judge of the Northern Mariana Islands Superior Court
In office
May 2003 – July 2011
Nominated byJuan Babauta
Preceded byRoberto Camacho Naraja
Succeeded byJoseph James Norita Camacho
16th Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands
In office
November 2002 – May 2003
GovernorJuan Babauta
Preceded byRobert Tenorio Torres
Succeeded byClyde Lemons Jr. (Acting)
Personal details
Born
Ramona Emma Pangelinan Villagomez[1]

(1967-02-26) February 26, 1967
Saipan, Mariana Islands, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
Political partyIndependent
SpouseJohn A. Manglona
Children2
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (BA)
University of New Mexico (JD)

Ramona Villagomez Manglona (/mɒŋˈloʊnjə/) (née Ramona Emma Pangelinan Villagomez; born February 26, 1967) is the Chief United States district judge of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands.[2] Her term ended on July 28, 2021. She was nominated for reappointment in September 2023.

Early life and education

Manglona was born February 26, 1967, on Saipan in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. She graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Japanese. She received her Juris Doctor from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 1996.[3]

Career

Prior to attending law school, Manglona worked in her family's real estate management business. After graduating from law school, she served as a law clerk for two of the judges of the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. She then joined the Office of the Attorney General, serving first in the criminal division and later in the civil division. She became Deputy Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands early in 2002 and became the first female Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands in November 2002. She was appointed to the Superior Court in May 2003 and resigned from that post in June 2011 to take up her current post in the District Court.[3]

District court service

On January 26, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Manglona to the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands. The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on her nomination on March 16, 2011, and reported her nomination favorably on April 7, 2011.[4] On July 26, 2011, the Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote. She received her commission on July 29, 2011, and took her oath of office on July 30, 2011.[5] Her commission expired on July 28, 2021, at which time her term would have ended, although it will continue until she is reappointed or her successor is chosen and qualified.[6]

On August 30, 2023, President Joe Biden announced his intent to reappoint Manglona as a judge of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands.[7] On September 11, 2023, her nomination was sent to the Senate.[8] On November 15, 2023, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[9] On December 7, 2023, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 20–1 vote.[10][11] On January 3, 2024, her nomination was returned to the president under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate[12] and she was renominated on January 8, 2024.[13] Her nomination is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Personal

Manglona is married to John A. Manglona, an associate justice of the Northern Mariana Islands Supreme Court. They have two children, Den and Savana.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees". United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. March 16, 2011.
  2. ↑ http://www.mvariety.com/2011080439095/local-news/federal-judge-manglona-hears-cases.php%5B%5D
  3. 1 2 3 "Judge Manglona's Biography". Archived from the original on 2011-10-05.
  4. ↑ "Congress.gov - Library of Congress". thomas.loc.gov. Archived from the original on 2011-12-14. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
  5. ↑ "Saipan Tribune". Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  6. ↑ "48 U.S. Code § 1821(b)(1)". Legal Information Institute. Cornell Law School. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "President Biden Names Thirty-Seventh Round of Judicial Nominees and Announces One New Nominee to Serve as U.S. Marshal" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. August 30, 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  8. ↑ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 11, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. November 14, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 7, 2023" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  11. ↑ Weiss, Benjamin S. "Despite partisan rumblings, Senate forges ahead with court nominees". Courthouse News. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  12. ↑ "PN1021 — Ramona Villagomez Manglona — The Judiciary". congress.gov. January 3, 2024. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 8, 2024.
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