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Harry Pregerson (b. 1923) is a long-serving judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the [[Ninth Circuit]], appointed by President [[Jimmy Carter]] in 1979. He was elevated from a judgeship he held on the United States District Court for the Central District of California, to which he had been appointed by President [[Lyndon Johnson]] in 1967.

Judge Pregerson has participated in several noteworthy decisions:

* postponement of 2003 California recall election (decision then reversed ''en banc''
* forbidding the federal government from interfering with use of so-called medical marijuana under state law (decision then reversed by the [[U.S. Supreme Court]]<ref>Gonzales v. Raich</ref>

* affirming the class action certification of female employees in ''Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.''

== References ==

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