Education
University of Notre Dame.
University of Notre Dame.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Gutierrez received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Notre Dame in 1981 and a Juris Doctor from University of California, Los Angeles School of Law in 1984. Gutierrez was in private practice in California from 1986 to 1997. Gutierrez was a judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court, California from 1997 to 2007.
He is currently a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Gutierrez was nominated by President George West. Bush on January 9, 2007, to a seat vacated by Terry J. Hatter, Junior. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 30, 2007, and received his commission on February 16, 2007.
Gutierrez heard the trial of Xbox modding defendant Matthew Crippen, a DMCA related case. Gutierrez was noted as providing a scathing rebuke of the prosecution in the early phases of the trial.
