Dale S. Fischer

Dale S. Fischer
Dale Susan Fischer (born October 17, 1951) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. She was nominated by President George W. Bush, and received her commission in 2003.
Early life and education
Born in Orange, New Jersey, Fischer received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of South Florida in 1977, and her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1980.
Private practice
Fischer was in private practice in California for 17 years, from 1980 to 1997, during which she also volunteer briefly for the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office. She practiced as a business litigator at the law firms Heller Ehrman and Kindel & Anderson.
Judicial career
State judicial service
Fischer was a judge on the Los Angeles Municipal Court from 1997 to 2000, hearing criminal cases. She was then a judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court, hearing criminal cases from 2000 to 2003.
Federal judicial service
On May 1, 2003, Fischer was nominated by President George W. Bush to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Central District of California created by 116 Stat. 1758. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 27, 2003, and received her commission on November 5, 2003.
Notable cases
In 2008, she oversaw the case of private investigator Anthony Pellicano. Fischer sentenced Pellicano to 15 years in prison for running an illegal wiretapping operation, wiretapping billionaire Kirk Kerkorian's former wife. The sentence significantly exceeded the five-year, 10-month term recommended by probation officials.
In 2010, Fischer sentenced Emmanuel Onwuzulike to 14 years in federal prison for committing mail fraud. He had swindled three people out of $400,000.
In 2021, Fischer sentenced Patrick Joseph Soria of West Hollywood to over 12 years in federal prison for engaging in a $7.6 million fraud scheme.
In 2022 Fischer sentenced David Joseph Bunevacz to over 17 years in federal prison for fraudulently raising more than $45 million from investors. He was also ordered to pay over $35 million in restitution.
In 2023 the criminal securities fraud case of Terren Peizer, the CEO and chairman of publicly traded healthcare company Ontrak, was assigned to Fischer. After Peizer was charged with insider trading by the SEC, which alleged that he sold $20 million of Ontrak stock while he was in possession of material nonpublic negative information related to the company’s largest customer, the U.S. Department of Justice announced criminal charges of securities fraud against Peizer, charging that thereby he had avoided $12 million in losses. If convicted, Peizer could face up to 65 years in prison. The inclusions of the 2023 film The Blackening led for the lawsuit where Fischer rejected Zahara Ariel and Jaryah Bobo's bid of delay of the film's release, which they infringement of their screenplay "Southern Education" and the card game "Black Card Revoked."
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1951 births
Living people
21st-century American judges
21st-century American women judges
California lawyers
California state court judges
Harvard Law School alumni
Judges of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Lawyers from Orange, New Jersey
Superior court judges in the United States
United States district court judges appointed by George W. Bush
University of South Florida alumni