Vaughn R. Walker (born 1944) is the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

Assumed office: 1989
Nominated by: George H.W. Bush

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Walker’s original nomination to the bench by Ronald Reagan in 1987 stalled in the Senate Judiciary Committee because of controversy over his representation of the United States Olympic Committee in a lawsuit that prohibited the use of the title “Gay Olympics”. Two dozen House Democrats, led by Rep. Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco, opposed his nomination because of his alleged “insensitivity” to gays and the poor.