Imperial County Superior Court
Career Highlights: Appointed Imperial County Superior Court judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2011; sole practitioner, 1988-2011; staff attorney, Defenders Inc., San Diego, 1986-88; assistant public defender, Imperial County, El Centro, 1983-86; associate, Plourd Blume Scoville Strickland & Breeze APC, El Centro, 1981-83
Law School: Thomas Jefferson School of Law, 1980
Career Highlights: Appointed Imperial County Superior Court judge by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2011; sole practitioner, 1988-2011; staff attorney, Defenders Inc., San Diego, 1986-88; assistant public defender, Imperial County, El Centro, 1983-86; associate, Plourd Blume Scoville Strickland & Breeze APC, El Centro, 1981-83
Law School: Thomas Jefferson School of Law, 1980
EL CENTRO -- Ground zero for the opioid trade that is plaguing America is in El Centro, the tiny town 6 miles from the Mexican border. Imperial County Superior Court Judge Christopher J. Plourd has a front-row seat, and has been trying to sound alarms.
"Fentanyl is flooding across the border," he said in a recent interview, pointing south to Mexicali, where drug cartels base their drug running operations.
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