Oh, and magistrate judges aren’t presidential appointees. They are chosen by district court judges. At the time Sheri Pym was appointed, the central district of California had a narrow majority (16-15) of judges appointed by Democrats, and a plurality appointed by George W. Bush.
I don’t know from what orifice you pulled “Obama judge”, but I’ll chalk it up as another self-assured and uninformed pronouncement from someone who is often wrong, but never in doubt.
One of the Apple fanatics said it. It makes no difference to my point anyways. There is no "political" angle to this ruling.