Biden nominates Bangladeshi-American woman as federal judge

 
President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated eight new judges, together with Nusrat Choudhury, a civil rights lawyer, who will change into the primary Bangladeshi- American and Muslim girl to serve on the federal bench.

Choudhury, authorized director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, to function a federal choose within the Japanese District of New York, which has courthouses in Brooklyn and Central Islip, Reuters reviews.

She had beforehand labored since 2008 on the nationwide ACLU, together with as deputy director of the ACLU Racial Justice Program. If confirmed, she could be second Muslim American to ever function a federal choose. Biden’s newest judicial nominees included Arianna Freeman, a federal defender in Philadelphia who if confirmed to the third US Circuit Courtroom of Appeals would change into the primary Black girl to serve on that courtroom.

The eight nominees dropped at 81 the variety of federal appellate and district courtroom picks Biden has made since taking workplace a 12 months in the past. The vast majority of his nominees have been girls or individuals of shade, reflecting his emphasis on diversifying the bench. He has additionally pushed to diversify the bench when it comes to judges’ skilled backgrounds. The progressive group Demand Justice stated that with Freeman’s choice, Biden has nominated extra public defenders than any previous president.

On Wednesday, he additionally nominated Natasha Merle, the deputy director of litigation on the civil rights group NAACP Authorized Defence and Academic Fund, to serve within the Japanese District of New York.

In California, Biden nominated Fresno County Superior Courtroom Decide Ana Isabel de Alba to serve within the Japanese District of California and Robert Huie, a former prosecutor and lawyer at Jones Day, to serve within the Southern District of California.

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