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Judges and Judiciary

Jun. 22, 2013

Obama nominates two to fill Northern District judicial vacancies

President Barack Obama nominated San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Beth Labson Freeman and Shearman & Sterling LLP antitrust partner James Donato to fill two vacant seats on the Northern District bench on Thursday.


By Hadley Robinson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


President Barack Obama nominated San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Beth Labson Freeman and Shearman & Sterling LLP antitrust partner James Donato to fill two vacant seats on the Northern District bench on Thursday.


The two nominees bring relief a bit closer for a court burdened with heavy caseloads and are the first the president has chosen for district judgeships in California this year a...

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