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Judges and Judiciary

Aug. 11, 2009

Obama Names Three to State's Federal Courts

President Obama made three nominations for district judges in California on Friday -- including two that would represent historic Asian-American appointments.

By Rebecca Beyer and Ciaran McEvoy
Daily Journal Staff Writer

President Barack Obama on Friday nominated two magistrate judges and a labor and employment litigator to be federal district judges in California.

If confirmed by the Senate, two of Obama's picks, San Francisco U.S. Magistrate Judge Edward M. Chen, of the Northern District of California, and Dolly M. Gee of Los Angeles' Schwartz, Steinsapir, Dohrmann & Sommers, would represent histo...

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