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Judges and Judiciary,
Government

Jul. 24, 2020

Senate Judicary Committee approves 3 nominees for US judge seats in California.

John W. Holcomb, a Costa Mesa-based partner with Greenberg Gross LLP; Shireen Matthews, a Jones day partner; and Todd W. Robinson, a veteran federal prosecutor, were approved for vacant seats.

Three of President Donald Trump's California district court judge nominees were approved by voice vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, moving the Senate a key step closer to partially alleviating a judicial emergency in the state due to the large number of vacancies.

None of the nominees turned out to be controversial, though GOP members of the committee grilled the nominees about textualism, and they won the support o...

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