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Judges and Judiciary

Apr. 18, 2009

Women's Legal Groups Push for Female Appointee on Eastern District Bench

Pressure is growing for California Sen. Barbara Boxer to pick a woman as a nominee to fill a vacant district judgeship on the Eastern District of California's Sacramento bench.

By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Pressure is growing for California Sen. Barbara Boxer to pick a woman as a nominee to fill a vacant district judgeship on the Eastern District of California's Sacramento bench.

The Eastern District, which was created in 1966, has never had a female district judge, while each of California's other three districts have several women serving as district judges.

"It's appalling," said Patricia T. St...

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