Northern District of California (San Francisco)
SAN FRANCISCO — The locals could tell Judge Edward M. Chen was a tourist when he strolled into the corner karaoke bar.
Chen’s friends wondered why the soon-to-be district court judge awaiting his third and final confirmation hearing in 2011 wore khaki cargo shorts, tennis shoes and knee-high white socks to the tiki bar a little off the beach in Hawaii. They tried to distance themselves.
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