Nusrat Choudhury, who spent her career as a civil rights attorney, will also be the first Bangladeshi American to serve as a federal judge.
first Bangladeshi American and first Muslim woman federal judgeThe civil rights attorney was nominated by President Joe Biden to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in January and was confirmed to the life-tenured position with a narrow margin of 50-49 votes.
Most recently, Choudhury served as the legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois and,, has a track record of advancing criminal justice reform, immigrants rights and reproductive care access. She was previous deputy director of the ACLU Racial Justice program. "Congratulations to Nusrat Choudhury, legal director of the ACLU of Illinois, on her confirmation to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York," the
."Nusrat is a trailblazing civil rights lawyer and her confirmation will be an asset to our nation’s legal system."CONFIRMED: Nusrat Choudhury to be a US District Judge for the Eastern District of New York!She makes history as the first Bangladeshi American and first Muslim American woman to serve as a federal judge.
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