Draft:Sarah Netburn
Sarah Netburn | |
|---|---|
| Chief Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
| Assumed office January 21, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | James L. Cott |
| Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
| Assumed office August 16, 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1972 (age 51–52) New York City, U.S. |
| Education | Brown University (BA) University of California, Los Angeles (JD) |
Sarah Netburn (born 1972)[1] is an American lawyer who has served as a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York since 2012. She was a nominee to serve as a United States district judge of the same court, but her nomination was rejected by the Senate Judiciary Committee over concerns about her handling of a case involving an incarcerated transgender woman.[2]
Education
[edit]Netburn earned a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University in 1994 and a Juris Doctor from the UCLA School of Law in 2001.[3]
Career
[edit]From 2001 to 2002, Netburn served as a law clerk for Judge Harry Pregerson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. From 2002 to 2010, she worked at at Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP in New York City[4] where she then became a partner. From 2010 to 2012, she served as the Southern District of New York's chief counsel to the Office of Pro Se Litigation.[3]
Federal judicial service
[edit]She assumed office as a United States magistrate judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on August 16, 2012.[5] On June 24, 2020, Netburn was appointed to a second term to serve as a United States magistrate judge.[6] On January 3, 2024, she was appointed as the chief magistrate judge for a term starting January 21, 2024. She succeeded Judge James L. Cott.[7]
Nomination to district court
[edit]On April 24, 2024, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Netburn to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. On April 30, 2024, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Netburn to the seat being vacated by Judge Lorna G. Schofield, who will assume senior status on December 31, 2024.[8] On May 22, 2024, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[9] During her confirmation hearing, she was questioned by Republican senators on the committee over a 2022 case in which she granted the request of July Justine Shelby, an incarcerated transgender woman, who asked to move from a men's prison to a women's prison over the objection of the Board of Prisons. Shelby is currently serving a 15-year sentence for the distribution of child pornography to other sex offenders and previously served 18 years in prison for the sexual assault of two minors.[10][11]
On July 11, 2024, her nomination was stalled in the Senate Judiciary Committee by a 10–11 vote, with Senator Jon Ossoff voting against.[12][13][14] Ossoff's vote was the only "no" vote cast against a judicial nominee by a Democratic senator on the Judiciary Committee since Biden became president.[15]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
- ^ Headley, Tiana (July 11, 2024). "New York Federal Court Nominee Rejected by Senate Committee". Bloomberg Law. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ a b "President Biden Names Forty-Eighth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. April 24, 2024. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
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- ^ https://ecbawm.com/
- ^ "Sarah Netburn | United States Courts". www.uscourts.gov. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
- ^ "ORDER: In the Matter of the Appointment of Sarah Netburn As Full Time Magistrate Judge" (PDF).
- ^ "In the Matter of the Appointment of a Chief Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of New York" (PDF). United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. January 3, 2024. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
- ^ "Future Judicial Vacancies | United States Courts". www.uscourts.gov. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
- ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. May 21, 2024.
- ^ Weiss, Benjamin S. "Senate Dems celebrate 200th Biden admin judicial confirmation amid partisan slugfest over latest nominees". Courthouse News. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
- ^ "Biden judicial nominee takes heat over recommendation for transgender inmate, answer on sex". yahoo.com. June 13, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
- ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – July 11, 2024" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
- ^ Raymond, Nate. "In a first, US Senate panel rejects Biden judicial nominee in New York". Reuters. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
- ^ Headley, Tiana. "New York Federal Court Nominee Rejected by Senate Committee (1)". Bloomberg Law. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
- ^ Raymond, Nate (July 11, 2024). "In a first, US Senate panel rejects Biden judicial nominee in New York". Reuters. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
