We got 9th Circuit nominees, all of whom are already judges at the federal or state level: Judge Lucy Koh (N.D. Cal.), Justice Gabriel Sanchez (Cal. Ct. App., 1st App. District), Judge Holly Thomas (Los Angeles County Superior Ct., Family Law Division). 
Here is Koh’s background:
Here is Sanchez’s background:
Here is Thomas’s background:
Unfortunately, no public defenders among the bunch — and one with prosecutorial experience (Koh) and another with government defense experience (Sanchez). Thomas, obviously, has civil rights experience, both at NAACP LDF and DOJ, so that’s great.
Among the five district court nominees, one has significant defender experience: Judge Katherine Marie Menendez, who spent nearly two decades — basically all of her non-judicial legal career — in the Federal Defender’s office in Minnesota.
Among the other four district court nominees, two have government defense experience and two have civil rights experience, both with MALDEF and one of those later ran Public Counsel. None of the district court nominees appear to have any significant prosecutorial experience.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
