- Miranda Du
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Miranda Du Judicial Nominee for the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Nominated by Barack Obama Personal details Born 1969
Cà Mau, VietnamAlma mater University of California, Davis (B.A.)
University of California, Berkeley School of Law (J.D.)Miranda M. Du (born 1969) is an attorney in Reno, Nevada and a current federal judicial nominee for the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
Early life and education
Born in Cà Mau, Vietnam, Du left the country at age 9, when her family sought asylum in Malaysia.[1] They spent a year in Malaysian refugee camps before ultimately being granted asylum in the United States.[1]
Du received a Bachelor of Arts from University of California, Davis in 1991 and a Juris Doctor from University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 1994.[2]
Judicial nomination
On August 2, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Du to fill a judicial vacancy on to the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.[2]
On November 3, 2011, the Senate Judiciary Committee narrowly reported her nomination to the Senate floor in a party-line, 10–8 vote.[3] The reasons cited by some of the eight Republican senators on the committee who voted against sending Du's nomination to the Senate floor were her lack of experience and a 2008 sanction against Du by the very court to which she is nominated.[4] The sanction related to Du's representation of a water district in a 2006 worker grievance case and the fact taht she either failed to recognize or did not adequately pursue the argument that the federal court had lacked jurisdiction in the case.[5]
Du's nomination currently awaits a full Senate vote. In a statement, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who as a Nevadan recommended Du to Obama, said he is planning a "swift confirmation" of Du.[6][7]
References
- ^ a b Gulden, Erin (July 2009). "An Ocean of Experience". Mountain States Rising Stars 2009. http://www.superlawyers.com/nevada/article/An-Ocean-of-Experience/cc1640a5-da0d-46ba-8f0c-6cded31a8b50.html. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ a b The White House: Office of the Press Secretary (August 2, 2011). "President Obama Nominates Miranda Du to the United States District Court Bench". whitehouse.gov. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/08/02/president-obama-nominates-miranda-du-united-states-district-court-bench. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ Senate Judiciary Committee Webcast for November 3, 2011
- ^ http://www.lvrj.com/news/judicial-nominee-du-advances-over-gop-objections-133173243.html
- ^ http://www.lvrj.com/news/judicial-nominee-du-advances-over-gop-objections-133173243.html
- ^ http://www.lvrj.com/news/judicial-nominee-du-advances-over-gop-objections-133173243.html
- ^ http://reid.senate.gov/newsroom/pr_11311_mirandadunomination.cfm
Categories:- Living people
- Vietnamese refugees
- American lawyers
- American people of Vietnamese descent
- American politicians of Vietnamese descent
- University of California, Davis alumni
- University of California, Berkeley School of Law alumni
- Vietnamese emigrants to the United States
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