Miranda Du
Miranda Du | |
|---|---|
 Senator Harry Reid introducing Miranda Du. | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada | |
| Assumed office March 30, 2012 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Roger L. Hunt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 11, 1969 Cà Mau, South Vietnam (now Vietnam) |
| Alma mater | University of California, Davis (B.A.) University of California, Berkeley School of Law (J.D.) |
Miranda Mai Du (born December 11, 1969) is a United States District Judge 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]
Professional career
Upon graduating law school, Du took a job as an associate at Reno law firm McDonald Carano Wilson LLP. She was promoted to partner in 2002.
Federal judicial service
On August 2, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Du to replace Judge Roger L. Hunt who took senior status in 2011.[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] Republican committee members opposing Du's nomination cited her lack of criminal-law experience and a 2008 sanction imposed against Du by the judge recommending her nomination.[4] The sanction related to Du's representation of a water district in a 2006 worker grievance case and found that she either failed to recognize or did not adequately pursue the argument that the federal court had lacked jurisdiction in the case.[4]
In a statement, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, who recommended Du to President Obama, said he had planned a "swift confirmation."[4][5] On March 28, 2012, Du's nomination was confirmed by a vote of 59 ayes to 39 nays.[6] She received her commission on March 30, 2012.[7][8]
References
- ^ a b Gulden, Erin (July 2009). "An Ocean of Experience". Mountain States Rising Stars 2009. 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. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ Senate Judiciary Committee Webcast for November 3, 2011
- ^ a b c http://www.lvrj.com/news/judicial-nominee-du-advances-over-gop-objections-133173243.html
- ^ http://reid.senate.gov/newsroom/pr_11311_mirandadunomination.cfm
- ^ Senate Roll Call
- ^ Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
- ^ http://www.lvrj.com/news/nevada-judicial-nominee-faces-senate-vote-another-nominee-s-future-complicated-144663285.html>
External links
- Miranda Du at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- 1969 births
- American lawyers
- American people of Vietnamese descent
- American politicians of Vietnamese descent
- American women judges
- Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada
- Living people
- United States district court judges appointed by Barack Obama
- University of California, Berkeley School of Law alumni
- University of California, Davis alumni
- Vietnamese emigrants to the United States
- Vietnamese refugees
- People from Ca Mau Province
- American jurists of Asian descent