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First openly gay fed judge Deborah Batts, set to preside over Michael Avenatti's trial for stealing money from Stormy Daniels, dead at 72
2020-02-04
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • US District Judge Deborah Batts passed away on Sunday from unknown cause

  • Last fall, she set Michael Avenatti's embezzlement trial for April 21

  • Batts, a Harvard Law School graduate, was appointed to the US District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1994 by President Bill Clinton

  • She became the first openly gay person to sit on the federal bench
'Deborah Batts was a trailblazer in every respect: an openly gay African-American woman who became a United States District Judge after a distinguished career as a federal prosecutor and law professor,' Manhattan federal Chief Judge Colleen McMahon said in a statement.
Posted by:Skidmark

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Posted by: DarthVader   2020-02-04 09:20  

#3  oh wait...
Posted by: Lex   2020-02-04 08:15  

#2  I think I need more coffee.

I mistakenly read a headline in a non-Enquirer news account as "First openly gay fed judge... set to preside over Michael Avenatti's trial for stealing money from Stormy Daniels"
Posted by: Lex   2020-02-04 08:15  

#1  Did she wind up like her brother Billy Batts? Am I missing the Clinton connection here?
Posted by: Raj   2020-02-04 08:11  

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