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A federal judge who hears cases in Lexington will be nominated as a federal appeals judge, President Donald J. Trump announced Monday.
Trump will nominate U.S. District Judge Amul R. Thapar to the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, the White House said in a news release.
The court hears appeals from Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio and Michigan.
Thapar, who is in his late 40s, became the nation’s first federal district judge of South Asian descent when the U.S Senate confirmed him in late 2007. His parents immigrated from India.
Thapar, who received his law degree from the University of California at Berkeley, served as the chief federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of Kentucky before taking the district bench. He also served as a prosecutor in Southern Ohio and worked in private practice.
He hears cases in Lexington, Covington, London and Pikeville.
The Senate will have to confirm Thapar to the appellate bench, but with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as a strong supporter, observers said that won’t be a problem.
“Throughout his already impressive career of public service, Amul has shown an incredible intellect and an unshakable dedication to the law,” McConnell said in the release. “He has earned the respect of his colleagues, and I know that he will bring to the Sixth Circuit the same wisdom, fairness, and ability that he has shown on the District Court. President Trump made an outstanding choice and I look forward to the Senate’s confirmation of Judge Thapar.”
Read more here: Trump to nominate federal Judge Amul Thapar to 6th Circuit Court of Appeals
He's probably more conservative than Gorsuch.
Trump will nominate U.S. District Judge Amul R. Thapar to the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, the White House said in a news release.
The court hears appeals from Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio and Michigan.
Thapar, who is in his late 40s, became the nation’s first federal district judge of South Asian descent when the U.S Senate confirmed him in late 2007. His parents immigrated from India.
Thapar, who received his law degree from the University of California at Berkeley, served as the chief federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of Kentucky before taking the district bench. He also served as a prosecutor in Southern Ohio and worked in private practice.
He hears cases in Lexington, Covington, London and Pikeville.
The Senate will have to confirm Thapar to the appellate bench, but with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as a strong supporter, observers said that won’t be a problem.
“Throughout his already impressive career of public service, Amul has shown an incredible intellect and an unshakable dedication to the law,” McConnell said in the release. “He has earned the respect of his colleagues, and I know that he will bring to the Sixth Circuit the same wisdom, fairness, and ability that he has shown on the District Court. President Trump made an outstanding choice and I look forward to the Senate’s confirmation of Judge Thapar.”
Read more here: Trump to nominate federal Judge Amul Thapar to 6th Circuit Court of Appeals
He's probably more conservative than Gorsuch.
