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: The GavelAppeals Court Nominee Wins Unanimous Vote
By Peter Hardin
Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson of the Rhode Island Superior Court will move to the Boston-based First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, as a result of a 98-0 confirmation vote in the Senate this week.
She will become the first African-American judge and the second female to sit on the appeals court, according to an article in the Providence Journal. With 21 years of experience as a state judge, she was praised by her home-state Democratic senators for fairness, integrity and other qualifications.
Full post as published by The Gavel on March 18, 2010 (boomark / email).
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