Senate Confirms One of Judiciary’s Youngest Trial Court Judges

Civil rights lawyer Tiffany Cartwright won confirmation to the Seattle-based trial court and will be one of the youngest federal judges when she takes the bench.

The Senate voted 50-47 on Wednesday to send Cartwright, born in 1985, to the US District Court for Western District of Washington.

First nominated in January 2022 before being renominated this year, Cartwright will replace Judge Benjamin Hale. His seat has been open since Jan. 1, 2020, when he assumed senior status, a form of semi-retirement.

With the confirmations of Cartwright and Kymberly Evanson, on Tuesday, Joe Biden has now appointed all of the active ...