California state Judge Hernán D. Vera was confirmed to the federal trial court that includes Los Angeles after a 21-month wait.
Vera, 52, was confirmed, 51-48, Tuesday to the US District Court for the Central District of California.
Originally nominated by President Joe Biden in September 2021, his nomination deadlocked twice last Congress in the evenly divided Senate Judiciary Committee before he advanced in February with a decisive Democratic majority.
Confirmed with no Republican support, Vera was part of a group of stalled Biden judicial nominees opposed by GOP members over their progressive legal careers.
Vera has served as a ...
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