Biden Seventh Circuit Nominee Pressed by GOP on Case Management

Senate Republicans questioned a Biden appellate nominee over her productivity as a district judge, pressing her on why she hasn’t moved cases faster.

Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and John Kennedy (R-La.) led the GOP grilling of Nancy Maldonado on Wednesday at her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing to a seat on the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

They zeroed-in on her record over nearly two years as a judge for the Northern District of Illinois, which includes Chicago.

They complained about her civil case docket, which included 125 motions pending longer than six months as of last ...