Biden to Tap US Magistrate Judge for Eleventh Circuit Seat

The White House plans to nominate former prosecutor and US Magistrate Judge Embry Kidd for the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Kidd has been a judge at the magistrate level for the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida since 2019. He was previously a prosecutor in the US Attorney’s office for the Middle District of Florida and an associate at Williams & Connolly in Washington.

Kidd has a more traditional resume compared to Biden’s previous nominee to the Atlanta-based Eleventh Circuit, Nancy Abudu, a former civil rights lawyer for groups such as the Southern ...