Hispanic Woman Who’d Make Fifth Circuit History Advances (1)

The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Irma Carrillo Ramirez’ nomination to be the first Hispanic woman to serve on the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Ramirez, a US magistrate judge in the Northern District of Texas, on Thursday became only the second Biden appellate nominee to advance out of committee by voice vote, after Roopali Desai for the Ninth Circuit.

The panel also approved the nomination of Ana de Alba, a federal district judge in California and the first Latina on the court, to serve on the Ninth Circuit. She advanced on an 11-10 party line vote in ...