WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate this week voted to confirm Judith Levy as a U.S. District Court judge for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Levy, 55, becomes the first openly lesbian federal judge in Michigan; she was confirmed by a unanimous vote of 97-0 on Wednesday.
Levy has been an assistant U.S. Attorney in Detroit since 2000 and serves as the chief of its civil rights unit.
Earlier in the day, Staci Michelle Yandle, nominated for a seat on the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Illinois, sailed through her confirmation hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee without opposition from panel members.
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If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Yandle — who is currently in private practice — would be the first African-American and first openly LGBT judge to serve in the 7th Circuit, covering Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.