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Tovah Calderon
Tovah Calderon is an acting deputy assistant attorney general in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.[1]
On June 15, 2021, President Joe Biden (D) nominated Calderon to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.[1][2][3] On July 14, 2022, the president withdrew her nomination.[4] Click here for more information on Calderon's federal judicial nomination.
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals is the court of last resort in Washington, D.C. To learn more about the court, click here.
Judicial nominations and appointments
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- See also: Federal judges nominated by Joe Biden
On June 15, 2021, President Joe Biden (D) nominated Calderon to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.[3] To read more about the federal nominations process, click here.
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Tovah Calderon |
| Court: District of Columbia Court of Appeals |
| Progress |
| Withdrawn 394 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: June 15, 2021
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| ABA Rating: N/A
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: September 14, 2021
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| Hearing Transcript: Hearing Transcript |
| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: October 6, 2021 (first) / February 2, 2022 (second)
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 Confirmed:
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| Withdrawn: July 14, 2022
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Withdrawal of nomination
On July 14, 2022, President Biden withdrew Calderon's nomination.[4]
Senate committee hearing
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held hearings on Calderon's nomination on September 14, 2021. The committee voted to advance Calderon's nomination to the full Senate on October 6, 2021.[3] Following her renomination, the committee voted to advance Calderon's nomination to the full Senate on February 2, 2022.[4]
Nomination
On June 15, 2021, President Joe Biden (D) nominated Calderon to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.[1][2][3]
Calderon's nomination was returned to the president at the sine die adjournment of the U.S. Senate on January 3, 2022.[5] The president renominated Calderon on the same day.[4]
Calderon was nominated to replace Judge Kathryn Oberly, who retired in November 2013.[2][6]
Biography
Education
Tovah Calderon earned a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1995 and a J.D. from the Howard University School of Law in 2000.[1]
Professional career
- 2001-Present: U.S. Department of Justice
- 2000-2001: Law clerk, Judge Francis Murnaghan, United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit[1]
About the court
This court handles local matters related to the District of Columbia. For information on the federal appeals court for the District of Columbia, click here.
| District of Columbia Court of Appeals |
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| Court Information |
| Justices: 9 |
| Founded: 1970 |
| Location: Washington, D.C. |
| Salary |
| Judicial Selection |
| Method: U.S. President appoints, U.S. Senate confirms |
| Term: 15 years |
| Active justices |
| Corinne Ann Beckwith, Anna Blackburne-Rigsby, Joshua Deahl, Catharine Friend Easterly, John P. Howard III, Roy W. McLeese, Vijay Shanker |
Established by Congress in 1970, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals is the court of last resort in Washington, D.C., and has nine judgeships. The current chief of the court is Anna Blackburne-Rigsby.
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals meets in the Historic Courthouse.[7]
As of September 2021, in Washington, D.C., court of appeals justices are selected through an assisted appointment method, where the President selects an appointee from a list provided by a nominating commission. The appointee must then be approved by the U.S. Senate. To read more about this system of selection, click here.
The D.C. Court of Appeals reviews all final orders, judgments and specified interlocutory orders of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and answers questions of law certified by federal and state appellate courts. Additionally, the court may review decisions made by D.C. administrative agencies, boards, and commissions.
Cases are heard by randomly chosen three-judge panels except when it is requested and ordered by a majority of judges in regular active service that the court sit en banc. This may occur when it is deemed that the full court is needed to maintain uniformity of its decisions, or if the case is of noteworthy importance.[8]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The White House, "President Biden Announces 4th Slate of Judicial Nominations," June 15, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The White House, "Nominations Sent to the Senate," June 15, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Congress.gov, "PN637 — Tovah R. Calderon — The Judiciary," accessed October 6, 2021
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Congress.gov, "PN1492 — Tovah R. Calderon — The Judiciary," accessed August 4, 2022
- ↑ Under Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, pending nominations are returned to the president if the Senate adjourns sine die or recesses for more than 30 days.
- ↑ Legal Newsline, "D.C. high court judge retiring after less than five years on bench," archived December 30, 2013
- ↑ District of Columbia Courts, "Historic Courthouse," accessed September 15, 2021
- ↑ District of Columbia Courts, "About the Court of Appeals," accessed January 28, 2015
