During the course of your conversation.

and she will be a great asset to our judicial system.Tamura Award in recognition of dedication to constitutional rights and significant contributions to the advancement of Asian Americans in the legal profession and the community at large.

She also handled civil rights and employment litigation in state and federal courts.Kato served in the Federal Public Defenders Office for the Central District of California.civil rights matters where the plaintiff is not represented by counsel.

the district has 28 authorized Article III judgeships.Kato — the first Japanese American woman and the third AAPI woman to serve as a federal district court judge in the Central District of California —fills the vacancy that arose when District Judge Beverly Reid OConnell passed away in October 2017.

Senate confirmed President Joe Bidens nomination of Magistrate Judge Kenly Kiya Kato to serve as a federal district judge for the U.

“We are glad to see the Senate confirm Judge Kato and Ms.and two counts of committing a hate crime.

In the days since Hamas invasion of Israel and Israels counterattack.18:Wadea Al-FayoumeOver this past weekend.

as seen with the dehumanization and equation with the enemy that led to the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.and Jewish American communities.