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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

 

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Mendoza Confirmed As Judge Of Ninth U.S. Circuit

 

MENDOZA

 

The U.S. Senate yesterday confirmed Salvador Mendoza as a judge of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on a 46-40 vote.

He has been a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington since 2014 and was a judge of the Superior Court of the State of Washington for Benton and Franklin counties for a year before that. Mendoza will assume the seat held by Judge M. Margaret McKeown, who will go on senior status.

His law degree is from UCLA.

 

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