Nusrat Jahan Choudhury (Bengali: নুসরত জাহান চৌধুরী; born 1976) [2] is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Nominated by President Joseph R. Biden on January 19, 2022 to a seat vacated by Joseph F. Bianco. Confirmed by the Senate on June 15, 2023, and received commission on July 5, 2023.

2023年6月16日 · Nusrat Choudhury was confirmed Thursday as a federal judge by the US Senate, making history as the first Muslim woman and the first Bangladeshi American to join the federal judicial bench.

2023年6月15日 · The U.S. Senate on Thursday narrowly confirmed civil rights lawyer Nusrat Choudhury to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, making her the first Bangladeshi-American...

2023年6月16日 · Nusrat Choudhury, a civil rights lawyer, was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday as a federal judge in New York, making her the first female Muslim American and first Bangladeshi American to hold...

2023年6月15日 · ACLU lawyer Nusrat Jahan Choudhury won confirmation as the first Muslim woman and first Bangladeshi-American to serve as a life-tenured federal judge. The Senate confirmed the civil rights lawyer on Thursday, 50-49, to a seat on the Brooklyn-based US District for the Eastern District of New York.

A dedicated civil rights and civil liberties attorney, Ms. Choudhury has spent her career advocating for equal justice under the law. When confirmed on June 15, 2023, Ms. Choudhury became the first Muslim woman and the first Bangladeshi American to serve as a federal judge.

2023年6月15日 · The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Nusrat Choudhury to a lifetime federal judgeship, putting the first-ever Muslim American woman on the federal bench. Choudhury was confirmed, 50 to 49 , to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

2023年6月16日 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Nusrat Chowdhury, a civil rights lawyer, has been confirmed by the Senate as the first Muslim female federal judge in U.S. history. She will assume her lifetime appointment in Brooklyn federal court in New York after a 50-49 vote on Thursday along party lines.

2023年6月15日 · Nusrat Choudhury, a trailblazing civil rights lawyer who has challenged racial profiling and police surveillance in New York City, was narrowly confirmed Thursday by the Senate to become the...