444 posted 2 years ago by Devolution1776 2 years ago by Devolution1776 +444 / -0 33 comments share 33 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Who appointed him?
Cecilia M. Altonaga, Chief United States District Judge
Chief federal judges are allowed to select who a new judge is and install them?
No. They are not. They are appointed by the President.
He’s not an Article III, he is a magistrate judge. He can preside over the preliminary hearings but not the actual case.