Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Raag Singhal officially nominated to the District Court

Back in May, the blog reported that state court judge Raag Singhal was being vetted for an open district court seat in the Southern District of Florida.  Today, President Trump made his nomination official.  Congrats to Judge Singhal.  He's going to be great.  From the press release:

Anuraag “Raag” Singhal of Florida, to serve as Judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Raag Singhal serves as a Circuit Court Judge for the 17th Judicial Circuit in Broward County, Florida, having been appointed to the bench by then-Governor Rick Scott in 2011. Before his appointment, Judge Singhal was in private practice in Fort Lauderdale where his practice focused on criminal defense in both the trial courts and courts of appeals. Early in his career, Judge Singhal served as a prosecutor in the Office of the State Attorney. Judge Singhal earned his B.A. from Rice University and his J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law.
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9 comments:

  1. Rumpole5:33 AM

    Excellent choice. Who was the last addition to SDFL that actually worked as a criminal defense attorney after Bob Scola? Magistrate Bill Matthewman is the only one I can think of.

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  2. Anonymous8:45 AM

    Trump showing his racist tendencies again.. Biden would have him appointed to a Bankruptcy bench (7-11).

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  3. Anonymous8:59 AM

    WTF @ 8:45

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  4. Anonymous9:35 AM

    David, you are justifiably permissive with commentary, but 8:45 is over the line and should be stricken - this is not the Breitbart comments section.

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  5. Anonymous10:09 AM

    Magistrate Judge Brannon and Magistrate Judge Hunt were Assistant Federal Public Defenders and Judge Williams was THE FPD.

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  6. Anonymous11:06 AM

    By the way this is a Rick Scott pick. He's very tight with the judge.

    And by the way Rump the only district court judge who did criminal defense who did not start his or her career as a prosecutor seems to be Fred Moreno.

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  7. Anonymous2:46 PM

    In other news, 3d DCA says Lewis Tein will get hit with attorneys' fees in their never ending saga with the Tribe. https://www.3dca.flcourts.org/content/download/535022/5941765/file/181132_814_08142019_10141221_i.pdf

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  8. Anonymous4:28 PM

    Can you please block Rumphole from posting? He's out to lunch.

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  9. Anonymous9:17 PM

    Only Trump bashing allowed by the peanut gallery? Don't let this place become the NYT.

    I'm surprised we haven't had a conversation about Epstein's lawyer comments after the news of his death.

    Not suggesting we dive into the conspiracy pool.

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