The first Muslim woman to run for office in the US federal judiciary.. Nusrat Chaudhry

After US President Joe Biden nominated her to be a judge in the Criminal Court for the Eastern District of New York, Ms. Nusrat Jahan Chaudhry became the first Muslim woman to be nominated for a federal judge, in US history.

Chaudhry, of Bangladeshi descent, is the legal director of the ACLU in Illinois.

If approved by the Senate, Choudary will become the first Muslim woman to serve as a federal judge in America.

The Biden administration is continuing its efforts to place more women and judges from various minorities, according to USA Today.

Choudary, who previously worked for the American Civil Liberties Union in New York, will be the second Muslim federal judge after the Senate confirmed the inauguration of Biden's candidate, Zahid Qureshi, in the US District Court for the New Jersey District last June.

Choudary's name emerged last summer as the first choice among Muslim-American judges qualified to run for a vacancy in federal courts in New York.

Choudary had the support of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

Muslim Advocates, a national civil rights organization, wrote in a July letter to Schumer and New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand that Choudary has an "excellent reputation" for promoting minority rights and that her nomination will make history.

Chaudhry, 62, was nominated in a group that includes two women of African descent, one of Taiwanese descent, one of Asian descent, another of Latino, and one candidate described by the newspaper as Asian American, Latino and white.

In his first year in office, Biden won Senate endorsements for 41 federal candidates, the largest number of nominees for any president in the first 12 months since John F. Kennedy.

Twenty-four of Biden's judicial nominees were black (29%), 17 Hispanic (20%) and 16 Asian and Pacific Islander (19%).

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