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JT45242

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7. Yes. Part of the appeals court that rushed the first federal execution in 17 years for TCF in 2020

Reply to SSJVegeta (Reply #3)

Thu May 21, 2026, 05:35 PM

23 hrs ago

Likely a loyalty confirmation for her later appointment. To prove she wasn't so Catholic that she would re use herself from excecutions as many Catholic judges had started to do.

Overruled a stay by judge chutkan.

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