Tiffany M. Cartwright
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| Born | 1985 (age 38–39) Lansing, Michigan, U.S. |
| Education | Stanford University (BA, JD) |
Tiffany Mae Cartwright (born 1985)[1] is the nominee to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.[2]
Early life and education[edit]
Cartwright was born in Lansing, Michigan, and grew up in Kitsap County.[3] She earned a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University in 2007, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School in 2010, where she was a member of the Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic.[4][1] She was given the Hilmer Oehlmann Jr. Prize for excellence in Legal Research and Writing in 2007 while at Stanford Law School, and was co-editor in chief of Stanford Law & Policy Review in 2009 and 2010.[1] She published an article in that journal advocating for the expansion of veterans' courts.[5] During law school, Cartwright also worked at the federal public defender office in Seattle and at the United States Department of Justice Public Integrity Unit.[3] She also worked as a research assistant for Michael W. McConnell.[1]
Career[edit]
From 2010 to 2012, Cartwright served as a law clerk for Judge Dana Fabe of the Alaska Supreme Court and for Betty Binns Fletcher of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.[6][7] From 2012 to 2014, she was an associate at Jenner & Block in Chicago.[1][8] In 2014, she joined the civil rights law firm MacDonald Hoague & Bayless in Seattle, serving as partner since 2018,[9][10] where she focuses on civil rights law and labor law, including cases on police misconduct, gender discrimination, and sexual harassment.[3]
Notable cases[edit]
- In 2017, Cartwright represented the family of Leonard Thomas in connection with claims that he had been wrongfully killed by the Lakewood police department. Following trial, a jury sided with Thomas and awarded Thomas's family $15 million in damages.[11][12][13][14]
- In 2020, Cartwright represented the family of 17 year-old MiChance Dunlap-Gittens, who was killed by King County police in a case of mistaken identity, and won a $2.25 million settlement.[15] [16] [3]
- In 2021, Cartwright served as pro bono Washington state counsel for the Campaign Legal Center in Aguilar v. Yakima County, a case litigated under the Washington Voting Rights Act.[17]
- Cartwright represented several exonerees: a group of men in Fairbanks, Alaska known as The Fairbanks Four, who spent seventeen years in prison before their exoneration for murder in 2015; [3] Paul Browning, a capital defendant, obtaining his release in 2019 after 33 years on Nevada's death row; and Rodney Wheeler, who was wrongfully accused of homicide and received a $500,000 settlement from King County in 2021.[18]
Nomination to district court[edit]
On January 19, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Cartwright to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.[19] The nomination came as part of the Biden Administration's larger push to nominate judges with diverse backgrounds and identities.[19][20] President Biden nominated Cartwright to the seat vacated by Judge Benjamin Settle, who assumed senior status on January 1, 2020.[21] Her nomination was supported by senator Patty Murray of Washington.[22]
On May 25, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[23] On June 16, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.[24] In addition to all Democrats on the committee, Cartwright received the support of Republican Senator Lindsey Graham.[25] On January 3, 2023, her nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate; she was renominated later the same day.[26] On February 2, 2023, her nomination was reported out of the committee by an 11–9 vote.[27] Her nomination is pending before the United States Senate.
On June 22, 2023, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer filed a cloture motion on Cartwright's nomination.[28] The cloture motion is set to ripen on July 10, 2023.[29]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "QUESTIONNAIRE FOR JUDICIAL NOMINEES" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. January 19, 2022.
- ↑ Warren, Bradley (January 19, 2022). "President Biden nominates Tiffany Cartwright to serve as US District Court judge for Western District of Washington". KHQ Right Now.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Tiffany M. Cartwright Fact Sheet". Alliance for Justice.
- ↑ Warren, Bradley (January 19, 2022). "President Biden nominates Tiffany Cartwright to serve as US District Court judge for Western District of Washington". KHQ Right Now. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ↑ Tiffany Cartwright, “To Care for Him Who Shall Have Borne the Battle”: The Recent Development of Veterans Treatment Courts in America, 22 Stan. L. & Pol’y Rev. 295 (2011).
- ↑ "Tiffany M. Cartwright | MacDonald Hoague & Bayless, Seattle Civil Rights and Immigration Attorneys". www.mhb.com. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
- ↑ "Lawyer Tiffany Mae Cartwright - Seattle, Washington | Got.Law".
- ↑ Arkin, James (May 25, 2022). "1st, 2nd Circ. Noms Face Few Questions From Judiciary Panel". Law360.
- ↑ "President Biden Names Thirteenth Round of Judicial Nominees". The White House. January 19, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022. File:PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ "President Biden nominates Tiffany Cartwright to serve as US District Court judge for Western District of Washington | FOX 28 Spokane". 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
- ↑ "$15M awarded to family of unarmed black man killed by sniper". AP NEWS. July 15, 2017.
- ↑ Fowler, Lilly. "After $15 million verdict, a Q&A about police shootings | Crosscut". crosscut.com. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ Carter, Mike (July 14, 2017). "Jury awards more than $15M to family of unarmed black man killed by SWAT sniper in Fife". The Seattle Times. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ↑ Moreno, Joel (July 14, 2017). "A son remembers a dad hours after jury awards $15M in his police-shooting death". KOMO. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ↑ Hiruko, Ashley; Aegerter, Gil (May 4, 2020). "King County, family of teen killed during botched sting operation reach $2.25 million settlement". kuow.org.
- ↑ "Deadly sting, wrong target: How the death of a cop's son led King County deputies to kill a Des Moines teen". The Seattle Times. April 28, 2019.
- ↑ Smith, Kate (October 29, 2021). "Judge OKs new map, rules in Yakima County voting rights settlement". Yakima Herald-Republic. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
- ↑ "King County pays $500,000 to man acquitted of murder charge". AP NEWS. 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Harrison, Joey (January 19, 2022). "Biden nominates Muslim woman to the federal bench, a first in US history as he diversifies the judiciary". USA Today. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
- ↑ Brown, Matthew (March 30, 2021). "Biden judicial nominees represent diverse professional backgrounds, identities". USA Today. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
- ↑ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 19, 2022.
- ↑ "Senator Murray Applauds Nomination of Civil Rights Lawyer Tiffany M. Cartwright to Federal Bench in Washington State" (Press release). January 19, 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
- ↑ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. May 23, 2022.
- ↑ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – June 16, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
- ↑ Raymond, Nate (June 16, 2022). "U.S. Senate panel advances public defender vets up for judgeships". Reuters. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
- ↑ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 3, 2023.
- ↑ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 2, 2023" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/SenateCloakroom/status/1671956664411455519
- ↑ https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/executive_calendar/xcalv.pdf
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