US President Donald Trump on Monday nominated an Indian American as a federal judge in Florida. Anuraag Singhal is among the 17 judiciary nomination sent by the White House to the Senate. If confirmed by the Senate, the Indian-American would replace James I. Cohn as the United States district judge for the southern district of Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Singhal is the first Indian-American to be nominated to this position in Florida. His confirmation hearing by the senate judiciary committee is scheduled for Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A graduate from the Rice University, Singhal studied at the Wake Forest University School of Law. His parents migrated to the US in 1960. His father from Aligarh was a research scientist with Exxon. His mother was from Dehradun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to ethnic India West newspaper, Singhal is perhaps best known for representing the infamous Aileen Wuornos, a serial killer who murdered seven men in Florida. He did not represent Wuornos during the trial, but did represent her in a lawsuit when she accused prison guards of \u201charassing her to death\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAileen was difficult to represent because she had volunteered for the death penalty. She wanted to go,\u201d Singhal had told India-West in 2012, after he was appointed to the circuit court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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