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November 16, 2009
Keila Cosme, a native of Puerto Rico – The first Hispanic named to an Ohio appellate court
November 5, 2009
Dominican-born judge wins bench in N.Y. State Supreme Court – Diccia Pineda-Kirwan
President Obama Nominates Judge Albert Diaz and Judge James Wynn to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
October 27, 2009
Judge Who Ordered Texas to Educate Undocumented Students Dies – U.S. Senior District Judge William Wayne Justice
October 9, 2009
Justice Eva Guzman – A judge whose Mexican immigrant mother earned only a third grade education and worked as a cleaning woman was named to the Texas Supreme Court on Thursday, becoming the first Latina to serve on the state’s highest court.
October 6, 2009
Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho to receive the University of Michigan Wallenberg Medal
September 15, 2009
The former Chilean judge who indicted late dictator Augusto Pinochet filed Monday to run for the Senate on the ticket of dark-horse independent presidential candidate Marco Enriquez Ominami.
September 8, 2009
New Mexico Supreme Court Justice Petra Jimenez Maes was one of the first two Hispanic women to graduate from the University of New Mexico’s law school. In 2003, she became the state’s first Latina chief justice.
September 7, 2009
Tuesday (Sept. 8th) at 2 p.m., the Supreme Court will hold an investiture for new justice Sonia Sotomayor. USA TODAY previews the ceremony.
September 3, 2009
A federal judge ordered the Cuban government and the ruling Communist Party on Wednesday to pay $27.5 million in damages to a Kentucky woman whose journalist son has been jailed since a 2003 crackdown on dissent.
September 1, 2009
Meet Brian Sandoval: Candidate for governor? – Nevada
Ecuadorian judge accused of bribery in Chevron suit
August 24, 2009
Study: Immigration judge as stressed out as emergency room doctors, prison wardens
August 21, 2009
Diana Maldonado, “The Other Wise Latina,” Makes History in Massachusetts’ Justice System
August 16, 2009
U.S. District Judge Brian Sandoval expected to be formidable candidate in bid for Nevada governor
August 14, 2009
A federal three-judge panel heard an appeal by LULAC Thursday against the Texas Democratic Party, charging that its delegate selection process dilutes the Latino vote
August 10, 2009
Mexican Judge Logs Off Facebook after Spilling Info on Case
August 3, 2009
Retired state District Court Judge Enrique H. Peña, 73, has died, according to an obituary in the El Paso Times.
FDNY written exams excluded hundreds of black and Hispanic firefighters, federal judge rules
Judge Christine Arguello Comes Home to Help Hispanic Scholars – Colorado
June 18, 2009
Nearly three years after the Justice Department found that the nation’s immigration courts were seriously overburdened and recommended hiring 40 new judges, only a few hirings have taken place and the case backlog is at its highest point in a decade
June 16, 2009
New Book on Sonia Sotomayor by Margarita Amador
June 8, 2009
Georgia needs more Hispanic judges -There are no Hispanics now, nor have there ever been any, on the Supreme Court of Georgia or on the Georgia Court of Appeals
May 29, 2009
La jueza Cristina Pérez, con su programa “La corte de familia” en la cadena Telemundo, se consagró como uno de los iconos de la televisión hispana en Estados Unidos. Después, el éxito de Pérez se reeditó en inglés en “Cristina’s Court”, su actual programa sindicado.
May 26, 2009
President Obama will nominate Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit as his first appointment to the court – could be the first Hispanic justice to serve on the Supreme Court
May 6, 2009
Appointing Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court might soothe frayed Hispanic nerves, writes New America Media contributor Gebe Martinez, but legal conservatives do not believe that President Obama should give importance to a diverse life experience in making his choice.
April 27, 2009
A federal judge has awarded about $235,000 to more than 600 Latino farm workers who accused a farm labor contractor and two Yakima Valley growers of violating federal labor laws.
March 25, 2009
Gov. David Paterson has appointed the first Latino presiding justice to the midlevel appeals court in New York. Associate Justice Luis Gonzalez
December 28, 2008
The third time may the charm for a Cuban-born judge seeking appointment to the Florida Supreme Court. Gov. Charlie Crist said Wednesday he has interviewed all six nominees for a current opening and was impressed with each, including Judge Jorge Labarga of West Palm Beach.
December 20, 2008
A judge has sentenced Jamie Underwood to 120 years in prison without the possibility of parole in the slayings of six Mexican immigrants in the Tifton area three years ago – Georgia
COURT DENIES TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY’S EFFORTS TO STALL STUDENTS’ RIGHTS TO EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice has ordered Texas to take immediate steps to improve bilingual education programs — even as state officials fight to postpone what they call costly measures.
December 12, 2008
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist eliminated the only Hispanic nominee (Judge Jorge Labarga) for an as-yet unfilled Florida Supreme Court vacancy Wednesday by appointing him, instead, to a secondary appellate court.
December 5, 2008
A federal judge ordered a Puerto Rican lawmaker, Sen. Jorge de Castro Font, to be jailed ahead of his corruption trial, ruling Thursday that he violated his bail by contacting a government witness.
December 3, 2008
Rivera to Paterson: I Told You So – Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera calls on Governor Paterson to reject the recommendations for Chief Judge and releases letter sent earlier this year to the Governor warning of lack of Hispanics serving as judges throughout New York
Philadelphia judge on Obama’s short list for HUD secretary – Nelson Diaz
December 2, 2008
The Next Supreme Court Justice? Push for the Nation’s First Hispanic Underway
November 5, 2008
A federal court judge has dismissed a voting rights lawsuit against Farmers Branch in which three Hispanic residents sought to force the city to move from at-large voting for the City Council to single-member districts.
October 23, 2008
A Mexican judge on Wednesday ordered a suspect in the 2006 killing of U.S. journalist-activist Bradley Roland Will to stand trial on homicide charges.
October 16, 2008
Ibarra, of Chicago, and others like him are entitled to about $3,500 each, according to a judge’s preliminary approval of a multimillion-dollar lawsuit settlement in San Francisco last week. The terms of the settlement, which does not admit fault, call for the Mexican government to pay braceros or their descendants a total of about $14.5 million. In addition, U.S. lawyers will receive about $2.8 million. But the total payout could change if more braceros step forward before the Dec. 23 deadline to file a claim
October 15, 2008
A San Francisco Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday that the city’s plan to issue municipal identification cards to residents regardless of immigration status does not violate state and federal law.
September 23, 2008
Judge orders sheriff’s office to stop targeting Hispanics – Otero County Sheriff’s Office in Chaparral, New Mexico
September 10, 2008
Senate panel to vote soon on Colorado judge nominees – Christine Arguello up for Federal judgeship
August 28, 2008
A federal judge on Wednesday signed an agreement aimed at adding Hispanic representation to a northeastern Pennsylvania school board, settling a lawsuit that alleged the district’s method of electing board members was discriminatory.
Three Hispanic judges trail in their Broward County races – Florida
August 19, 2008
Must watch: PBS’ P.O.V film “The Judge and the General” – About Chiles & Pinochet
August 17, 2008
A federal judge ruled Friday that a Wichita Catholic school policy requiring students to speak only English didn’t break any civil rights laws.
July 30, 2008
Justice Inspector General Report Finds Immigration Judges Were Illegally Hired
July 26, 2008
A federal judge on Friday gave the state of Texas until the end of January to come up with a plan to improve education programs for secondary school students with limited proficiency in English, criticizing the state education agency for “failing to ensure equal education opportunities in all schools.”
July 16, 2008
Immigrants Eager to Vote Sue to Hasten Citizenship – New York
July 14, 2008
University of Colorado – Boulder’s chief legal counsel nominated by Bush for federal judgeship – Christine Arguello
June 26, 2008
Emily Vasquez | Superior Court of California
June 19, 2008
The Guantanamization of Immigrant Detention « Of América
Mexico reforms its justice system – Legislation allows U.S.-style public trials. Change will take time.
Godwin Pappas & Ronquillo Managing Partner Selected One of Dallas’ Top Business Defense Attorneys
June 18, 2008
A judge rejects Topy Mamery’s demands
June 17, 2008
Continental Airlines and National Association of Hispanic Publications Announce Essay Contest Winner
June 12, 2008
El Paso County Judge Anthony Cobos, refuses to treat Mexican cartel victims
Suit challenges LAPD’s policy on illegal immigrants
Lawsuit Thrown Out Over Underrepresented Latino Jurors – San Diego
June 11, 2008
El Paso to ask feds for help treating wounded Mexican cops
DHS: Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Department of Commerce Secretary Gutierrez at the State of Immigration Address
June 10, 2008
32nd Annual National Hispanic Women’s Conference Draws Sold Out Audience
Boston Business Journal and El Planeta Announce Call for Nominations for 20 on the Move
Grupo Mexico CEO arrives at Texas courthouse for Asarco trial
Suspected Illegal Immigrants Deported Without Getting Their Day in Court – Due process is a vitally important tenet of liberal democracy.
Free the Cuban Five! – A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals of Atlanta upheld Wednesday the guilty verdicts of the Cuban Five, prisoners in the United States since 1998
Hispanic leaders say they are working to register more voters – Oklahoma
June 9, 2008
Court rules for legacy of Juana Briones! – Palo Alto, California
Lawrence’s Miss Hispanic Week makes history – Massachusetts
June 5, 2008
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction preventing certain portions of HB 1804, Oklahoma’s tough, controversial new immigration law, from taking effect July 1.
June 3, 2008
ImpreMedia Chairman & CEO John Paton Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) 2008 Award Finalist in Metro New York Area
June 2, 2008
Cooking up a storm in Farmers Branch
Will Los Angeles elect a white supremacist judge to Superior Court? Meet Bill Johnson
Interpreter has her say in court – Marta McCoy
May 29, 2008
Judge rejects Farmers Branch ordinance on renting to illegal immigrants
Judge Orders Second Trial for Twelve-Year-Old Hispanic Boy – Durham, North Carolina
Bromley Communications, LLC Earns Two Honors in One Week
May 27, 2008
LATINO FOOD FEST & MENUDO COOK-OFF – Kern County, California
May 22, 2008
Six Hispanic Judges Will Not Face Write-In Campaign – Los Angeles Superior Court
May 20, 2008
Pima County gets 1st Mexican-American female head judge – Maria Lilia Felix – Arizona
Border agent accused of human smuggling denied bail – Texas
Border Patrol to Check for Illegal Immigrants During Hurricane Evacuations
TeleFutura Announces Fifth Season Winner of ”Objetivo Fama” – Cristina Eustace of Dallas, TX Wins Network’s Popular Singing Competition – Over 16.5 Million Votes Cast Throughout the Most-Competitive Season Ever
May 15, 2008
Mark Johnson preps ‘Ugly Me’ – ‘Narnia’ producer to remake Chilean comedy
May 14, 2008
Eureka- Marketings Next Big Thing Revealed at Univision Upfront
Lieutenant Governor Patty Judge cites concern Postville plant will close – Iowa
May 13, 2008
Human smuggler who caused deaths of 10 immigrants in Arizona crash gets life in prison
Cristián de la Fuente perseveres on ‘Dancing With the Stars’
May 12, 2008
USHCC Foundation Sparks Business Dreams of Miami Youth
Extra Newspaper Receives three Prestigious Awards for Excellence in Graphic Design and Hispanic Print Media
Governor, legal groups working to get more minority judges seated – California
