Report: A Third of D.C. District Court Judges Not Born in the United States
Sean Moran 27 Mar 2025
The Federalist reported that the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has five judges who were born outside the United States.
“While country of origin doesn’t come up in most jobs, it is worth asking if judges with ties to foreign nations and cultures are the right ones to make decisions affecting the U.S. military or immigration,” the Federalist’s Beth Brelje wrote.
The district court in question has 15 main judges, five of whom were born outside of America; Democrats have notably nominated many individuals who were born outside the country for judgeships on this key district court.
In 2014, then-President Barack Obama nominated Judge Tanya Chutkan, who was born in Kingston, Jamaica, to serve on the district court. Before her confirmation to the court, she had no experience as a judge, and she has controversially ordered Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to disclose its plans and personnel.
Obama also appointed Judge Amit P. Mehta to the D.C. court; Mehta had no prior experience as a judge, and was born in Patan, Gujarat, India. Mehta will oversee four January 6 cases.
President Joe Biden nominated the other three judges.
In 2021 he tapped Judge Ana Cecilia Reyes, who — in a notable trend — had no prior experience as a judge. She was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, moved to Spain, and then ended up in Louisville, Kentucky. Reyes is notable for serving as the first openly LGBT Latina on this court. She objected to Trump’s executive order declaring that “gender dysphoria” is “inconsistent” with the Pentagon’s “high standards for troop readiness.”
Judge Amir Hatem Mahdy Ali was born in Canada to Egyptian parents, Brelje reports:
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