Pitts Brings Civil Rights Experience and Important Diversity to the Northern District of California

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 14, 2023
Contact: Dena Craig, [email protected]

WASHINGTON – Lena Zwarensteyn, senior director of the fair courts program at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Casey Pitts to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California:

“We applaud the Senate’s confirmation of Casey Pitts to the Northern District of California. He brings significant experience protecting the rights of working people and the freedom to vote — a civil rights background that is unfortunately underrepresented in our judiciary. Mr. Pitts will also be the only openly LGBTQ Article III judge actively serving on this court. Judicial decision-making is improved when judges bring different lived experiences, especially from communities that have been historically excluded, to the bench.”

Read The Leadership Conference’s letter in support of the confirmation of Casey Pitts.

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 230 national organizations to promote and protect the rights of all persons in the United States. The Leadership Conference works toward an America as good as its ideals. For more information on The Leadership Conference and its member organizations, visit www.civilrights.org.

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