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Judge
Salvador Mendoza – Nominee to the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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Mendoza Jr. of Kennewick becomes first Latino federal judge on east side
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846:(Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. April 3, 2022
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763:. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. 12 March 2014
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Tri-City judge Sal Mendoza Jr. nominated to federal judgeship
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List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Washington
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filed cloture on his nomination. On September 8, 2022, the
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Mendoza testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee
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announced his intent to nominate Mendoza to serve as a
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749:. January 16, 2014.
717:. January 15, 2014.
683:(January 16, 2014).
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