Jamar K. Walker: Difference between revisions

In March 2022, Walker was one of two candidates recommended to the president by Senators [[Mark Warner]] and [[Tim Kaine]].<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Warner & Kaine Announce Recommendations for U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia|date=March 1, 2022|url=https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/03/01/2022/warner-and-kaine-announce-recommendations-for-us-district-court-for-the-eastern-district-of-virginia|access-date=August 3, 2022}}</ref> On July 13, 2022, President [[Joe Biden]] nominated Walker to serve as a United States district judge of the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia]].<ref name="Nom" /> President Biden nominated Walker to the seat vacated by Judge [[Raymond Alvin Jackson]], who assumed [[senior status]] on November 23, 2021.<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Nominations Sent to the Senate|date=July 13, 2022|publisher=The White House|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/07/13/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-74/}}{{PD-notice}}</ref> On September 21, 2022, a hearing on his nomination was held before the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nominations|date=September 21, 2022|publisher=[[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary]]|location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/09/21/2022/nominations}}</ref> On December 1, 2022, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 15–7 vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/EBM%20Results%20-%202022-12-011.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 1, 2022|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|accessdate=December 1, 2022}}</ref> On January 3, 2023, his nomination was returned to the President under [[Standing Rules of the United States Senate, Rule XXXI|Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6]] of the [[United States Senate]]; he was renominated later the same day.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |date=January 3, 2023 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/01/03/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-91/}}</ref> On February 2, 2023, his nomination was reported out of the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]]committee by a 14–6 vote. His nomination is pending before the [[United States Senate]]. If confirmed, Walker would be the first openly [[LGBTQ]] [[Article III judge]] to serve in the state of Virginia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lgbtqbar.org/annual/conference-speakers/jamar-walker/|title=Jamar Walker}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2022/07/13/biden-nominates-more-judges-picks-first-openly-lgbtq-nominee-for-virginias-trial-courts/|title=President Biden Makes Second Round of Judicial Nominations in Two days}}</ref>