Cristina D. Silva
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada
Assumed office
April 7, 2022
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byJames C. Mahan
Judge of the Eighth Nevada Judicial District Court, Department IX
In office
2019 – April 7, 2022
Appointed bySteve Sisolak
Preceded byJennifer P. Togliatti[1]
Succeeded byMaria A. Gall[2]
Personal details
Born1979 (age 44–45)
El Paso, Texas, U.S.
EducationWellesley College (BA)
American University (JD)

Cristina Dionne Silva (born 1979)[3] is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

Education

Silva received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Wellesley College in 2001. She received her Juris Doctor degree from the Washington College of Law in 2007.[4]

Career

From 2007 until 2010, Silva worked as an assistant state attorney in the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office, serving as assistant chief of litigation for the domestic violence unit in 2010. From 2011 to 2019, she served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Nevada. She was deputy chief of the criminal division from 2013 to 2018 and chief of the criminal division from 2018 to 2019. During her time as a federal prosecutor, Silva assisted with the criminal investigation into the 2017 Las Vegas shooting that killed 58 people in the initial shooting and injured about 500 others. In the years after, two more victims have died of shooting-related injuries.[5][6]

From 2019 to 2022, Silva served as a judge on the Eighth Judicial District Court, Department IX, in Clark County[4] after being appointed by Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak.[7]

Federal judicial service

On November 3, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Silva to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.[4] President Biden nominated Silva to the seat vacated by Judge James C. Mahan, who assumed senior status on June 29, 2018.[8] On December 15, 2021, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[9] On January 3, 2022, her nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate;[10] she was later renominated the same day.[11] On January 20, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.[12] On March 16, 2022, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 53–44 vote.[13] On March 23, 2022, her nomination was confirmed by a 50–46 vote.[14] She received her judicial commission on April 7, 2022.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ferrara, David (March 29, 2019). "Federal prosecutor appointed to Clark County District Court seat". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
  2. ^ "Nevada Governor Names New Judge To Fill Department 9 In Eighth Judicial District Court". Clark County Courts. June 29, 2022.
  3. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "President Biden Names Ninth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. November 3, 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ "Nominees for US judgeships in Nevada appear headed for confirmation". 15 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Before Las Vegas mass shooting, a friend of the gunman implored him not to 'shoot or kill innocent people,' newspaper reports". CNN. 8 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Cristina D. Silva". Eighth Judicial District Court. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  8. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. November 3, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  9. ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. December 8, 2021.
  10. ^ "PN1357 - Nomination of Cristina D. Silva for The Judiciary, 117th Congress (2021–2022)". www.congress.gov. January 3, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  11. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 3, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  12. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 20, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  13. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Cristina D. Silva to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Nevada)". United States Senate. March 16, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  14. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Cristina D. Silva, of Nevada, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Nevada)". United States Senate. March 23, 2022. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  15. ^ Cristina D. Silva at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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