Cristina D. Silva

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Cristina D. Silva
Judge of the Eighth Nevada Judicial District Court, Department IX
Assumed office
2019
Appointed bySteve Sisolak
Personal details
Born1979 (age 42–43)
El Paso, Texas, U.S.
EducationWellesley College (BA)
American University (JD)

Cristina Dionne Silva (born 1979)[1] is an American state court judge from Nevada who is a nominee to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

Education[]

Silva received her Bachelor of Arts from Wellesley College in 2001. She received her Juris Doctor from the Washington College of Law in 2007.[2]

Legal 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. During her time as a federal prosecutor, Silva assisted with the criminal investigation into the 2017 Las Vegas shooting that left 60 people dead.[3]

She was chief of the criminal division from 2018 to 2019 and deputy chief of the criminal division from 2013 to 2018. Since 2019, Silva has served as a judge on the Eighth Judicial District Court, Department IX, in Las Vegas[2] after being appointed by Governor Steve Sisolak.[4]

Nomination to district court[]

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.[2] President Biden nominated Silva to the seat vacated by Judge James C. Mahan, who took senior status on June 29, 2018.[5] On December 15, 2021, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[6] On January 3, 2022, her nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate;[7] she was later renominated the same day.[8] On January 20, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.[9] On March 16, 2022, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 53–44 vote.[10] Her nomination is pending before the full United States Senate.

References[]

  1. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Nominees for US judgeships in Nevada appear headed for confirmation". 15 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Cristina D. Silva". Eighth Judicial District Court. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. December 8, 2021.
  7. ^ "PN1357 - Nomination of Cristina D. Silva for The Judiciary, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. January 3, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 20, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  10. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Cristina D. Silva to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Nevada)". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate. March 16, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
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