(l-r) Judicial nominees John W. Holcomb, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California, and R. Shireen Matthews and Todd Wallace Robinson, both to be U.S. District Judges for the Southern District of California, appear via video teleconferencing before the Senate Judiciary Committee during their confirmation hearing on June 17, 2020.
Three Southern California lawyers nominated to the federal bench were met by and large with friendly questions from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing held virtually Wednesday.
Home state Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the ranking Democrat on the committee, introduced and all but endorsed San Diego Jones Day partner R. Shireen Matthews and Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Robinson, both nominated by President Donald Trump to the Southern District of California bench, and Costa Mesa Greenberg Gross partner John W. Holcomb, who has been nominated to fill a seat in the Central District of California.
