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Trump eyes new chance to put mark on long-liberal 9th Circuit


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A new vacancy on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is giving President Trump a new opportunity to alter the DNA of the once-famously liberal court.

Judge Carlos Bea is intending to take a step back and claim senior status on the Ninth Circuit, opening up a spot for a new full-time active judge. One possibility for the position is Patrick Bumatay, currently a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of California.

TRUMP RESHAPES LONG-LIBERAL 9TH CIRCUIT, AS REPUBLICAN-APPOINTED JUDGES GAIN SEATS ON COURT

Bumatay was nominated to the circuit court last year, but California Democratic Sens. Kamala Harris and Dianne Feinstein objected and the Senate did not take action. Trump then nominated Bumatay to the Southern District of California Court instead, but a similar lack of progress leaves him available for Bea's seat on the bench.

While it is traditional for a nominee's home-state senators to give their approval, it is not required, and Trump lately has bypassed the tradition in order to get conservative judges on the bench.

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