Denny Chin
United States federal judge · United States · On the map · Lawyers · Born 1954 · age 72
Denny Chin is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York before joining the federal appeals bench.
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President Bill Clinton nominated Chin to the district court on March 24, 1994, and Chin was confirmed August 9 of that same year. On October 6, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Chin to the Second Circuit. He was confirmed on April 22, 2010, by the United States Senate, filling the vacancy created by Judge Robert D. Sack who assumed senior status. Chin was the first Asian American appointed as a United States District Judge outside of the Ninth Circuit.
