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Susan Courtwright Rodriguez
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. Active service.
Confirmed 57 to 32Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- September 15, 2025
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- September 17, 2025
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 9, 2025
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 57 to 32
- Confirmed
- December 4, 2025
- Commissioned
- December 6, 2025
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1981, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Policy advisor, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2006-2011 (on leave 2009-2011)
- Law clerk, Hon. Frank D. Whitney, U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, 2009-2011
- Adjunct professor for legal writing, Charlotte School of Law, 2010
- Private practice, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2011-2023
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