Nusrat Jahan Choudhury (Bengali: নুসরত জাহান চৌধুরী; born 1976) [2] is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Nominated by President Joseph R. Biden on January 19, 2022 to a seat vacated by Joseph F. Bianco. Confirmed by the Senate on June 15, 2023, and received commission on July 5, 2023.

Jun 16, 2023 · Nusrat Choudhury was confirmed Thursday as a federal judge by the US Senate, making history as the first Muslim woman and the first Bangladeshi American to join the federal judicial bench. The...

Nusrat Choudhury is a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She was nominated to the court by President Joe Biden (D) on January 3, 2023, and confirmed by the United States Senate on June 15, 2023, by a vote of 50-49.

Jun 15, 2023 · Nusrat Jahan Choudhury, President Biden’s pick for a federal judgeship in New York, was confirmed Thursday by the Senate, making her the first Muslim woman on the federal bench.

Jun 15, 2023 · ACLU lawyer Nusrat Jahan Choudhury won confirmation as the first Muslim woman and first Bangladeshi-American to serve as a life-tenured federal judge. The Senate confirmed the civil rights lawyer on Thursday, 50-49, to a seat on the Brooklyn-based US District for the Eastern District of New York.

Jun 15, 2023 · US civil liberties and Muslim advocacy groups have welcomed the confirmation of Nusrat Jahan Choudhury, the first Muslim woman and Bangladeshi American to be nominated and confirmed as a...

Jun 15, 2023 · WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Nusrat Choudhury, a longtime civil rights attorney, to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, making her the nation's first...

Oct 13, 2020 · Nusrat Jahan Choudhury was the Roger Pascal Legal Director at the ACLU of Illinois, where she oversaw a team advancing civil rights and civil liberties across Illinois. Nusrat has more than a decade of experience in advancing reform in …

Jun 15, 2023 · Nusrat Choudhury, a trailblazing civil rights lawyer who has challenged racial profiling and police surveillance in New York City, was narrowly confirmed Thursday by the Senate to become the...