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11 Facts About Deborah Boardman

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Deborah Lynn Boardman was born on 1974 and is an American lawyer and jurist serving since 2021 as a United States district judge of the US District Court for the District of Maryland.

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Deborah Boardman was a United States magistrate judge for the District of Maryland from 2019 to 2021.

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Deborah Boardman has been described as being of Palestinian descent on her mother's side.

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From 1996 to 1997, Deborah Boardman was a Fulbright Scholar in Amman, Jordan.

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Deborah Boardman then attended the University of Virginia School of Law, where she was an editor of the Virginia Law Review.

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From 2000 to 2001, Boardman was a law clerk to US District Judge James C Cacheris of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

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On September 23,2019, Deborah Boardman was selected to be a United States magistrate judge of the District of Maryland.

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On March 30,2021, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Boardman to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, to the seat vacated by Judge Richard D Bennett, who had announced his intent to assume senior status upon the confirmation of his successor.

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Deborah Boardman received her judicial commission on June 25 and was sworn in on July 1,2021.

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Deborah Boardman reasoned that "mere exposure in public school to ideas that contradict religious beliefs does not burden the religious exercise of students or parents".

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Deborah Boardman found the agency violated the Endangered Species Act and the Administrative Procedures Act by underestimating risks and failing to implement adequate mitigation measures for the effects of oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico on protected species, including the Rice's whale.