A U.S. Senate panel on Thursday narrowly rejected one of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees in New York after Republicans strenuously objected to a decision she issued as a magistrate judge recommending that a transgender inmate convicted of child sex abuse be transferred to a women’s prison.
Netburn recommended her transfer after the U.S. Bureau of Prisons rejected her(sic) requests to be moved out of the all-male prison in Otisville, New York, prompting her(sic) to sue.
Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas said Netburn’s decision put women in the prison in danger. The inmate had nearly three decades earlier pleaded guilty to raping a 17-year-old girl and molesting a 9-year-old and served an 18-year prison sentence in Indiana.
“I have to say this is an issue everyone on this committee knows this isn’t right,” Cruz said. “Every one of us, every one of us would be horrified if a loved one found out she was the cellmate of a six-foot-two man who was a serial rapist.”
Source: In a first, US Senate panel rejects Biden judicial nominee in New York | Reuters