📋 Tender Overview
Lara E. Montecalvos nomination to serve on the influential U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit cleared a key Senate hurdle today. In a Senate procedure known as a cloture vote which is a preliminary vote necessary to end debate before final confirmation Montecalvo received the backing of a majority of the U.S. Senate.Now Montecalvo who currently leads the office of the Rhode Island Public Defender is slated to get confirmed this week to serve as a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. The First Circuit based in Boston hears appeals of federal cases from Rhode Island Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire and Puerto Rico. The First Circuit is one of thirteen federal appellate courts that sit one rung below the U.S. Supreme Court. U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse who strongly backed President Bidens nomination of Lara Montecalvo say she is expected to get a final confirmation vote by the full U.S. Senate this week and expect her to be confirmed.
