{"id":30280,"date":"2013-09-20T17:45:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=30280"},"modified":"2013-09-20T17:45:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-20T12:15:00","slug":"obama-nominates-indian-american-district-court-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/obama-nominates-indian-american-district-court-judge","title":{"rendered":"Obama nominates Indian American as district court judge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>US President Barack Obama has nominated an\u00a0Indian-American\u00a0attorney from Chicago to a key judiciary post in Illinois.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Manish S Shah (40), was announced to be nominated for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, along with several other important judiciary nominations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These men and women have had distinguished legal careers and I am honoured to ask them to continue their work as judges on the federal bench. 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