Nguyen is First Asian Pacific American Woman on Court of Appeals
Jacqueline Nguyen will be the first Asian Pacific American woman in U.S. history to serve on a Court of Appeals, Sen. Daniel Akaka‘s office announced on Monday night. Already, Nguyen had made history as the first Vietnamese American woman to serve as a federal judge.
The Senate confirmed her nomination to the Ninth Circuit Court in a 93-3 vote, after unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee. In a statement issued by his office, Akaka called the appointment a “historic milestone for women and Asian Pacific Americans across the country.”
Nguyen was born in Vietnam, and fled to the United States during the fall of Saigon, according to the Los Angeles Times. Read more about her background from an article the newspaper published shortly after her nomination.
