The first openly gay judge appointed to a U.S. federal court died Sunday, according to court officials and colleagues. Judge Deborah Batts, 72, presided over the bench at Southern District of New ...

Judge Deborah A. Batts, who passed away unexpectedly in February 2020, was a trailblazer in the United States legal community as the first openly gay federal judge.

Deborah A. Batts, the first openly gay judge to sit on the federal bench, who presided over prominent cases involving political corruption, terrorism and the Central Park Five civil case, died on ...

Manhattan federal Judge Deborah Batts who was slated to oversee Michael Avenatti’s Stormy Daniels-related embezzlement trial, has died. She was 72. The Philadelphia-born jurist, who was the f… ...

Deborah A. Batts, the nation's first openly gay federal judge, who died Monday at the age of 72, was remembered by New York's legal community as a "trailblazer" and devoted jurist who inspired ...

NEW YORK — Deborah A. Batts, the nation’s first openly gay federal judge, has died. She was 72. Batts was found dead on Monday, three months before she was set to preside over a trial of ...

J.D. Salinger has won a temporary injunction against distribution of an author's sequel to "Catcher in the Rye." By Eriq Gardner Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts ruled that “60 Years ...

Deborah Batts, the first openly gay judge to sit on the federal bench, who presided over prominent cases involving political corruption, terrorism and the Central Park Five civil case, died Monday ...

Deborah Batts, the nation’s first openly gay member of the federal judiciary, has died. She was 72. Batts died in her sleep on Sunday, according to a news release from Fordham University, which ...

(CNN) -- Deborah Batts, the nation's first openly gay member of the federal judiciary, has died. She was 72. Batts died in her sleep on Sunday, according to a news release from Fordham University ...

Manhattan Federal Judge Deborah Batts, the first openly gay judge of the federal judiciary, has died. She was 72. Batts was about to preside over embezzlement trial of lawyer Michael Avenatti, who … ...

Deborah Batts, the nation’s first openly gay member of the federal judiciary, has died. She was 72. Batts died in her sleep on Sunday, according to a news release from Fordham University, which ...