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… ...

Judge Deborah Batts was found dead on Monday, three months before she was set to preside over a trial of California lawyer Michael Avenatti on charges that he cheated porn star Stormy Daniels, a ...

Before knowing Batts as a federal judge, or even the first openly gay federal judge, I knew her as my neighbor. We lived in the same New York City building, she in the apartment directly below mine.

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 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 California lawyer ...

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 ...

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 California lawyer ...

U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts temporarily blocked publication of the book “60 Years Later: ... Bernard Kerik, who led NYPD on 9/11 before prison and pardon, dies at 69. May 30, 2025.

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) - 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 ...