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Rahkel Bouchet
Magistrate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 4, 2016
Appointed byLee F. Satterfield
Personal details
BornLos Angeles, California, U.S.
EducationHoward University (BA, JD)

Rahkel Bouchet is an American lawyer who has served as a magistrate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia since 2016. She is a nominee to serve as an associate judge of the same court.

Early life and education

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Bouchet was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She graduated from Immaculate Heart High School in 1990.[1] She earned a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Howard University in 1993 and a Juris Doctor from Howard University School of Law in 1997.[2] While in law school, she served as a congressional intern and assistant press secretary for Congressman Walter R. Tucker III, in California's 37th congressional district.[3]

Career

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From 1998 to 2006 and from 2008 to 2015, Bouchet was a sole practitioner. In 2007, she was a structured-settlements counsel at Seneca One LLC. Also, from 2013 to 2015, she was the supervising attorney of the Child Welfare/Family Justice Clinic at Howard University School of Law.[2] Bouchet was appointed as a magistrate judge on January 4, 2016, by Chief Judge Lee F. Satterfield.[1] In 2017, she was the presiding judge for the D.C. Family Treatment Court, within the D.C. Superior Court.[2]

Expired nomination to D.C. superior court under Trump

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In 2018, she was among three candidates recommended to the president to fill the vacancy left by Judge Frederick H. Weisberg.[4]

On September 6, 2019, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Bouchet to serve as an associate judge of the D.C. Superior Court.[5] On January 9, 2019, her nomination was sent to the Senate, she was nominated to the seat vacated by Judge John Ramsey Johnson.[6] The nomination was returned to the president on January 3, 2021,[7] and she was renominated the same day.[8] On February 4, 2021, the nomination was withdrawn by President Biden.[9]

Renomination to D.C. superior court under Biden

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On March 20, 2024, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Bouchet to serve as an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.[2] On March 21, 2024, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Bouchet to the seat vacated by Judge Robert E. Morin, whose term expxired on September 30, 2020.[10] On June 4, 2024, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.[11] On July 31, 2024, her nomination was reported out of the committee by a 7–3 vote.[12] Her nomination is pending before the United States Senate.

References

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  1. ^ a b "THE HONORABLE RAHKEL BOUCHET MAGISTRATE JUDGE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA" (PDF). Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "President Biden Names Forty-Seventh Round of Judicial Nominees and Announces One New Nominee to Serve as U.S. Marshal" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. March 20, 2024. Retrieved March 20, 2024.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "Hon. Rahkel Bouchet". jnc.dc.gov. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  4. ^ "Judge Rahkel Bouchet Nominated to the D.C. Superior Court" (Press release). District of Columbia Bar. March 25, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  5. ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees" (Press release). The White House. September 6, 2019. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  6. ^ "Seventeen Nominations and Two Withdrawals Sent to the Senate" (Press release). The White House. September 9, 2019. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  7. ^ "PN1048 — Rahkel Bouchet — The Judiciary". congress.gov. January 3, 2021. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  8. ^ "Thirty Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). The White House. January 3, 2021. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  9. ^ "PN12 — Rahkel Bouchet — The Judiciary". congress.gov. February 4, 2021. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  10. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. March 21, 2024.
  11. ^ "NOMINATIONS". United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  12. ^ "Memo" (PDF). Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
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