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Judge Sri Srinivasan to lead powerful federal circuit court in U.S.

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U.S. Deputy Solicitor General Sri Srinivasan is pictured in this undated file photo courtesy of the United States Department of Justice. President Barack Obama has a number of likely options as he looks for a nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, who died on February 13, 2016. Among those the administration could turn to are Srinivasan, who has served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit since May 2013; Jacqueline Nguyen, a Vietnamese-American who has been a judge on the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals since May 2012; Paul Watford, an African-American who is also a judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals; and Jane Kelly, a white woman and former public defender who has served on the St. Louis, Missouri-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals since April 2013. United States Department of Justice/Handout via Reuters/Files ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - RTX26TOP

Washington: Sri Srinivasan, an Indian-American judge will be leading a powerful federal circuit court considered next only to the US Supreme Court.

Srinivasan, 52, became the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on 12 February.He was appointed to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in May 2013.

An Obama appointee who has already been considered for a Supreme Court seat twice is the first Indian-American to be appointed to the second most powerful court of the US. Neomi Rao, nominated by President Donald Trump, is the second Indian American on this powerful judiciary bench.

According to a press release, Srinivasan has succeeded Judge Merrick Garland, who has been a member of the DC Circuit since 1997 and Chief Judge since 2013.

“History being made on the DC Court of Appeals. Congratulations, Judge Srinivasan!” Senator Mark Warner said.

“Congratulations to Judge Sri Srinivasan on becoming the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.A milestone for the Indian-American,” US Federal Communications Commission Chair Ajit Pai said.

“Everybody doubts their belonging and worthiness in some measure. I definitely did and still do. This is just going to be a part of the thing when you’re looking out in the world in which everyone isn’t like you. It’s natural to doubt whether you belong and whether you’re worthy”, Srinivasan said, “but you do belong and you are worthy.”

From 2011 until his appointment to the US Court of Appeals, Judge Srinivasan served as the Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States. He has argued 25 cases before the US Supreme Court. He has also taught appellate advocacy at Harvard Law School as well as a seminar on civil rights statutes and the Supreme Court at Georgetown University Law Center.

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