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==== Nomination to district court ====
On April 24, 2024, President [[Joe Biden]] announced his intent to nominate Netburn to serve as a [[United States federal judge|United States district judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York]]. On April 30, 2024, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Netburn to the seat being vacated by Judge [[Lorna G. Schofield]], who will assume [[senior status]] on December 31, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Future Judicial Vacancies {{!}} United States Courts |url=https://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships/judicial-vacancies/future-judicial-vacancies |access-date=April 24, 2024 |website=www.uscourts.gov |language=en}}</ref> On May 22, 2024, a hearing on her nomination was held before the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nominations|date=May 21, 2024|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/05/22/2024/nominations}}</ref> During her confirmation hearing, she was questioned by Republican senators on the committee over a 2022 case in which she granted the request of July Justine Shelby, an incarcerated [[transgender woman]], who asked to move from a men's prison to a women's prison over the objection of the Board of Prisons. Shelby began publicly identifying as a woman at the age of 51. Shelby is currently serving a 15-year sentence for the distribution of child pornography to other sex offenders and previously served 18 years in prison for the [[sexual assault]] of two minors.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Weiss|first=Benjamin S.|title=Senate Dems celebrate 200th Biden admin judicial confirmation amid partisan slugfest over latest nominees|url=https://www.courthousenews.com/senate-dems-celebrate-200th-biden-admin-judicial-confirmation-amid-partisan-slugfest-over-latest-nominees/|website=Courthouse News|access-date=May 22, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=June 13, 2024|title=Biden judicial nominee takes heat over recommendation for transgender inmate, answer on sex|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-judicial-nominee-takes-heat-190705344.html|website=yahoo.com|access-
On July 11, 2024, her nomination was stalled in the Senate Judiciary Committee by a 10–11 vote, with Senator [[Jon Ossoff]] voting against.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2024-07-11_-_ebm_-_results.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – July 11, 2024|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|access-date=July 11, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Raymond|first=Nate|title=In a first, US Senate panel rejects Biden judicial nominee in New York|url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/first-us-senate-panel-rejects-biden-judicial-nominee-new-york-2024-07-11/|website=Reuters|access-date=July 11, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Headley|first=Tiana|title=New York Federal Court Nominee Rejected by Senate Committee (1)|url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/biden-nominee-for-new-york-court-falters-in-senate-committee-1|website=Bloomberg Law|access-date=July 11, 2024}}</ref> Ossoff's vote was the only "no" vote cast against a judicial nominee by a Democratic senator on the Judiciary Committee since Biden became president.<ref name=hill/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Raymond |first1=Nate |title=In a first, US Senate panel rejects Biden judicial nominee in New York |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/first-us-senate-panel-rejects-biden-judicial-nominee-new-york-2024-07-11/ |access-date=1 August 2024 |publisher=Reuters |date=July 11, 2024}}</ref>
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