Kenly Kiya Kato testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California in February 2022. (Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM)
Almost two years after she was nominated, Kenly Kiya Kato on Tuesday was confirmed as a judge of the U.S. District Court for California’s Central District, where she has served as a magistrate since 2014.
The U.S. Senate approved Kato’s nomination on a 51-46 vote, making her the first Japanese-American woman to serve on the Southern California federal court. She will serve in the Riverside courthouse in the court’s Eastern Division.
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