Local News in Brief : Circuit Judge Sworn In
Stephen Trott, a top-level Justice Department official and former U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, has been sworn in as the newest judge on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Trott, who also served as a chief deputy district attorney in Los Angeles, was confirmed by the Senate on March 24 to become the 25th active judge on the circuit, which covers nine western states.
Trott, 48, has for the past 18 months been associate attorney general, the No. 3 position in the Justice Department. He headed the department’s criminal division from 1983 to 1986.
The ceremony took place in Boise, Ida., hometown of the late appeals court Judge J. Blaine Anderson, 66, a 12-year veteran of the court who died Sunday.
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