Deborah Batts, First Openly Gay Federal Judge, Is Dead at 72
POSTED ON February 18, 2020
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February 5, 2020 (AP) — Deborah A. Batts, the nation's first openly gay federal judge, has died. She was 72. Batts was found dead on February 3, three months before she was set to preside over a trial of California lawyer Michael Avenatti on charges that...