<p class="title">US President Donald Trump on Monday nominated an Indian American as a federal judge in Florida.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Anuraag Singhal is among the 17 judiciary nomination sent by the White House to the Senate. If confirmed by the Senate, the Indian-American would replace James I. Cohn as the United States district judge for the southern district of Florida.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Singhal is the first Indian-American to be nominated for this position in Florida. His confirmation hearing by the senate judiciary committee is scheduled for Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Singhal currently is on the 17th Circuit Court in Florida, a position he has held since 2011.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A graduate from the Rice University, Singhal studied at the Wake Forest University School of Law. His parents migrated to the US in 1960. His father from Aligarh was a research scientist with Exxon. His mother was from Dehradun.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to ethnic India West newspaper, Singhal is perhaps best known for representing the infamous Aileen Wuornos, a serial killer who murdered seven men in Florida.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He did not represent Wuornos during the trial, but did represent her in a lawsuit when she accused prison guards of "harassing her to death".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Aileen was difficult to represent because she had volunteered for the death penalty. She wanted to go," Singhal had told India-West in 2012 after he was appointed to the circuit court.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I tried to talk her out of it. I tried to get her re-evaluated. I wanted to keep her from getting executed," Singhal told the newspaper.</p>
<p class="title">US President Donald Trump on Monday nominated an Indian American as a federal judge in Florida.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Anuraag Singhal is among the 17 judiciary nomination sent by the White House to the Senate. If confirmed by the Senate, the Indian-American would replace James I. Cohn as the United States district judge for the southern district of Florida.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Singhal is the first Indian-American to be nominated for this position in Florida. His confirmation hearing by the senate judiciary committee is scheduled for Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Singhal currently is on the 17th Circuit Court in Florida, a position he has held since 2011.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A graduate from the Rice University, Singhal studied at the Wake Forest University School of Law. His parents migrated to the US in 1960. His father from Aligarh was a research scientist with Exxon. His mother was from Dehradun.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to ethnic India West newspaper, Singhal is perhaps best known for representing the infamous Aileen Wuornos, a serial killer who murdered seven men in Florida.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He did not represent Wuornos during the trial, but did represent her in a lawsuit when she accused prison guards of "harassing her to death".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Aileen was difficult to represent because she had volunteered for the death penalty. She wanted to go," Singhal had told India-West in 2012 after he was appointed to the circuit court.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I tried to talk her out of it. I tried to get her re-evaluated. I wanted to keep her from getting executed," Singhal told the newspaper.</p>