Joe Biden nominates Pakistan-born lawyer for US federal appeals court
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If approved, Adeel Mangi would become the first Muslim American to serve on a US federal appellate court Adeel Mangi. — Courtesy NBC News Adeel Mangi is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Oxford. He actively pursued religious freedom cases during Trump's tenure. Lawyer Adeel Manqi belongs to Karachi. US President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated Pakistan-born lawyer Adeel Mangi to serve on a federal appeals court, reported The Washington Post . If the nomination goes through the Democratic-controlled US Senate, then Mangi, a Harvard- and Oxford-trained lawyer, would become the first Muslim American to serve on the post in the country's history. The lawyer was nominated for the US Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, based in Philadelphia. His nomination was announced along with seven other judicial nominees. Mangi is currently a partner at the US law firm Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP — a company he joined in 2000 after graduating from Harvard Law