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Deborah Anne Batts (April 13, 1947 – February 3, 2020) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. During Gay Pride Week in June 1994, Batts was sworn in as a United States district judge for Manhattan, becoming the nation's first openly LGBT federal judge.
Feb 5, 2020 · Deborah A. Batts, the first openly gay judge to sit on the federal bench, who presided over prominent cases involving political corruption, terrorism and the Central Park Five civil case, died...
Jun 28, 2022 · Deborah A. Batts '69 — who unexpectedly died in February 2020 at age 72 due to complications from knee surgery — had an extraordinary legal career by any standard.
Feb 4, 2020 · Deborah Batts, the nation’s first openly gay member of the federal judiciary, has died. She was 72. Batts died in her sleep on Sunday, according to a news release from Fordham University, which...
Feb 3, 2020 · Deborah A. Batts, the nation's first openly gay federal judge, has died. She was 72. Batts died on Monday, three months before she was set to preside over a trial of California lawyer Michael Avenatti.
Feb 18, 2020 · Batts was a trailblazing lesbian lawyer who served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York since 1994. She was found dead on February 3, three months before she was set to preside over a trial of Michael Avenatti.
Feb 3, 2020 · Judge Deborah Batts, 72, presided over the bench at Southern District of New York since 1994 and oversaw major cases including the criminal trial against al-Qaida member Mamdouh Mahmud Salim and the defamation lawsuit filed against Bill O'Reilly.
