Kato Crews | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado | |
Assumed office January 12, 2024 | |
Appointed by | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Raymond P. Moore |
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado | |
In office August 3,2018 –January 12,2024 | |
Succeeded by | Timothy P. O'Hara |
Personal details | |
Born | Shane Kato Crews 1975 (age 49–50) Pueblo,Colorado,U.S. |
Education | University of Northern Colorado (BA) University of Arizona (JD) |
Shane Kato Crews (born 1975) [1] is an American lawyer and jurist who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado since 2024. He previously served as a United States magistrate judge of the same court from 2018 to 2024.
Crews is a native of Pueblo,Colorado. [2] He attended Rye High School in Rye,Colorado. [3] He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Northern Colorado in 1997 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Arizona in 2000,where he served on the Arizona Law Review. [4]
In 2000 and 2001,Crews served as a staff attorney for the National Labor Relations Board in Denver. He later worked as a lawyer at Rothgerber Johnson &Lyons LLP in Denver from 2001 to 2008,becoming partner from 2008 to 2010. He worked at Mastin Hoffman &Crews LLC from 2011 to 2013,and Hoffman Crews Nies Waggener &Foster LLP from 2013 to 2018. In private practice,Crews focused on labor,business,and real estate law. [5] He served as a magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado from August 3,2018 to January 2024. [6] [7] He was the court's first African-American magistrate judge. [2]
On April 29,2022,U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper recommended Sundeep Addy,Gordon Gallagher and Crews for two vacancies on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. [8] On February 22,2023,President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Crews to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. [4]
On February 27,2023,his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Crews to a seat being vacated by Judge Raymond P. Moore,who subsequently assumed senior status on June 20,2023. [9] Crews was the third magistrate judge to be nominated for a district court vacancy in Colorado. [6]
On March 22,2023,a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. [10] During his confirmation hearing,he was unable to answer a question by Senator John Kennedy,in which the senator asked him to define a Brady motion,which is a tenet of criminal law. [11]
On May 11,2023,his nomination was reported out of committee by a party line 11–10 vote. [12] [13] [14] On January 10,2024,the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 51–47 vote,with Senator Kyrsten Sinema voting against the motion to invoke cloture on his nomination. [15] Later that day,his nomination was confirmed by a 51–48 vote,with Senator Sinema voting against his confirmation. [16] [17] He received his judicial commission on January 12,2024. [18]