Sens. Brown, Portman back Matt McFarland for Dayton federal judge seat

Matt McFarland

Matt McFarland

Sens. Rob Portman and Sherrod Brown both endorsed the nomination of Ohio appeals court Judge Matt McFarland as a federal district judge in Dayton.

President Donald Trump tapped McFarland, a graduate of the law school at Capital University and a judge on the Ohio Fourth District Court of Appeals, to fill a vacancy in the federal bench left by the retirement of Judge Thomas Rose. He will need Senate confirmation.

Brown, D-Ohio, and Portman, R-Ohio, recommended McFarland to the federal bench. Portman said McFarland’s “reputation is well deserved and I am confident he will continue to distinguished service on the bench.”

McFarland was elected to the court of appeals in 2004. He was re-elected in 2010 and 2016.

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