SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Rosanna Peterson has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a new federal judge for the Eastern District of Washington.
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said the confirmation vote was unanimous on Monday.
Peterson is a Gonzaga law professor, who previously was in private practice in Spokane.
She is the first woman to serve as a federal district judge in Eastern Washington.
