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First openly gay Black state Supreme Court justice confirmed

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SAN FRANCISCO – Former U.S. District Judge Martin Jenkins, a widely respected veteran of the state and federal benches was confirmed Tuesday to California’s State Supreme Court.

He will become the first openly gay man on the California Supreme Court, and only the fifth Black man ever to serve on the state’s highest court.

It has been 29 years since an African American man has served on the California Supreme Court. Jenkins, 67, a San Francisco native served for thirty years on California and then federal courts before leaving the U.S.

District Court for Northern California to serve as Governor Gavin Newsom’s judicial appointments secretary. Newsom nominated Jenkins, a registered Democrat, to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of

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