The Western Journal
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A federal prosecutor tapped by President Joe Biden to become a U.S. district judge in Kansas has withdrawn from consideration, citing the nearly two-year wait for action on his nomination.
Jabari Wamble is Biden’s second judicial nominee to withdraw this month.
Attorney Michael Delaney backed out of consideration for the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week in a rare judicial defeat for the Democratic president.
Delaney did not have enough support in the Senate Judiciary Committee to send his candidacy on to the full Senate for confirmation.
Wamble wrote to Biden that he had been “humbled and honored by the faith you placed in me with this nomination” but said he was withdrawing his name from consideration for appointment to the U.S. District Court for Kansas.
“My path to this nomination began more than 18 months ago and after careful thought and consideration I feel that it is best for me to continue my work at the United States Attorney’s Office in the District of Kansas,” he wrote in a letter dated Tuesday.
The White House on Wednesday did not offer an explanation for Wamble’s withdrawal.
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