Silvia Carreño-Coll Explained

Silvia Carreño-Coll
Office:	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
Term Start:	February 26, 2020
Appointer:	Donald Trump
Predecessor:	Jay A. García-Gregory
Office1:	Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
Term Start1:	2011
Term End1:	February 26, 2020
Birth Name:	Silvia Luisa Carreño-Coll
Birth Place:	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Education:	Emerson College (BA) University of Puerto Rico (JD)

Silvia Luisa Carreño-Coll (born 1963)^[1] is a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and a former United States magistrate judge of the same court.

Education

Carreño-Coll earned her Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Emerson College and her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law.^[2]

Career

Carreño-Coll served as Associate Regional Counsel for Caribbean Programs in the United States Environmental Protection Agency and as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Puerto Rico. She teaches a federal practice seminar at the University of Puerto Rico School of Law and is a member of the Federal Bar District Examination Committee.

Federal judicial service

Carreño-Coll served as a United States magistrate judge for the District of Puerto Rico from 2011 to 2020.

On August 28, 2019, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Carreño-Coll to serve as a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. She has been nominated to the seat vacated by Judge Jay A. García-Gregory, who assumed senior status on September 30, 2018. On October 15, 2019, her nomination was sent to the United States Senate.^[3] On October 16, 2019, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.^[4] Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Jenniffer González has announced her support of the nomination.^[5] On November 7, 2019, her nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote.^[6] On February 25, 2020, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 96–1 vote.^[7] Her nomination was confirmed later that day by a 96–0 vote.^[8] She received her judicial commission on February 26, 2020. She was sworn in on March 2, 2020.^[9]

See also

• List of Hispanic and Latino American jurists

Notes and References

1. https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Silvia%20Carreno-Coll%20SJQ%20-%20PUBLIC.pdf United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Silvia Carreño-Coll
2. https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-judicial-nominees-united-states-marshal-nominee-4/ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees and United States Marshal Nominee" White House, August 28, 2019
3. https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/twenty-five-nominations-three-withdrawals-sent-senate/ "Twenty-five Nominations and Three Withdrawals Sent to the Senate" White House, October 15, 2019
4. https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/10/16/2019/nominations United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for October 16, 2019
5. Jenniffer González announces nomination of US Magistrate Judge Silvia Carreño-Coll to federal judge of the US District Court of Puerto Rico. 2019-08-28. en. 2019-08-29. Congresswoman Jenniffer González-Colón.
6. Web site: Results of Executive Business – November 7, 2019. Senate Judiciary Committee.
7. Web site: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Silvia Carreno-Coll to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico). United States Senate.
8. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Silvia Carreno-Coll, of Puerto Rico, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico). United States Senate.
9. March 2, 2020. Silvia Carreño-Coll Sworn-in as New District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. May 28, 2023.