Sanchez heads to federal bench

[Freddie Stubbs]

After months of delay, the Senate confirmed the nomination of the Chester County judge.

By Reid Kanaley

Inquirer Staff Writer


After months of delay blamed on Beltway politics, the U.S. Senate yesterday unanimously confirmed the White House appointment of Chester County Court Judge Juan R. Sanchez to a seat on the federal bench.

"It's a great feeling," Sanchez said of the confirmation seven months after his nomination by President Bush. The vote in his favor was 98-0.

Sanchez, 48, breathed a sigh of relief and embraced colleagues after watching the midafternoon vote from his chambers in the county courthouse in West Chester.

He had tuned in to the proceedings via the C-SPAN Web site.

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