U.S. Circuit Judge Michelle Friedland of the U.S. Court of Appeals For the 9th Circuit

 

12/10/2024

U.S. Circuit Judge Michelle Friedland

c/o U.S. Court of Appeals For the 9^th Circuit

James R Browning Courthouse

P.O. Box 193939

San Francisco, CA  94119-3939

Dear U.S. Circuit Judge Friedland,

My name is Matt Winick from Ann Arbor, Michigan and I have a strong interest in learning history, social justice, and criminal justice reform. In these subjects, I like to learn the need for civil rights to be stronger to reduce discrimination, have criminal justice reform to help protect people’s rights while reduce crime, expand on social justice to improve communities, and many others. U.S. Circuit Judge Friedland, the main reason I’m writing you a letter is to explain how I find your work as U.S. Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to be very inspiring to me.

In August 2013, I liked on how you accepted President Obama to nominate you to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. In your current role as U.S. Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, I truly appreciate on how you are a strong supporter of civil rights by advocating for people with disabilities’ rights, pushing for strict sentencing for people who commit hate crimes to help protect people who are different including minorities, and expressing the need for civil rights to be stronger to reduce discrimination. Supporting drug treatment programs to help drug users get the care they need to reduce drug abuse and pushing while expressing the need for funds to improve DNA testing including forensic science to help solve evidence along with cases efficiently while reduce sending an innocent person to jail is common sense for criminal justice reform. Also on criminal justice reform, I like on how you are an advocate for the need for better mental health services to help people with mental illness or who struggle with it to get help, address the need for ethics reform to investigate law enforcement or any judicial staff including judges who commit misconduct, and heavily support the idea of having a wrongful conviction unit to investigate any cases that had misconduct or abuse in order to reduce sending an innocent person to jail.  In the Garcia v. City of Los Angeles, I liked on how you had the courage to rule that the City of Los Angeles cannot seize and discard bulky items of homeless individuals due to it violating the 4th amendment to help protect people form unreasonable searches or any property items taken away without probable cause. Another thing that I like about your work in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit is how you are a strong supporter of protecting civil liberties from being violated like the 4th amendment to help protect people from unreasonable searches, 6th amendment to for the person accused of a crime know what charges or evidence is against them, and many others. 

U.S. Circuit Judge Friedland, I have autism with a learning disability.  Having a disability is hard for me because I have trouble comprehending on learning different advanced subjects, sometimes I struggle to communicate my thoughts in different settings, and get teased. Your commitment to be a strong supporter of civil rights including people with disabilities’ rights really inspires me to work hard on my disability. Also your role as U.S. Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit helps give me motivation to continue to learn history, social justice, and criminal justice reform. Also on Youtube I enjoy listening to you talk about criminal justice reform, civil rights including people with disabilities’ rights, and civil liberties. My future goal is to someday work in these areas to help emphasize the need for civil rights to be stronger to reduce discrimination, have criminal justice reform to help protect people’s rights while reduce crime, expand on social justice to improve communities, and many others. 

I strongly believe that you are making a great difference in society including the judicial system. I’m very proud on how you are working hard to support civil rights, push while advocate for criminal justice reform, and many others. I was wondering if you could share with me on how you got inspired to be in law career and what it is like being a U.S. Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.  Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, working hard to make a great difference, inspiring me. Please continue to advocate and push for common sense ideas.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick