[4] In 2011, President Barack Obama appointed Thompson to serve on the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

President Biden nominated Thompson to the seat vacated by Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, who assumed senior status on February 1, 2021.

[7] On January 3, 2022, her nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate;[8] she was later renominated the same day.

[9] On February 16, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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