Federal Judicial Career
In 2001, Smith Camp was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska by President George W. Bush on September 4, 2001 to a seat vacated by William G. Cambridge. Camp was confirmed by the Senate on October 23, 2001 on a Senate vote and received her commission the next day.
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