The public record on who Deborah Lynn Boardman is starts at the Senate, not at cable. The Federal Judicial Center directory records a Joseph R. Biden nomination on April 19, 2021, to the seat vacated by Richard D. Bennett; Senate confirmation on June 23, 2021; and a commission on June 25, 2021. The District of Maryland court biography repeats the confirmation and commission dates.
The Senate roll-call for June 23, 2021, is vote 248: confirmation of Deborah L. Boardman, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge, nomination PN388. The Senate records the tally as 52–48. The same day, the Senate invoked cloture on the nomination, vote 247, also 52–48.
The White House announced the intent to nominate on March 30, 2021. The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on May 12, 2021, and reported the nomination on June 10, 2021, 11–10, with Senator Lindsey Graham voting present. The court’s July 1, 2021, notice records a private swearing-in that morning. A confirmation is a documented fact. It is not a finding that every later order was lawful.
Before the district commission she was a United States Magistrate Judge for the same court, 2019–2021. The court biography dates the magistrate oath to September 25, 2019. The Federal Judicial Center lists eleven years in the Federal Public Defender’s Office for the District of Maryland, including First Assistant from 2015 to 2019.