Deborah Lynn Boardman (born 1974) [1] is an American lawyer and jurist serving since 2021 as a United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. She was a United States magistrate judge for the District of Maryland from 2019 to 2021.

2 days ago · The nationwide preliminary injunction from US District Judge Deborah Boardman is a significant ruling against Trump’s Day 1 order, which was swiftly met with legal challenges and put on hold ...

2 days ago · U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman at the conclusion of a hearing in Greenbelt said Trump’s order “runs counter to our nation’s 250-year history of citizenship by birth” and likely ...

During her 11-year tenure with the Federal Defender’s office, Judge Boardman represented individuals charged with federal crimes in the Greenbelt and Baltimore courthouses. In 2019, Judge Boardman was appointed a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Maryland.

2 days ago · U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman at her nomination hearing in Washington on May 12, 2021. Rod Lamkey / CNP/MediaPunch/Alamy file / Updated

3 days ago · U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman heard arguments Wednesday over a request by five pregnant undocumented women to block Trump's Day-1 executive order seeking to redefine the meaning of the 14th ...

2 days ago · U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman issued a preliminary injunction after a court hearing in Greenbelt, Maryland, in a lawsuit brought by civil rights groups aiming to stop Trump’s order on ...

2 days ago · U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman said the order was likely unconstitutional and ran afoul of longstanding Supreme Court precedent as well as the language of the 14th Amendment.