Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Deborah A. Batts is a United States federal judge, currently serving on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. In June 1994, Deborah Batts was sworn in as a Federal District Judge for Manhattan, becoming the nation''s first openly LGBT, African-American federal judge. As of 2010, Batts is one of only two LGBT persons serving as an Article III federal judge.