TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 31, 2022

Asian American advocacy groups across the nation are calling on the Biden administration to withdraw the nomination of Casey Arrowood for U.S. attorney of the Eastern District of Tennessee, Tennessee Lookout reports. The groups, which include APA Justice, Asian American Scholar Forum, Tennessee Chinese American Alliance and United Chinese Americans, also are asking the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to postpone any action on the nomination until an investigation of Arrowood has been conducted. The groups argue that Arrowood is not an appropriate choice given his wrongful prosecution of University of Tennessee professor Dr. Anming Hu. Through that prosecution, “Arrowood demonstrated his poor judgment, wasted valuable taxpayers’ dollars, failed to uphold justice and fairness, and eroded public trust,” the groups say in a letter. The move comes after Hu himself criticized the president’s choice.