U.S. Circuit Judge Pamela Harris of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit

 

5/24/2024

U.S. Circuit Judge Pamela Harris

c/o U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit

7201 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 420

Bethesda, MD  20814

Dear U.S. Circuit Judge Harris,

My name is Matt Winick from Ann Arbor, Michigan and I have a strong interest in learning history, social justice, civil liberties, and criminal justice reform. In these subjects, I like to learn the need for civil rights to be stronger to reduce discrimination, have criminal justice reform to help protect people’s rights while reduce crime, and many others. U.S. Circuit Judge Harris, the main reason I’m writing you a letter is to explain how I find your work as U.S. Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit to be very inspiring to me. 

In your current role as U.S. Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, I truly appreciate on how you are a strong supporter of civil rights by advocating for people with disabilities’ rights and expressing the need for civil rights to be stronger to help protect minorities, women, people with different orientation, and people with disabilities from being discriminated. Supporting drug treatment programs to help drug users get the care they need to reduce drug abuse, emphasizing the need for improvement in services to help victims of crime including victims of domestic violence get help on dealing with their trauma, and expressing along with supporting the idea of for funds to improve DNA testing including forensic science to help solve evidence or cases efficiently while reduce sending an innocent person to jail is common sense for criminal justice reform. Also on criminal justice reform, I like on how you express the need for mental health court to help people with mental illness to get treatment and advocate for the importance of community services to help non-violent offenders including non violent juveniles to rehabilitate so they won’t re-offend.  Another thing that I like about your work in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit is how you advocate for the need to reduce racial profiling in the criminal justice system to help protect minorities including immigrants from being oppressed, strongly advocate with support the need for better voter protection laws to help protect voters including minorities along with people with disabilities from losing their right to vote, and support protecting civil liberties like the fourth amendment to help protect people from unreasonable searches.

U.S. Circuit Judge Harris, I have autism with a learning disability.  Having a disability is hard for me because i have trouble comprehending on learning different advanced subjects, sometimes i struggle to communicate my thoughts in different settings (social and environmental settings), and get teased. Your commitment to be a strong supporter of civil rights including people with disabilities’ rights really inspires me to work hard on my disability. On youtube I enjoy listening to you talk about criminal justice reform and civil liberties. Your role as U.S. Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit helps give me motivation to continue to learn history, social justice, civil liberties, and criminal justice reform. My future goal is to someday work in these areas to emphasize the need for civil rights to be stronger to reduce discrimination and support criminal justice reform to help protect people’s rights while reduce crime. 

I strongly believe that you are making a great difference for the judicial system. I’m very proud on how you are working hard to support civil rights including people with disabilities rights, advocate along with expand on criminal justice reform, and express the importance of protection of civil liberties.  You truly inspire me to work hard on my disability, learn about your work, and continue to learn different subjects. I was wondering if you could please share with me some of your thoughts on the U.S. court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.  If I visit the DC area I would like to meet you because you inspire me.  Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, working hard to make a great difference, and inspiring me. Please continue to make a great impact in the judicial system.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick