— Chief U.S. District Judge Randy Crane has sworn in Alamdar S. Hamdani as the 24th presidentially- appointed U.S. Attorney (USA) for the Southern District of Texas (SDTX). He began his duties immediately. As the USA for the SDTX, Hamdani is the chief law enforcement officer responsible for prosecuting and defending the interests of the United States in the seventh largest district in the nation.He is the first Asian American to hold such office in the SDTX.Hamdani took the oath of office at 10 a.m. today before an audience including Judge Crane’s staff, federal court personnel, federal public defender and ...