Judge Indira Talwani
Massachusetts U.S. District Court
Indira Talwani was born in October 1960 in Englewood, New Jersey. She earned an undergraduate degree from Racliffe College and her Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley. She clerked for a judge in the Northern California U.S. District Court.
Talwani began as an associate in a San Francisco law firm, then became a partner. She then served as a partner at a firm in Boston, Massachusetts, with a focus on state and federal level civil litigation.
Talwani was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She was confirmed by the Senate and received her commission in May 2014.
In the News…
Massachusetts U.S. District Court Judge Indria Talwani placed a preliminary injunction against a provision of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill that blocks Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood. She said that Planned Parenthood demonstrated “a substantial likelihood of success” in its First Amendment challenge.
Judge Talwani stated, “Instead of merely prohibiting Planned Parenthood members that receive Medicaid funds from providing abortions, the statute prohibits them from affiliating with entities that do.”
She continued, “Moreover, the record is devoid of evidentiary support for defendants’ suggestion that Planned Parenthood entities share funds that are ultimately used for abortions.”
Judge Talwani ruled that “restricting funds based on affiliation with an abortion provider operates only to restrict the associational right of members that do not provide abortion.”
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The Honorable India Talwani
Massachusetts U.S. District Court
John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse
1 Courthouse Way, Suite 2300
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
