Federal judge appointed to hear Arizona shooting case
[JURIST] A California federal judge was appointed Thursday to hear the trial of Arizona shooting [NYT backgrounder] suspect Jared Loughner. Judge Alex Kozinski [official biography] of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] appointed Judge Larry Burns [Judgepedia profile] of the US District Court for the Southern District of California [official website] to preside over federal proceedings against Loughner in connection with the high-profile shooting at a political rally outside a Safeway in Tuscon, Arizona,…