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Judicial Milestones
Appointed: Sandra Segal Ikuta, as U.S. Court of Appeals
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, July 9.
Appointed: Thomas M. Golden, as U.S. District Judge, U.S.
District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, July 6.
Appointed: Andrew J. Guilford, as U.S. District Judge, U.S.
District Court for the Central District of Cali-fornia, July 7.
Appointed: U.S. Magistrate Judge Gustavo A. Gelpi, as U.S.
District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, August 2.
Judge Gelpi served as a U.S. Magis-trate Judge prior to his elevation.
Appointed: Roger L. Efremsky, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, August 1.
Appointed: Daniel S. Opperman, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge,
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, July 13.
Appointed: Randa Davis Doub, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, July 28.
Appointed: George W. Emerson, Jr., as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge,
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Tennessee, July 1.
Appointed: Jean K. FitzSimon, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, June 28.
Appointed: Teresa M. McKee, as a part-time U.S. Magistrate
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming, July 1.
Appointed: Linda R. Anderson, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, July 12.
Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge William L. Edmonds, to Chief
Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Iowa, succeeding U.S.
Bankruptcy Judge Paul J. Kilburg, August 18.
Senior Status: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Gerald W. Heaney,
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, August 31.
Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Tim Leonard, U.S.
District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, August 21.
Senior Status: U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour, U.S.
District Court for the Western District of Washington, July 27.
Senior Status: U.S. District Judge B. Avant Edenfield, U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, August 2.
Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Michael B. Mukasey, U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of New York, August 1.
Retired: U.S. Senior District Judge William G. Bassler, U.S.
District Court for the District of New Jersey, August 31.
Retired: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge James R. Grube, U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, July 31.
Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge Joe B. Brown, U.S. District
Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, August 2.
Resigned: U.S. Magistrate Judge Leif B. Erickson, U.S.
District Court for the District of Montana, June 9.
Deceased: U.S. Senior District Judge John M. Manos, U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, July 6.