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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: Kimberly A. Moore, as U.S. Court of Appeals
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, September 8.
Appointed: Francisco A. Besosa, as U.S. District Judge, U.S.
District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, October 2.
Appointed: Randy Davis Doub, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, July 28.
Appointed: Kevin R. Huennmekens, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge,
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, September 11.
Appointed: Michael B. Kaplan, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey, October 3.
Appointed: Mike K. Nakagawa, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada, September
1.
Appointed: Robert N. Opel, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge,
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, September
28.
Appointed: Thomas L. Saladino, as U.S. Bankruptcy
Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nebraska, August
31.
Appointed: Robert R. Summerhays, as U.S. Bankruptcy
Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana, October
2.
Appointed: Robert E. Wier, as U.S. Magistrate Judge,
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, September
1.
Elevated: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Dennis Jacobs,
to Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, succeeding U.S.
Court of Appeals Judge John Walker, Jr., October 1.
Elevated:
U.S. District Judge Hugh Lawson, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court
for the Middle District of Georgia, succeeding U.S. District Judge W. Louis
Sands, September 15.
Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Paul Hyman,
to Chief Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of
Florida, succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert A. Mark, September
26.
Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge A. Thomas Small, to
Chief Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North
Carolina, succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge J. Rich Leonard, August
23.
Senior Status: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Morris S.
Arnold, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, October
9.
Senior Status: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Patrick E.
Higginbotham, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, August
28.
Senior Status: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Franklin S. Van
Antwerpen, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, October
23.
Retired: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Gerald W.
Heaney, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, August
31.
Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge J. B. Johnson, Jr.,
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, August
31.
Deceased: U.S. Senior Court of Appeals Judge Paul H.
Roney, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, September
16.
Deceased: U.S. Senior Judge Francis J. Boyle, U.S.
District Court for the District of Rhode Island, September
11.
Deceased: U.S. Magistrate Judge Theodore Klein, U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of Florida, September 27.