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Judicial Milestones
Appointed: Bobby E. Shepherd, as U.S. Court of Appeals Judge,
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, October 11. Judge Shepherd served
as a U.S. Magistrate Judge prior to his elevation.
Appointed: Frances Marie Tydingco-Gatewood, as District
Court Chief Judge, District Court of Guam, October 30.
Appointed: John C. Rayburn, Jr., as U.S. Magistrate Judge,
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, October 13.
Appointed: Russell G. Vineyard, as U.S. Magistrate Judge,
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, October 23.
Elevated: U.S. Circuit Judge Frank H. Easterbrook, to Chief
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, succeeding U.S. Court of
Appeals Judge Joel M. Flaum, November 26.
Elevated: U.S. District Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn, to
Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama,
succeeding U.S. District Judge U.W. Clemon,
October 17.
Elevated: U.S. District Judge Tena Campbell, to Chief Judge,
U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, succeeding U.S. District Judge Dee
V. Benson, November 1.
Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dwight H. Williams, Jr., to
Chief Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Alabama,
succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge William R. Sawyer, October
17.
Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dana L. Rasure, to
Chief Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma,
succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Terrence L. Michael, November 1.
Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Ronald E. Longstaff, U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, November 5.
Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Clarence A. Brimmer, U.S.
District Court for the District of Wyoming, September 27.
Senior
Status: U.S. District Judge Frederick P. Stamp, Jr.,
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia,
November 1.
Retired: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Gerald H. Schiff,
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana, September
30.
Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel Martin
Feldman, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia,
October 22.