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Judicial Milestones
Appointed: Gary A. Fenner, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District
Court for the Western District of Missouri, July 26.
Appointed: Robert L. Hinkle, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District
Court for the Northern District of Florida, August 7, 1996.
Appointed: Lawrence E. Kahn, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District
Court for the Northern District of New York, August 2.
Appointed: Mary Ann Vial Lemmon, as U.S. District Judge, U.S.
District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, July 26.
Appointed: Arthur Nakazoto, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District
Court for the Central District of California, August 13.
Appointed: Dean D. Pregerson, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District
Court for the Central District of California, August 8.
Appointed: James F. Stiven, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District
Court for the Southern District of California, August 5.
Reappointed: Senior Judge John D. Butzner (4th Cir.), to the special
division of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit to appoint independent counsel, by Chief Justice Rehnquist,
for a 2-year term, effective October 26.
Reappointed: Senior Judge Peter T. Fay (11th Cir.), to the special
division of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit to appoint independent counsel, by Chief Justice Rehnquist,
for a 2-year term, effective October 26.
Reappointed: Judge David B. Sentelle (D.C. Cir.), to the special
division of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit to appoint independent counsel, by Chief Justice Rehnquist,
for a 2-year term, effective October 26.
Elevated: Bankruptcy Judge C. N. Clevert, to U.S. District Judge,
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, July
31.
Elevated: Magistrate Judge Nina Gershon, to U.S. District Judge,
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, August
1.
Elevated: Magistrate Judge Ann D. Montgomery, to U.S. District
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, August
6.
Elevated: Magistrate Judge Frank R. Zapata, to U.S. District Judge,
U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, August 2.
Senior Status: Judge Robert R. Beezer, U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Ninth Circuit, July 31.
Senior Status: Judge George La Plata, U.S. District Court for
the Eastern District of Michigan, August 3.
Senior Status: Judge H. Ted Milburn, U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Sixth Circuit, July 1.
Retired: Magistrate Judge Joseph Reichmann, U.S. District Court
for the Central District of California, August 12.
Deceased: Senior Judge A. Sherman Christensen, U.S. District Court
for the District of Utah, August 13.