Judicial Milestones
Appointed: Robert T. Dawson, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District
Court for the Western District of Arkansas, April 15.
Appointed: Garr M. King, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court
for the District of Oregon, May 1.
Appointed: Michael Patrick McCuskey, as U.S. District Judge, U.S.
District Court for the Central District of Illinois, May 4.
Appointed: G. Patrick Murphy, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District
Court for the Southern District of Illinois, May 4.
Appointed: Johnnie B. Rawlinson, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District
Court for the District of Nevada, May 2.
Appointed: E. Robert Goebel, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District
Court for the Western District of Kentucky, May 11.
Appointed: John A. Houston, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District
Court for the Southern District of California, April 27.
Appointed: E. Clayton Socfield, III., as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, May 4.
Appointed: Nancy A. Vecchiarelli, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, April 20.
Elevated: Bankruptcy Judge James D. Gregg, to Chief Judge, U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the Wes- tern District of Michigan, succeeding Laurence E.
Howard, Febru- ary 27.
Senior Status: Judge William D. Browning, U.S. District Court for the
District of Arizona, May 14.
Senior Status: Judge Lenore C. Nesbitt, U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of Florida, July 19.
Senior Status: Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez, U.S. District Court for the
District of New Jersey, May 22.
Retired: Magistrate Judge Robert A. Del Campo, U.S. District
Court for the Central District of California, May 11.
Retired: Magistrate Judge Ronald A. Fonseca, U.S. District Court for
the Eastern District of Louisiana, May 20.
Retired: Magistrate Judge Robert B. O'Connor, U.S. District Court for
the Western District of Texas, March 31.
Resigned: Magistrate Judge Tracy L. Myers-Dumm, U.S. District Court
for the District of Hawaii, May 16.
Deceased: Judge Patrick E. Carr, U.S. District Court for the Eastern
District of Louisiana, June 1, 1998.
Deceased: Judge David W. Dyer, Court of Appeals for the Eleventh
Circuit, June 7, 1998.
Deceased: Judge George F. Gunn, Jr., U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of Missouri, May 20, 1998.
Deceased: Judge Daniel H. Huyett, III, U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, May 1.