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Judicial Milestones
Appointed: Michael A. Chagares, as U.S. Court of Appeals
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, April 24.
Appointed: Timothy C. Batten, Sr., as U.S. District Judge,
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, April 3.
Appointed: Thomas E. Johnston, as U.S. District Judge, U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, April 17.
Appointed: Jack Zouhary, as U.S. District Judge, U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, April 5.
Appointed: Susan D. Barrett, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Georgia, March 22.
Appointed: Thomas J. Catliota, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge,
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland, April 3.
Appointed: Wendelin I. Lipp, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland, April 3.
Appointed: Neil P. Olack, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, May 1.
Appointed: Claire C. Cecchi, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S.
District Court for the District of New Jersey, April 26.
Appointed: Frederick F. Mumm, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S.
District Court for the Central District of California, April 3.
Appointed: Diana Saldana, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of Texas, March 27.
Senior Status: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Jane R. Roth,
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, May 31.
Elevated: U.S. District Judge John M. Roll, to Chief Judge,
U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, succeeding U.S. District Judge
Stephen M. McNamee, May 1.
Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge J. Vincent Aug, Jr., to Chief
Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio,
succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Thomas F. Waldron, May 1.
Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Peter W. Bowie, to Chief
Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California,
succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge John J. Hargrove, January 2.
Recalled: U.S. Magistrate Judge M. Faith Angell, U.S.
District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvnia, May 13.
Retired: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge James N. Barr, U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, April 30.
Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge Peter A. Nowlinski, U.S.
District Court for the Eastern District of California, February 28.
Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge Arnold C. Rapoport, U.S.
District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, May 3.
Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge O. Edward Schlatter, U.S.
District Court for the District of Colorado, February 14.
Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge Charles B. Swartwood, III,
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, January 31.