Vol. 39, Number 7 — July 2007

Judicial Milestones

Appointed: Veronica L. Duffy, part-time U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota, June 11.

Elevated: U.S. District Judge Gregory M. Sleet, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, succeeding U.S. District Judge Sue L. Robinson, July 1.

Elevated: U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr., to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, succeeding U.S. District Judge David F. Levi, July 1.

Elevated: U.S. District Judge Federico A. Moreno, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, succeeding U.S. District Judge William J. Zloch, July 2.

Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Wesley Wilson Steen, to Chief Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Karen Kennedy Brown, June 1.

Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Randy Davis Doub, to Chief Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge A. Thomas Small, July 29.

Senior Status: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Harold R. DeMoss, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, July 1.

Senior Status: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge William W. Wilkins, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, July 1.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Charles L. Brieant, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, May 31.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Rudy Lozano, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, July 10.

Resigned: Chief Judge David F. Levi, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, June 30.

Deceased: U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael W. Leavitt, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, June 17.