Vol. 37, Number 4—April 2005

Judicial Milestones

Appointed: Mark E. Aspey, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, March 18.

Appointed: Peter E. Ormsby, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, February 28.

Appointed: Timothy R. Rice, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, March 21.

Elevated: U.S. District Judge Claire V. Eagan, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, succeeding U.S. District Judge Sven Holmes, March 14.

Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven V. Callaway, to Chief Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana, succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Gerald H. Schiff, February 2.

Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Jo Ann Stevenson, to Chief Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan, succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge James D. Gregg, March 1.

Senior Status: U.S. District Court Judge William G. Bassler, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, March 6.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Charles R. Butler, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, March 28.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Franklin D. Burgess, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, March 9.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Terry J. Hatter, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, April 22.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Howard D. McKibben, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, April 1.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge C. Roger Vinson, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, March 31.

Retired: U.S. Senior District Judge Lourdes G. Baird, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, April 15.

Retired: U.S. Senior District Judge David Warner Hagen, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, March 31.

Retired: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Thomas E. Baynes, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida, March 19.

Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge James C. Carruth, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, March 30.

Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy Fiora, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, March 1.

Resigned: Chief U.S. District Judge Sven Erik Holmes, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, March 13.

Resigned: U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard W. Peterson, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, March 2.

Resigned: U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen L. Verkamp, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, March 1.

Deceased: Senior U.S. District Judge James M. Kelly, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Philadelphia, March 5.

Deceased: Senior U.S. District Judge Robert G. Renner, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, March 1.

Deceased: U.S. Magistrate Judge Aaron Simon Chrein, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, March 15.

Deceased: U.S. Magistrate Judge James M. Robb, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, February 20.