The Third Branch

Judicial Milestones

Appointed: William R. Sawyer, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Alabama, May 24.
Appointed: Terry L. Wooten, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, June 1.
Appointed: Frank S. Maas, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, June 1.
Senior Status: Judge Lowell A. Reed, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, June 21.
Senior Status: Court of Appeals Judge Walter K. Stapleton, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, June 2.
Retired: Court of Appeals Judge Joseph W. Hatchett, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, May 14.
Resignation: Court of Appeals Judge Timothy K. Lewis, U.S. Court of Ap-peals for the Third Circuit, June 30.
Resignation: Bankruptcy Judge Hugh Robinson, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia, June 20.
Deceased: Magistrate Judge Ralph J. Geffen, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, May 25.
Deceased: Magistrate Judge F. Steele Langford, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, June 4.
Deceased: Senior Court of Appeals Judge J. Edward Lumbard, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, June 3.
Deceased: Court of Appeals Judge Giles S. Rich, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, June 9.
Deceased: Senior Judge Oliver Gasch, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, July 9.
Deceased: Senior Judge Kenneth K. Hall, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, July 8.
Deceased: Magistrate Judge Robin Dane Pierce, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, July 5.

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