Judicial Milestones

Appointed: Edward M. Chen, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, April 23.

Appointed: David K. Duncan, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, June 14.

Appointed: Gabriel W. Gorenstein, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, March 2.

Appointed: Thomas E. Morris, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, March 8.

Appointed: Carolyn M. Shattuck, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, March 1.

Elevated: Judge Michael Boudin, to Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, succeeding Judge Juan R. Torruella, June 16.

Elevated: Judge John W. Bissell, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, succeeding Judge Anne E. Thompson, June 2.

Elevated: Judge Edith Brown Clement, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, succeeding Judge A. J. McNamara, June 10.

Elevated: Judge Barbara B. Crabb, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, succeeding Judge John C. Shabaz, June 26.

Elevated: Judge John Hannah, Jr., to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, succeeding Judge Richard A. Schell, June 17.

Elevated: Judge Thomas F. Hogan, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, succeeding Judge Norma Holloway Johnson, June 19.

Elevated: Judge James M. Rosenbaum, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, succeeding Judge Paul A. Magnuson, July 1.

Elevated: Bankruptcy Judge William T. Bodoh, to Chief Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio, succeeding Bankruptcy Judge Richard L. Speer, July 1.

Senior Status: Judge Harry Lee Hudspeth, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, June 30.

Senior Status: Chief Judge Norma Holloway Johnson, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, June 18.

Senior Status: Judge John C. Lifland, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, June 15.

Senior Status: Judge George W. Lindberg, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, June 21.

Retired: Judge Charles A. Legge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, June 30.

Retired: Magistrate Judge Edward A. Infante, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, June 18.

Resigned: Magistrate Judge John L. Carroll, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, June 1.

Resigned: Magistrate Judge Pamela A. Tynes, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, May 31.

Deceased: Retired Magistrate Judge Fidencio G. Garza Jr., U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, May 21.