Judicial Milestones

Appointed: Percy Anderson, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, June 12.

Appointed: Paul G. Cassell, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, May 17.

Appointed: Ralph R. Beistline, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska, May 24.

Appointed: Andrew S. Hanen, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, June 7.

Appointed: Cynthia M. Rufe, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, June 10.

Appointed: John F. Walter, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, June 7.

Appointed: Robert D. Drain, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, May 24.

Appointed: Tracy Klingler Caperton, as Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, April 8.

Appointed: Bruce H. Hendricks, as Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, May 6.

Appointed: Howard R. Lloyd, as Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, June 4.

Appointed: Joseph W. Miller, as Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska, June 21.

Appointed: Margaret C. Rodgers, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, May 9.

Appointed: Thomas E. Rogers, III, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, May 8.

Elevated: Court of Appeals Judge J. L. Edmondson, to Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, succeeding Judge R. Lanier Anderson, III, June 1. Judge Anderson retains active status, and not, as reported in the June TTB, senior status.

Elevated: Judge Carol Jackson, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, succeeding Judge Jean Hamilton, June 11.

Elevated: Bankruptcy Judge Sarah Sharer Curley, to Chief Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, succeeding Bankruptcy Judge George B. Nielsen, Jr., June 27.

Elevated: Bankruptcy Judge Thomas M. Weaver, to Chief Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, succeeding Bankruptcy Judge John Teselle, April 5.

Senior Status: Judge Ferdinand F. Fernandez, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, June 1.

Senior Status: Court of Appeals Judge Amalya Lyle Kearse, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, June 11.

Senior Status: Judge William M. Nickerson, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, June 11.

Retired: Magistrate Judge Brian Quinn Robbins, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, February 23.

Resigned: U.S. District Judge H. Dean Buttram, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, June 30.