Vol. 36, Number 10—October 2004

Judicial Milestones

Appointed: Virginia M. Hernandez Covington, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, September 10.

Appointed: Walter D. Kelley, Jr., as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, September 13.

Appointed: Kenneth M. Karas, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, September 7.

Appointed: Michael H. Schneider, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, September 20.

Appointed: Michael H. Watson, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, October 1.

Appointed: Nancy V. Alquist, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland, September 20.

Appointed: Lincoln D. Almond, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, September 10.

Appointed: Craig M. Kellison, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, September 2.

Elevated: Judge Sandra S. Beckwith, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, succeeding U.S. District Judge James L. Graham, September 1.

Elevated: Judge Robert Lasnik, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, succeeding U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour, September 1.

Elevated: Judge Vaughn R. Walker, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, succeeding U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel, September 1.

Retired: Magistrate Judge James R. Melinson, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, September 10.

Deceased: Senior Judge Richard S. Arnold, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, September 23.

Deceased: Senior Judge Reynaldo G. Garza, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, September 14.

Deceased: Judge Judith Nelsen Keep, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, September 14.

Deceased: Senior Judge Morey L. Sear, U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, September 6.