[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 7, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S65]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate January 7, 2003:


                    Department of Homeland Security

       Thomas J. Ridge, of Pennsylvania, to be Secretary of 
     Homeland Security. (New Position)
       Gordon England, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of 
     Homeland Security. (New Position)


                             the judiciary

       Terrence W. Boyle, of North Carolina, to be United States 
     Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, vice J. Dickson 
     Phillips, Jr., retired.
       Jay S. Bybee, of Nevada, to be United States Circuit Judge 
     for the Ninth Circuit, vice Procter R. Hug, Jr., retired.
       Deborah L. Cook, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit Judge 
     for the Sixth Circuit, vice Alan E. Norris, retired.
       Miguel A. Estrada, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit 
     Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, vice Patricia M. 
     Wald, retired.
       Richard A. Griffin, of Michigan, to be United States 
     Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice Damon J. Keith, 
     retired.
       Carolyn B. Kuhl, of California, to be United States Circuit 
     Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice James R. Browning, retired.
       David W. McKeague, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit 
     Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice Richard F. Suhrheinrich, 
     retired.
       Susan Bieke Neilson, of Michigan, to be United States 
     Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice Cornelia G. 
     Kennedy, retired.
       Priscilla Richman Owen, of Texas, to be United States 
     Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, vice William L. Garwood, 
     retired.
       Charles W. Pickering, Sr., of Mississippi, to be United 
     States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, vice Henry A. 
     Politz, retired.
       John G. Roberts, Jr., of Maryland, to be United States 
     Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, vice 
     James L. Buckley, retired.
       Henry W. Saad, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit 
     Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice James L. Ryan, retired.
       Jeffrey S. Sutton, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit 
     Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice David A. Nelson, retired.
       Timothy M. Tymkovich, of Colorado, to be United States 
     Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, vice John C. Porfilio, 
     retired.
       John R. Adams, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge 
     for the Northern District of Ohio, vice George Washington 
     White, retired.
       J. Daniel Breen, of Tennessee, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, vice Julia Smith 
     Gibbons, elevated.
       Cormac J. Carney, of California, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Central District of California, vice 
     Carlos R. Moreno, resigned.
       James C. Dever III, of North Carolina, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 
     vice W. Earl Britt, retired.
       Ralph R. Erickson, of North Dakota, to be United States 
     District Judge for the District of North Dakota, vice Rodney 
     S. Webb, retired.
       Sandra J. Feuerstein, of New York, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, vice 
     Thomas C. Platt, Jr., retired.
       Gregory L. Frost, of Ohio, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, vice George C. 
     Smith, retired.
       S. Maurice Hicks, Jr., of Louisiana, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, vice 
     Donald E. Walter, retired.
       Richard J. Holwell, of New York, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Southern District of New York, vice 
     Barrington D. Parker, Jr., elevated.
       Robert A. Junell, of Texas, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Western District of Texas, vice Hipolito Frank 
     Garcia, deceased.
       Thomas L. Ludington, of Michigan, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, vice 
     Paul V. Gadola, retired .
       S. James Otero, of California, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Central District California, vice Richard A. 
     Paez, elevated.
       William D. Quarles, Jr., of Maryland, to be United States 
     District Judge for the District of Maryland, vice William M. 
     Nickerson, retired.
       Fredrick W. Rohlfing III, of Hawaii, to be United States 
     District Judge for the District of Hawaii, vice Alan C. Kay, 
     retired.
       Thomas A. Varlan, of Tennessee, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, vice 
     Robert Leon Jordan, retired.
       William H. Steele, of Alabama, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Southern District of Alabama, vice Richard W. 
     Vollmer, Jr., retired.
       Timothy C. Stanceu, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the 
     United States Court of International Trade, vice Richard W. 
     Goldberg, retired.
       Susan G. Braden, of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge 
     of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a term of 
     fifteen years, vice Roger B. Andwelt, deceased.
       Marian Blank Horn, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United 
     States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years. 
     (Reappointment)
       Charles F. Lettow, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United 
     States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years, 
     vice John Paul Wiese, term expired.
       Mary Ellen Coster Williams, of Maryland, to be a Judge of 
     the United States Court of Federal Claims for a term of 
     fifteen years, vice Sarah L. Wilson.
       Victor J. Wolski, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United 
     States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years, 
     vice Bohdan A. Futey, term expired.
       Glen L. Bower, of Illinois, to be a Judge of the United 
     States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years after he takes 
     office, vice Carolyn Miller Parr, term expired.
       Bruce E. Kasold, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United 
     States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims for the term 
     prescribed by law, vice a new position created by Public Law 
     107-103, approved December 27, 2001.
       Alan G. Lance, Sr., of Idaho, to be a Judge of the United 
     States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims for the term 
     prescribed by law, vice Frank Quill Nebeker, resigned.
       Fern Flanagan Saddler, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of 
     Columbia for the term of fifteen years, vice Patricia A. 
     Wynn, retired.