[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 50 (Thursday, March 27, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S4496]
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                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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           JAMES V. SELNA TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will go 
into executive session to vote on Executive Calendar No. 76, which the 
clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of James V. Selna, of 
California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District 
of California.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there are 2 minutes 
evenly divided.
  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I rise in support of the confirmation of 
James Selna to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of 
California. I have had the pleasure to review Mr. Selna's distinguished 
career and I am confident that he will make a fine Federal judge.
  Judge Selna graduated Order of the Coif from Stanford Law School in 
1970. Upon graduation he joined the prestigious law firm of O'Melveny & 
Myers, where he maintained a sophisticated commercial practice. Upon 
becoming a partner in 1978, Judge Selna was involved in many high 
profile cases, including representing the National Football League in 
defending antitrust claims. In the period immediately preceding his 
appointment to the Superior Court, his practice consisted of litigating 
complex commercial disputes, typically involving high technology issues 
and companies.
  While in private practice, Judge Selna provided many hours of pro 
bono services to various organizations. For example, he has provided 
hundreds of hours of legal services on behalf of the Newport Harbor 
Museum in a successful constitutional challenge to Federal funding 
restrictions in the 1989/1990 appropriation for the Endowment for the 
Arts. In addition, he has provided legal advice while serving on the 
board of Phoenix House of Orange County, a nonprofit drug 
rehabilitation organization. I would like to commend Judge Selna for 
the many hours he has given to better his community.
  Since 1998, Judge Selna has served with distinction on the Orange 
County Superior Court. His judicial experience on the State bench will 
serve him well in the Federal district court. I urge my colleagues to 
join me in strong support of Judge Selna's nomination.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time is yielded back. The question is, 
Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of James V. Selna, 
of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central 
District of California? On this question, the yeas and nays have been 
ordered. The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), 
the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), and the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Miller) are necessarily absent.
  I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) would vote ``aye.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 97, nays 0, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 111 Ex.]

                                YEAS--97

     Akaka
     Alexander
     Allard
     Allen
     Baucus
     Bayh
     Bennett
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Brownback
     Bunning
     Burns
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Cantwell
     Carper
     Chafee
     Chambliss
     Clinton
     Cochran
     Coleman
     Collins
     Conrad
     Cornyn
     Corzine
     Craig
     Crapo
     Daschle
     Dayton
     DeWine
     Dodd
     Dole
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Durbin
     Edwards
     Ensign
     Enzi
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Fitzgerald
     Frist
     Graham (FL)
     Graham (SC)
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hagel
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Hollings
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Kohl
     Kyl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lincoln
     Lott
     Lugar
     McCain
     McConnell
     Mikulski
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nelson (FL)
     Nelson (NE)
     Nickles
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Roberts
     Rockefeller
     Santorum
     Sarbanes
     Schumer
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stabenow
     Stevens
     Sununu
     Talent
     Thomas
     Voinovich
     Warner
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--3

     Kerry
     Lieberman
     Miller
  The nomination was confirmed.

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