[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 18 (Monday, May 9, 1994)]
[Page 998]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Nomination for District Court Judges

May 5, 1994

    The President today announced his intention to nominate the 
following four individuals as Federal judges: H. Lee Sarokin to the U.S. 
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; Blanche M. Manning to the U.S. 
District Court for the Northern District of Illinois; Lewis A. Kaplan to 
the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; and 
William F. Downes to the U.S. District Court for the District of 
Wyoming.
    ``These individuals will bring excellence to the Federal bench,'' 
the President said. ``Each has an outstanding record of achievement in 
the legal community.''

Note: Biographies of the nominees were made available by the Office of 
the Press Secretary.