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Eight Nominations and One Withdrawal Sent to the Senate: December 2, 2019
Impeachment inquiry notwithstanding, the Republicans aren't slowing down one bit.
NOMINATIONS & APPOINTMENTS
Eight Nominations and One Withdrawal Sent to the Senate
Issued on: December 2, 2019
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:
John Peter Cronan, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, vice William H. Pauley III, retired.
William Scott Hardy, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, vice Nora Barry Fischer, retired.
John F. Heil III, of Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma, vice James H. Payne, retired.
John Charles Hinderaker, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, vice Raner Christercunean Collins, retired.
David Cleveland Joseph, of Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, vice Dee D. Drell, retired.
Iris Lan, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, vice Katherine B. Forrest, resigned.
Matthew Thomas Schelp, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, vice Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr., retiring.
Charles Williams, of Missouri, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, vice Phyllis L. Bayer, resigned.
WITHDRAWAL SENT TO THE SENATE:
Barry Lee Myers, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, vice Kathryn D. Sullivan, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on January 16, 2019.
Eight Nominations and One Withdrawal Sent to the Senate
Issued on: December 2, 2019
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:
John Peter Cronan, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, vice William H. Pauley III, retired.
William Scott Hardy, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, vice Nora Barry Fischer, retired.
John F. Heil III, of Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma, vice James H. Payne, retired.
John Charles Hinderaker, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, vice Raner Christercunean Collins, retired.
David Cleveland Joseph, of Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, vice Dee D. Drell, retired.
Iris Lan, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, vice Katherine B. Forrest, resigned.
Matthew Thomas Schelp, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, vice Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr., retiring.
Charles Williams, of Missouri, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, vice Phyllis L. Bayer, resigned.
WITHDRAWAL SENT TO THE SENATE:
Barry Lee Myers, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, vice Kathryn D. Sullivan, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on January 16, 2019.
Really, they aren't waiting:
John C. Hinderaker
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Nomination to district court
On November 6, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Hinderaker to serve as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. On December 2, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Hinderaker to the seat vacated by Judge Raner Collins, who took senior status on March 4, 2019. His nomination is currently pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. A hearing on his nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee has been scheduled for December 4, 2019.
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Nomination to district court
On November 6, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Hinderaker to serve as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. On December 2, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Hinderaker to the seat vacated by Judge Raner Collins, who took senior status on March 4, 2019. His nomination is currently pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. A hearing on his nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee has been scheduled for December 4, 2019.
Note that one of them is headed for SDNY:
Iris Lan, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, vice Katherine B. Forrest, resigned.
Iris Lan
I have to say, she has an impressive background:
Renaissance Woman Keeps on Runnin'
By Abby Y. Fung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
June 10, 1999
Iris Lan's resume might read like that of a typical Harvard academic superstar, but her attitude is anything but. An Advanced Standing senior, Lan will receive her B.A. in physics, chemistry, and music and a master's in History of Science today. She won a Hoopes Prize, is recommended for summa in physics/chemistry, and will start at Harvard Law School next year in a joint J.D. and Ph.D. program. Furthermore, Lan is taking the MCATs this summer, so she can go to medical school and eventually become a professor in medical ethics.
"I'm not sure what kind of career I want, but I figure `Just go with the flow,'" says Lan, who will be studying health policy and economics in graduate school. "I'm sure if I study hard enough, something interesting will come up."
The child of two professors--her mother in computer science, her father in mathematics--Lan is modest, even self-deprecating, about her academic abilities. She insists that she "flunked" an IQ test she took as a child and claims that her elementary school teachers "would be surprised" to find out she was graduating from Harvard. To hear Lan tell her story, her life has merely been a series of interesting, and fortuitous, accidents.
Lan studied ballet for 10 years, eventually ending up at the School of American Ballet in New York City, before she got "kicked out" because her 5'3" stature was considered "too short" for a budding ballerina. But this setback did not deter Lan for long. "I went next door," Lan recalls matter-of-factly. "Next door" turned out to be the Juilliard School of Music, where Lan studied viola and piano, performed at Lincoln Center, and eventually produced a prelude for the viola quintet and a chant and recitative for the viola and piano. These works were recorded on an album and sold in record stores nationwide.
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By Abby Y. Fung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
June 10, 1999
Iris Lan's resume might read like that of a typical Harvard academic superstar, but her attitude is anything but. An Advanced Standing senior, Lan will receive her B.A. in physics, chemistry, and music and a master's in History of Science today. She won a Hoopes Prize, is recommended for summa in physics/chemistry, and will start at Harvard Law School next year in a joint J.D. and Ph.D. program. Furthermore, Lan is taking the MCATs this summer, so she can go to medical school and eventually become a professor in medical ethics.
"I'm not sure what kind of career I want, but I figure `Just go with the flow,'" says Lan, who will be studying health policy and economics in graduate school. "I'm sure if I study hard enough, something interesting will come up."
The child of two professors--her mother in computer science, her father in mathematics--Lan is modest, even self-deprecating, about her academic abilities. She insists that she "flunked" an IQ test she took as a child and claims that her elementary school teachers "would be surprised" to find out she was graduating from Harvard. To hear Lan tell her story, her life has merely been a series of interesting, and fortuitous, accidents.
Lan studied ballet for 10 years, eventually ending up at the School of American Ballet in New York City, before she got "kicked out" because her 5'3" stature was considered "too short" for a budding ballerina. But this setback did not deter Lan for long. "I went next door," Lan recalls matter-of-factly. "Next door" turned out to be the Juilliard School of Music, where Lan studied viola and piano, performed at Lincoln Center, and eventually produced a prelude for the viola quintet and a chant and recitative for the viola and piano. These works were recorded on an album and sold in record stores nationwide.
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