For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
April 28, 2003
Nominations Sent to the Senate
Claude A. Allen, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for
the Fourth Circuit, vice Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., deceased.
Robert C. Brack, of New Mexico, to be United States District Judge
for the District of New Mexico, vice a new position created by Public
Law 107-273, approved November 2, 2002.
James O. Browning, of New Mexico, to be United States District
Judge for the District of New Mexico, vice C. LeRoy Hansen, retired.
Glen E. Conrad, of Virginia, to be United States District Judge for
the Western District of Virginia, vice James C. Turk, retired.
Robert J. Conrad, Jr., of North Carolina, to be United States
District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, vice a new
position created by Public Law 107-273, approved November 2, 2002.
Allyson K. Duncan, of North Carolina, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the Fourth Circuit, vice Samuel J. Ervin, III, deceased.
Mark R. Filip, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for
the Northern District of Illinois, vice Harry D. Leinenweber, retired.
Kim R. Gibson, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge
for the Western District of Pennsylvania, vice D. Brooks Smith,
elevated.
Dora L. Irizarry, of New York, to be United States District Judge
for the Eastern District of New York, vice Reena Raggi, elevated.
H. Brent McKnight, of North Carolina, to be United States District
Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, vice a new position
created by Public Law 107-273, approved November 2, 2002.
Daniel P. Ryan, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for
the Eastern District of Michigan, vice Patrick J. Duggan, retired.
Gary L. Sharpe, of New York, to be United States District Judge for
the Northern District of New York, vice Thomas J. McAvoy, retired.
Lonny R. Suko, of Washington, to be United States District Judge
for the Eastern District of Washington, vice Wm. Fremming Nielsen,
retired.
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