JOURNAL OF THE EXECUTIVE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, commencing January 5, 2011 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2011 MESSAGES REFERRED As in executive session, The Presiding Officer laid before the Senate the following messages from the President of the United States, transmitting nominations, which were referred as indicated: THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Jimmie V. Reyna, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, vice Haldane Robert Mayer, retired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Victoria Frances Nourse, of Wisconsin, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, vice Terence T. Evans, retired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Goodwin Liu, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit , vice a new position created by Public Law 110-177, approved January 7, 2008. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate James E. Graves, Jr., of Mississippi, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, vice Rhesa H. Barksdale, retired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Caitlin Joan Halligan, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, vice John G. Roberts, Jr., elevated. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Edward Carroll DuMont, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, vice Paul R. Michel, retired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Bernice Bouie Donald, of Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice Ronald Lee Gilman, retired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Susan L. Carney, of Connecticut, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, vice Barrington D. Parker, retired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Arenda L. Wright Allen, of Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, vice Jerome B. Friedman, retired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Anthony J. Battaglia, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, vice M. James Lorenz, retired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominateCathy Bissoon, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, vice Thomas M. Hardiman, elevated. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate James Emanuel Boasberg, of the District of Columbia, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, vice Thomas F. Hogan, retired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Vincent L. Briccetti, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, vice Kimba M. Wood, retired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Louis B. Butler, Jr., of Wisconsin, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin, vice John C. Shabaz, retired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Claire C. Cecchi, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, vice Joseph A. Greenaway, elevated. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Edward Milton Chen, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, vice Martin J. Jenkins, resigned. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Max Oliver Cogburn, Jr., of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, vice Lacy H. Thornburg, retired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Mae A. D'Agostino, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York, vice Frederick J. Scullin, Jr., retired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Roy Bale Dalton, Jr., of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, vice Henry Lee Adams, Jr., retired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Sara Lynn Darrow, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of Illinois, vice Joe B. McDade, retired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Edward J. Davila, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, vice Marilyn Hall Patel, retired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Charles Bernard Day, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, vice Peter J. Messitte, retired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Marco A. Hernandez, of Oregon, to be United States District Judge for the District of Oregon, vice Garr M. King, retired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Paul Kinloch Holmes III, of Arkansas, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, vice Robert T. Dawson, retired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Mark Raymond Hornak, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, vice Donetta W. Ambrose, retired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Amy Berman Jackson, of the District of Columbia, to be United States District Judge for the District of Colorado, vice Gladys Kessler, retired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Richard Brooke Jackson, of Colorado, to be United States District Judge for the District of Colorado, vice Phillip S. Figa, deceased. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 5, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Steve C. Jones, of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, vice Orinda D. Evans, retired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. |