OR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 8, 2017
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:
Amy Coney Barrett, of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge
for the Seventh Circuit, vice John Daniel Tinder, retired.
Matthew Bassett, of Tennessee, to be an Assistant Secretary of
Health and Human Services, vice Jim R. Esquea.
John Kenneth Bush, of Kentucky, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice Danny J. Boggs, retired.
Joan Louise Larsen, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice David W. McKeague, retired.
Kevin Christopher Newsom, of Alabama, to be United States
Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, vice Joel F. Dubina, retired.
David C. Nye, of Idaho, to be United States District Judge for
the District of Idaho, vice Edward J. Lodge, retired.
Scott L. Palk, of Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge
for the Western District of Oklahoma, vice Stephen P. Friot, retired.
Damien Michael Schiff, of California, to be a Judge of the
United States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years,
vice George W. Miller, retired.
David Ryan Stras, of Minnesota, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the Eighth Circuit, vice Diana E. Murphy, retired.
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