For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 12, 2002

Nominations
President George Bush Announces the Nomination of Five Individuals to Serve in His Administration

President George W. Bush today announced the nomination of five individuals to serve in his administration.

The President has nominated the following individuals to serve in the Federal judiciary:

S. Maurice Hicks, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana.

Ralph R. Erickson, to be United States District Judge for the District of North Dakota.

William D. Quarles, to be United States District Judge for the District of Maryland.

Thomas L. Ludington, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Victor J. Wolski, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, for a term of fifteen years.