For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 29, 2003

Nominations Senate to the Senate

Richard D. Bennett, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, vice Frederic N. Smalkin, retired.

Louise W. Flanagan, of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, vice James C. Fox, retired.

J. Leon Holmes, of Arkansas, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, vice Stephen M. Reasoner, retired.

James V. Selna, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California, vice J. Spencer Letts, retired.

Philip P. Simon, of Indiana, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana, vice William C. Lee, retired.

Theresa Lazar Springmann, of Indiana, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana, vice James T. Moody, retired.

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