For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 27, 2003

Nominations
Nominations Sent to the Senate

L. Scott Coogler, of Alabama, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, vice H. Dean Buttram, Jr., resigned.

Charles W. Grim, of Oklahoma, to be Director of the Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, for a term of four years, vice Michael H. Trujillo.

Mark R. Kravitz, of Connecticut, to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut, vice Alfred V. Covello, retired.

John A. Woodcock, Jr., of Maine, to be United States District Judge for the District of Maine, vice Gene Carter, retired.

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