For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
February 14, 2006

Nominations Sent to the Senate

Jerome A. Holmes, of Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, vice Sven E. Holmes, resigned.

Jon T. Rymer, of Tennessee, to be Inspector General, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, vice Gaston L. Gianni, Jr.

Milan D. Smith, Jr., of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice A. Wallace Tashima, retired.

Frank D. Whitney, of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, vice H. Brent McKnight, deceased.

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