For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
April 24, 2006

Nominations Sent to the Senate

Gustavo Antonio Gelpi, of Puerto Rico, to be United States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico, vice Hector M. Laffitte, retired.

Philip S. Gutierrez, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California, vice Terry J. Hatter, Jr., retired.

Daniel Porter Jordan III, of Mississippi, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi, vice Tom S. Lee, retired.

Erik C. Peterson, of Wisconsin, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin for the term of four years, vice J.B. Van Hollen, resigned.

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