For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 9, 2007

Nominations Sent to the Senate

Anthony C. Epstein, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years, vice Susan Rebecca Holmes, retired.

Leslie Southwick, of Mississippi, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, vice Charles W. Pickering, Sr., retired.

Joseph S. Van Bokkelen, of Indiana, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana, vice Rudy Lozano, retiring.

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