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President Obama nominates his first(?) non-judge to the circuit courts

By Douglas A. Berman

Thanks to this post at How Appealing, I see that President Obama has made two more nominations to the federal circuit courts.  This official press release provides the basic details: President Obama today announced that he has nominated Jane Stranch for a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and Judge Thomas Vanaskie for a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Stranch is currently a partner at Nashville law firm Branstetter, Stranch and Jennings.  Judge Vanaskie currently sits on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. As the title of this post indicates, I am pretty sure (but not entirely certain) that the nomination of Jane Stranch to the Sixth Circuit makes her the first of (seven?) circuit nominees who is not already a confirmed federal district court judge...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 07, 2009 (boomark / email).