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Results of Executive Business Meeting - February 14, 2013
The Senate Judiciary Committee held an executive business meeting to consider pending nominations and legislation on February 14, 2013.

Agenda


I. Nominations

Caitlin Joan Halligan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit
Ordered Reported By Roll Call Vote, 10-7

Patty Shwartz, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit
Ordered Reported By Roll Call Vote, 11-7

Pamela Ki Mai Chen, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York
Ordered Reported By Voice Vote

Katherine Polk Failla, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York
Ordered Reported By Voice Vote

Andrew Patrick Gordon, to be United States District Judge for the District of Nevada
Ordered Reported By Voice Vote

Ketanji Brown Jackson, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia
Ordered Reported By Voice Vote

Raymond P. Moore, to be United States District Judge for the District of Colorado
Ordered Reported By Voice Vote

Troy L. Nunley, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California
Ordered Reported By Voice Vote

Beverly Reid O'Connell, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California
Ordered Reported By Voice Vote

Analisa Torres, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York
Ordered Reported By Voice Vote

Derrick Kahala Watson, to be United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii
Ordered Reported By Voice Vote

Mark A. Barnett, to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade
Ordered Reported By Voice Vote

Claire R. Kelly, to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade
Ordered Reported By Voice Vote

David Medine, to be Chairman and Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
Held Over

Shelly Deckert Dick, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Louisiana
Held Over

William H. Orrick, III, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California
Held Over

Nelson Stephen Roman, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York
Held Over