Judgepedia:Calendar 2009

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• Shirley Abrahamson was re-elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
• Cheri Beasley, of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, took office.
• Donald Collester's term on the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division expires
• Robert Davis was appointed Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court.
• David Gratton appointed to the Idaho Court of Appeals.
• Anthony Kane of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division will retire.
• Gerard Lynch, Andre Davis, and David Hamilton await confirmation votes in the US Senate
• Edward Mansfield appointed to the Iowa Court of Appeals.
• Beverly Martin and Joseph Greenaway await Senate confirmation hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee
• Mark Recktenwald was appointed to the Hawaii Supreme Court.
• Paul Reiber's term on the Vermont Supreme Court ends.
• Glen A. Severson was appointed to the South Dakota Supreme Court.
• John Waller retires from the South Carolina Supreme Court.
• Peter Zarella's term on the Connecticut Supreme Court ends.
• Edwin Browning retired from the Florida First District Court of Appeal.

January

• Sergio Gutierrez's term on the Idaho Court of Appeals ends.
• Jim Sharp, of the Texas Court of Appeals, took office.
• Mary Jane Trapp became the Presiding/Administrative judge of the Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals.

January 1

• Marialyn Barnard was appointed to the Texas Court of Appeals.
• Sandra Beckwith, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, assumed senior status.
• Martha Daughtrey, of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, assumed senior status.
• Sara Doyle, of the Georgia Court of Appeals, took office.
• Sam Ervin, of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, took office.
• Bernard Friedman, of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, assumed senior status.
• Robert N. Hunter, Jr., of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, took office.
• Michael Kinard appointed to the Arkansas Court of Appeals.
• Robert Lunn retired from the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division.
• Yvette Miller, of the Georgia Court of Appeals, became the Chief Judge.
• Mary Murphy, of the Texas Court of Appeals, took office.
• Gordon Quist, of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, assumed senior status.
• Robert Ringland, of the Ohio District Courts of Appeal, took office.

January 5

• Elena Kagan nominated to position of United States Solicitor General by Barack Obama.
• United States District Court for the Central District of California Alicemarie Stotler assumed senior status on the [[]].

January 6

• John Elfvin died while serving on the United States District Court for the Western District of New York.
• Jorge Labarga, of the Florida Supreme Court, took office.

• January 7: Daniel Biles was appointed to the Kansas Supreme Court.
• January 9: Amos Mazzant was appointed magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
• January 13:

• Nikki Ann Clark appointed to the Florida First District Court of Appeal.
• Jonathan Lippman was appointed to the State of New York Court of Appeals.
• Colorado Court of Appeals Judges Sandra Rothenberg and JoAnn Vogt retired.

• January 15: Washington State Supreme Court rules in Yousoufian v. Office of the King County Executive (2004)
• January 20 John C. Shabaz of the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin assumed senior status.
• January 21

• A new judgeship for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals was approved by Congress by Law 110 Stat. 177.
• Christopher Kehoe, of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, took office.

• January 22: The Washington State Supreme Court issues its ruling in Rental Housing Association of Puget Sound v. City of Des Moines
• Janusry 29:

• Ralph Gants was appointed to the Massachusetts Supreme Court.
• George Anderson assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.

• January 30

• Edward Carni was re-designated to the Fourth Department of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division.
• James Munley of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania assumed senior status
• Garr King assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.

• January 31:

• Alabama District 11 circuit judge Mike Suttle retires.
• Robert Lanier Anderson assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

February

• An announcement is expected in February as to who will replace retiring justice Steven Levinson on the Hawaii Supreme Court.
• Ian McLachlan began his service on the Connecticut Supreme Court.
• February 2:

• Alan Nevas at the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut announces his outright retirement.
• Douglas Shapiro was appointed to the Michigan Third District Court of Appeals.
• Alan Nevas retired from his position as a federal judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.

• February 4: Jon Levy was re-appointed to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
• February 6: Gudrun Rice, of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, retired.
• February 9:

• Eve Belfance, of the Ohio District Courts of Appeal took office.
• John Connor, of the Ohio District Courts of Appeal took office.
• Clarence Cooper at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia assumes senior status.
• Robert Hendrickson, of the Ohio District Courts of Appeal took office

• February 11:

• Rossie Alston was elected to the Virginia Court of Appeals.
• Leroy Millette was confirmed for a term on the Supreme Court of Virginia.

• February 12: federal judge Rudolph Randa of the Eastern District of Wisconsin in Flying J v. Wisconsin Department of Consumer Protection rules Wisconsin's Minimum Mark-Up law unconstitutional.
• February 13: First Circuit issues Noonan v. Staples
• February 14 Tucker Melancon of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana assumed senior status
• February 16: Rodney Davis of the California Third District Court of Appeal retired
• February 18 federal judge Barbara Crabb in the case of Siefert v. Alexander, et.al ruled that Wisconsin's Code of Judicial Canons was ruled unconstitutional claiming the state's ban on judges joining political parties violated the First Amendment.
• February 24: Daniel Hurley at the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida assumed senior status.
• February 26: David Briones at the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas assumed senior status.

March

• James Perry was appointed to the Florida Supreme Court.
• Rosalyn Richter was designated to the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court.
• Early March: a replacement for retired Alabama Circuit Court judge Mike Suttle is expected to be announced.
• March 2: Ronald Whyte at the United States District Court for the Northern District of California assumes senior status.
• March 3: David Larimer at the United States District Court for the Western District of New York assumes senior status.
• March 4: Morgan Christen appointed to the Alaska Supreme Court.
• March 11: James Perry is appointed to the Florida Supreme Court.
• March 12: Reginald Lindsay of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts dies.
• March 15: Robert Shemwell of the Western District of Louisiana retired
• March 17: President Barack Obama nominates federal judge David Hamilton of the Southern District of Indiana to a appeals judgeship to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
• March 19:

• Elena Kagan confirmed as United States Solicitor General
• Leonard Austin, Priscilla Hall and Plummer Lott joined the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court.

• March 20:

• Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia justice Joseph Albright passed away.
• Philadelphia County Common Pleas judge Paul Panepinto announces his intentions to run as a Republican for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
• Application deadline for Judgepedia Wikiteer.
• Justice Sharon Lee is sworn in to the Tennessee Supreme Court.
• Deadline for the successor to Warren Matthews on the Alaska Supreme Court to be appointed.

• March 31: Richard Caputo at the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania assumes senior status.

April

• Sheila Abdus-Salaam joined the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court.
• Bethany Alvord was appointed to the Connecticut Appellate Court
• April 1:

• David Hamilton of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana undergoes a full confirmation hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee as the first step in confirming President Obama's Nomination to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. The Hearing is scheduled for 2:30 PM-ET/11:30 AM-PT with the hearing being presented on a live webcast through the Senate Judiciary Committee's Website
• David Ritter, of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, resigned.
• Washington State Supreme Court asked by King County to re-hear Yousoufian v. Office of the King County Executive (2004) on grounds of conflict-of-interest of Richard Sanders

• April 2:

• Andre Davis nominated by President Barack Obama to a judgeship on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Gerard Lynch nominated by President Barack Obama to a judgeship on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

• April 3: Iowa Supreme Court in the matter of Varnum v. Brien upheld a 2007 District Court decision in Iowa ruling that Iowa's ban on gay marriage is ruled unconstitutional
• April 5: Warren Matthews retires from Alaska Supreme Court and Morgan Christen joins the court in his former seat.^[1]
• April 7:

• Election for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court contested between Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson and Jefferson County Circuit Court judge Randy Koschnick.
• Shirley Abrahamson wins re-election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
• Elections in Wisconsin for judgeships in the Wisconsin Circuit Courts and Wisconsin Court of Appeals.

• April 8: Missouri House of Representatives votes to approve Missouri House Joint Resolution 10 which would make substantial changes to the Missouri Plan on a 85-72 vote.
• April 9: Robert Klausner received commission as a judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
• April 18: Judgepedia Wikiteer and other Sammy winners recognized at Sammies Award Show
• April 21:

• James Moran of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois passed away.
• Northern District of Illinois federal judge James Zagel will preside over the formal arraignment of impeached Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich in which the Governor is expected to enter a plea. The arriagnment is scheduled for 10:00 AM-CDT at the Everett Dirksen Courthouse in Downtown Chicago^[2].

• April 27: The State of Iowa recognizes same sex-marriage legally after the April 3, 2009 Iowa Supreme Court decision of Varnum v. Brien.
• April 28: The Senate Foreign Affairs Committee held a confirmation hearing for former Yale Law Dean Harold Koh.
• April 29: The Senate Judiciary Committee will have confirmation hearings for judicial nominees David Hamilton and Andre Davis. The hearing is scheduled at 2PM-EDT/11AM-PDT. A Webcast can viewed HERE

May

• Mark Pfeiffer was appointed to the Missouri Court of Appeals.
• May 1: Justice David Souter of the Supreme Court of the United States will announce his retirement effective at the end of June 2009.
• May 5: Robert Gettleman of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois assumed senior status.
• May 6:

• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Debate held in Harrisburg, PA sponsored by the League of Women Voters and Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts. The Debate is at 6:30 PM-EDT/3:30 PM-PDT.

To watch live debate coverage CLICK HERE

• Robert Fillmore was appointed to the Texas Court of Appeals.

• May 12: The Senate Foreign Affairs Committee voted to allow former Yale Law Dean Harold Koh face a confirmation vote in the United States Senate as State Department Legal Adviser.
• May 13: Kaye Hearn was elected to the South Carolina Supreme Court.
• May 15: New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine re-appoints Barry Albin to lifetime tenure on the New Jersey Supreme Court.
• May 19

• Primary Election for Republican candidates Joan Orie Melvin, Cheryl Lynn Allen, and Paul Panepinto of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Joan Orie Melvin won the Republican nomination on a wide margin over Panepinto and Allen.
• David Winder died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Utah.

• May 26: President Barack Obama nominates Second Circuit Court of Appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States.
• May 27:' The Wisconsin State Assembly's Judiciary Committee holds a public hearing on Wisconsin Senate Bill 40 which would authorize public financing for elections in the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
• May 31: George Kazen of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas assumed senior status.

June

• Carol Conboy was appointed to the New Hampshire Supreme Court.
• David Gilbertson was re-elected Chief Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court.
• June 1: Henry Herlong of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina assumed senior status.
• June 2: Judge Charles Clevert in the Eastern District of Wisconsin federal court rules in the case of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State v. Elmbrook School District that the Elmbrook (Elm Grove-Brookfield) School District can hold its graduation ceremony in a church.
• June 4: Andre Davis and David Hamilton were reported favorably by the Senate Judiciary Committee and advance to a full senate vote.
• June 5: Arkansas Court of Appeals judge Courtney Henry announces her run for the Arkansas Supreme Court in the 2010 election.
• June 10:

• Andrew Bogue died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.

• June 11: Gerard Lynch nominated to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals was reported favorably by the Senate Judiciary Committee and awaits a vote in the full senate for confirmation.
• June 19:

• Samuel Kent of the Southern District of Texas was impeached by the US House of Representatives on unanimous vote making him the first federal judge impeached since 1989.
• Beverly Martin was nominated by Barack Obama to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Joseph Greenaway was nominated by Barack Obama to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.

• June 25:

• Jeffrey Viken was nominated by Barack Obama to the District of South Dakota.
• Charlene Honeywell was nominated by Barack Obama to the Middle District of Florida.

• June 26: Barry Albin who was re-appointed by Jon Corzine to the New Jersey Supreme Court was confirmed by the New Jersey Senate giving him lifetime tenure with mandatory retirement at age 70.
• June 29:

• Supreme Court of the United States reverses the ruling Ricci v. DeStefano which was a case that Sonia Sotomayor heard.
• Southern District of New York federal judge Denny Chin sentences disgraced investment executive Berine Madoff to 150 years in Federal prison.

• June 30:

• David Gersten's term as Chief Judge of the Florida Third District Court of Appeal ends.
• Helen Gillmor of the District of Hawaii assumes senior status.
• Kaye Hearn's term on the South Carolina Court of Appeals ended.
• Samuel Kent of the Southern District of Texas officially resigns as no Senate impeachment trial will occur.
• Ruth McGregor retires from the Arizona Supreme Court
• Garvan Murtha of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont assumes senior status.
• William Palmer's term as Chief Judge of the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal ends.
• Lawrence Piersol of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota assumes senior status.
• Leah Ward Sears will retire from the Georgia Supreme Court.
• Supreme Court justice David Souter retires.
• Laura Denvir Stith's term as Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court ends.
• Richard Webber of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri assumes senior status.

July

• Mid to Late July: Possible confirmation votes on Andre Davis, David Hamilton, and Gerard Lynch in the US Senate before the August Congressional recess.
• William Ray Price became the Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court.
• July 1:

• Ruth McGregor's five-year term as Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court ends, and the term of Rebecca White Berch begins.
• Andrew Hurwitz assumes the role of Vice Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court.
• Juan Ramirez begins his term as Chief Judge of the Florida Third District Court of Appeal.
• Carol Hunstein replaces Leah Ward Sears as chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court.

• July 2: Chief Judge Vaughn Walker of the Northern District of California grants fast track status in parties involved in the case of Proposition 8 and orders parties to have case management plans to move the case forward.
• July 3: Peter Economus of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio assumes senior status.
• July 4: Larry McKinney of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana assumes senior status.
• July 7: Newly inaugurated US Senator Al Franken of Minnesota replaces Ron Wyden of Oregon on the Senate Judiciary Committee
• July 8:

• President Barack Obama nominates Irene Berger to the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
• President Barack Obama nominates Roberto Lange to the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
• Karen J. Williams assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
• The vacant judgeship created by the resignation and impeachment of Samuel Kent in the Southern District of Texas will be moved from the Galveston division to the McAllen division of the court.

• July 9: The White House issues a order that no federal judge nominee recommendations by Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchinson can be made without consensus approval from Democrats in the Texas Congressional delegation^[3].
• July 10:

• Allen Sharp died while serving on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.

• July 12: Robert Whaley assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.
• July 13:

• The Senate Judiciary Committee began the first day of confirmation hearings in regards to the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States.
• Southern District of New York federal judge Jed Rakoff will sentence former attorney Marc Drier in his role in a hedge fund fraud case.

• July 14:

• The Senate Judiciary Committee held the second day of confirmation hearings in regards to the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States. '
• Eastern District of Pennsylvania senior federal judge Ronald Buckwalter will sentence former Pennsylvania Senator Vincent Fuomo after being convicted on corruption in office.

• July 15: The Senate Judiciary Committee held the third day of confirmation hearings in regards to the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States.
• July 15-17 Federal Magistrate Judges Association holds their 47th Annual Convention in Milwaukee.
• July 16:

• Paul Suttell took the oath of office to become the Rhode Island Supreme Court Chief Justice.
• The Senate Judiciary Committee held the final day of confirmation hearings in regards to the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States.

• July 21: Guido Calabresi of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit assumes senior status.
• July 23: John Miller of the Iowa Court of Appeals will retire.
• July 28: The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote whether to advance Sonia Sotomayor to a full senate vote.
• July 30-August 1: The Annual Membership Meeting of the American Judicature Society in Chicago
• July 30-August 4: The Annual Membership Meeting of the American Bar Association in Chicago.
• July 31:

• Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson's current term expires. Abramhamson won re-election against Judge Randy Koschnick on April 7, 2009.
• Kitty Brennan's term on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals expires.
• Robert Mahan of the Iowa Court of Appeals will retire.
• Abdul Kallon was nominated by President Barack Obama to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
• Jacqueline Nguyen was nominated by President Barack Obama to the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

August

• August 1:

• Shirley Abrahamson of the Wisconsin Supreme Court sworn in to her fourth ten year term on the court.
• Kitty Brennan of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals sworn into her first full term on the intermediate appeals court.
• Maxine Chesney of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California assumed senior status.
• David Piester of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska retired.
• Robert J. Morris, Jr. term on the Florida Second District Court of Appeal commenced.

• August 6:

• Robert Sack of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit assumes senior status.
• Robert Takasugi of the United States District Court for the Central District of California dies at age 78 after battling a long illness.

• August 7:

• Dolly Gee was appointed to the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
• Jane Stranch was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

• August 8: Rhesa Barksdale of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals assumed senior status.
• August 10: Rodney Webb of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota dies after battling cancer.
• August 12: David Coar of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois assumed senior status.
• August 13: David Nahmias appointed to the Georgia Supreme Court
• August 14: Robert Dawson of the Western District of Arkansas assumes senior status.
• August 15: Former District of Columbia federal judge Malcom Wilkey dies at age 90 from a battle with cancer.
• August 18: Anne Ellington of the Washington Court of Appeals is up for re-election.
• August 19: Judge Vaughn Walker will hold a final preliminary hearing in a lawsuit involving California Proposition 8. This hearing will determine if the case will move to a full trial.
• August 26: Ancer Haggerty of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon assumed senior status.
• August 31:

• Lacy Thornburg of the Western District of North Carolina will fully retire from the Federal bench.
• Michael McConnell of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals will resign from the court.
• Glenn Adams of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals will retire.
• Michael Allen retired from the Florida First District Court of Appeal.

September

• September 1: John Parrish retired from the Missouri Court of Appeals.
• September 2: David Nahmias sworn in to the Georgia Supreme Court.
• September 7: Scott Brister resigns from the Texas Supreme Court.
• September 15: Brian Sandoval of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada will resign from his judgeship for a run in the 2010 elections as Nevada Governor taking on incumbent Jim Gibbons.
• September 17: Gerard Lynch confirmed by Senate to the Second Circuit.
• September 21: Jerry Buchmeyer of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa dies at age 76.
• September 24: Chuck Poochigian confirmation hearing scheduled.
• September 29: Jeffery Viken was confirmed by the US Senate to the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
• September 30: Darrel Perry retires from the Idaho Court of Appeals.

October

• Carolyn R. Ricks retired from Oklahoma District 7.
• October 5: Alvin Schall assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
• October 8: Eva Guzman appointed to the Texas Supreme Court.
• October 10: Barrington Parker of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals assumes senior status.
• October 14: William Justice of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas passed away.
• October 17: 2009 Louisiana Supreme Court elections
• October 21: Sara Watson of the Utah Sixth Judicial District retires
• October 25: James Lorenz of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California assumes senior status.
• October 26: James Rosenbaum assumed senior status on the District of Minnesota.
• October 28: The California Administrative Office of the Courts will be reviewed by an oversight committee.
• October 30: Marilyn Patel of the Northern District of California assumes senior status.
• October 31: Linda Thomas will step down from the Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals.

November

• November 1:

• Mildred Methvin retired from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.

• November 2:

• Robert Eastaugh retired from the Alaska Supreme Court.
• Stephen Larson of the United States District Court for the Central District of California resigned.

• November 3:

• Toledo Municipal Court election
• Supreme Court of the State of New York General Election.
• Wisconsin Supreme Court heard arguments in McConkey v. JB Van Hollen, et.al over the legality of Wisconsin Question 1 approved by Wisconsin voters in 2006.
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court General Election.
• General Elections in the Pennsylvania Superior Court and the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court.
• Kate Ford Elliott, Maureen Lally-Green and Dan Pellegrini stand for retention in Pennsylvania.
• Thomas Mercure, of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, was re-elected.

• November 9:

• Charles Sifton died while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

• November 10:

• The Rhode Island Judicial Nominating Commission is interviewing candidates for the open seat on the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

• November 12:

• Hayden Head of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas assumed senior status.

• November 12-14:

• The Federalist Society's Annual lawyer's conference in Washington, DC.

• November 16: Keila Cosme takes her seat on the Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals.

• November 17:

• The Rhode Island Judicial Nominating Commission will hold public hearings on the candidates for the open seat on the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

• November 18: David Hamilton confirmed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

• November 19: Marcus Clark was sworn in as a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.

• November 30:

• Dale Kimball of the District of Utah assumes senior status.

December

• December 1:

• Jane Greenspan's term on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court expires.
• Senate conformation vote scheduled for Jacqueline Nguyen.

• December 22: John Godbold, of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, died.

• December 28: Norman Davis was appointed presiding judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court, Arizona.

• December 31:

• Charles Shaw assumes senior status from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
• Barbara Crabb assumes senior status from the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.
• Paul Friedman assumes senior status from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
• Russell Bench retires from the Utah Court of Appeals.
• Pamela Greenwood retires from the Utah Court of Appeals.
• John Warner will retire from the Montana Supreme Court.
• Walt Edmonds will retire from the Oregon Court of Appeals.
• Corinne Watanabe will retire from the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals.

• December 25: Morris Lasker formerly of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts died at age 92.
• December 31: Sandra A. Grisham retired from the New Mexico Twelfth Judicial District Court.

See also

• 2008 State Supreme Court Elections
• Judgepedia:Calendar archive

References

1. ↑ Alaska Supreme Court vacancies
2. ↑ "Northern District of Illinois" Judge Zagel's Calendar, April 21, 2009, April 20, 2009 see USA v. Suppressed
3. ↑ "Galveston Daily News" White House asks Dems for judge candidates, July 10, 2009

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