The White House today announced 17 judicial nominations to the federal bench, among them 11 nominees who did not receive an up or down vote in the 113th Congress.
The nominees are: Ann Donnelly and LaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall, for the Eastern District of New York; George C. Hanks, Alfred H. Bennett, Jose Rolando Olvera, Jr., for the Southern District of Texas; Travis Randall McDonough, for the Eastern District of Tennessee; Roseann A. Ketchmark, for the Western District of Missouri; Dale A. Drozd, for the Eastern District of California;, Jill N. Parrish, for the District of Utah; Hon. Luis Felipe Restrepo, for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; Kara Farnandez Stoll, for the Federal Circuit; Jeanne E. Davidson, for the U.S. Court of International Trade; Armando Omar Bonilla, Thomas L. Halkowski, Patricia M. McCarthy, Jeri Kaylene Somers, and Hon. Nancy Firestone (for reappointment) for the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.