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Chief Judge Tacha receives Devitt Award
for distinguished service to jU.S.tice. Recent Judicial Milestones (from "The Third Branch") Appointments: 2009 - Robert H. Jacobvitz as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Mexico; Gregory B. Wormuth, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico; RU.S.sell Kimball Moiser, as U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Utah, February 13; Laird T. Milburn, as Part-Time U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, February 9; Terrance L. Wilson, as U. S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, January 2. Appointments: 2008 - Clark Waddoups as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, October 23; Christine M. Arguello as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, October 21; Philip A. Brimmer as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, October 14; Eric F. Melgren as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, October 9; Benjamin McMurray from the Utah Federal Defender's Office in Salt Lake City has been assigned as Supreme Court Fellow with the United States Sentencing Commission, AugU.S.t 31; Kathleen M. Tafoya, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, January 4. Elevated: 2010 - U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Mary Beck Briscoe, to Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuity, succeeding U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Robert H. Henry, May 1 Elevated: 2009 - U.S. District Judge Ronald A. White to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, succeeding District Judge James H. Payne, October 27; U.S. Bankruptcy Judge William T. Thurman, to Chief Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Utah, succeeding retired U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Glen E. Clark, January 5. Elevated: 2008 - U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-Lagrange to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, succeeding U.S. District Judge Robin J. Cauthron, November 26; U.S. District Judge Wiley Y. Daniel, to Chief Judge, U.S.District Court for the District of Colorado, succeeding U. S. District Judge Edward W. Nottingham, October 30; U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Robert H. Henry, to Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, succeeding U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Deanell Reece Tacha, January 1; U.S. District Judge Kathryn H. Vratil, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, succeeding U.S. District Judge John W. Lungstrum, January 1. Senior StatU.S.: 2010 - U.S. District Judge Terrence C. Kern, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, January 4 Senior StatU.S.: 2009 - U.S. District Judge Dale A. Kimball for the District of Utah, November 30 Senior StatU.S.: 2008 - U.S. Judge Lewis T. Babcock, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, April 4; U.S. District Judge Walker D. Miller, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, March 31; U.S. District Judge Monti L. Belot, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, March 4. Deaths: 2009 - U.S. Senior Judge David K. Winder, U. S. District Court for the District of Utah, May 19. Deaths: 2008 - U.S. District Judge H. Dale Cook, U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, September 22. District Judge Phillip S. Figa, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, dies at age 56. Here is a link to his obituaries Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post. Retired: 2010 - U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Richard Bohanon, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, February 24. Retired: 2009 - U.S. Magistrate Judge Gudrun J. Rice, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, February 6; U. S. Chief Bankruptcy Judge Glen E. Clark, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Utah, January 5. Resigned: 2008 - Chief U.S. District Judge Edward W. Nottingham, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, October 21, 2008. |
