By The Associated Press,
The 11 judges being considered as President Bush (news - web sites)'s
first judicial nominees, all
to appellate courts:
-Terrence Boyle for the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (news
- web sites) in Richmond, Va.: a
district judge in North Carolina and a former aide to Sen. Jesse
Helms (news - bio - voting record),
R-N.C., whose nomination was blocked by Democrats during the
first Bush administration.
-Edith Brown Clement for the 5th Circuit in New Orleans: a district judge in New Orleans.
-Deborah L. Cook for the 6th Circuit in Cincinnati: an Ohio Supreme
Court justice who was
re-elected in November to a second six-year term on the state's
highest court.
-Miguel Estrada for the District of Columbia Circuit: a former
assistant to the solicitor general and
a law partner of Theodore B. Olson, the current president's nominee
for solicitor general.
-Roger Gregory for the 4th Circuit: a Clinton nominee who was
blocked by Senate Republicans last
year. Clinton gave him a one-year appointment to the appeals
court, which expires at the end of
the year. First black judge on the court that covers more minorities
than any other in the nation.
-Michael McConnell for the 10th Circuit in Denver: a University
of Utah law professor who has an
expertise in church-state disputes.
-Priscilla Owen for the 5th Circuit: a Texas Supreme Court justice,
who was the second woman
elected to the state's high court; was re-elected to a second,
six-year term last year.
-Barrington Parker for the 2nd Circuit in New York: a district
judge in New York appointed to the
bench by former President Clinton (news - web sites). Parker,
who is black, handled John Gotti
Jr.'s plea deal and the Texaco race discrimination case.
-John Roberts for the District of Columbia Circuit: former clerk
to Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist
whose earlier nomination was never acted on during the first
Bush administration.
-Dennis Shedd for the 4th Circuit: a district judge in Columbia,
S.C., and former aide to Sen. Strom
Thurmond (news - bio - voting record), R-S.C.
-Jeffrey Sutton for the 6th Circuit: a former Ohio solicitor general
who pressed several states'
rights cases against the federal government; was originally appointed
by President Bush's father
but never received a confirmation vote by the Senate.
Tuesday May 8 11:46 PM ET