Two Nominations
By Curt Levey Posted in District Courts — Comments (3) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
This evening, the White House announced the nomination of two U.S. District Court Judges: Richard Sullivan for the Southern District of New York (vice Michael Mukasey) and Timothy DeGiusti for the Western District of Oklahoma (vice Timothy Leonard).
Richard Sullivan?
by Matthew Friendly
Anybody know which Richard Sullivan? If you look him up at martindale.com, it lists 3 Richard Sullivans in NYC. Just curious.
Sullivan
by JonC
A google search reveals that there has been an Assistant U.S. Attorney by the name of Richard Sullivan in the Southern District of NY from at least 1995-2004. Not sure if this is the same guy though-- if so, going from AUSA to district judge would be quite a leap, although not unheard of.
Now, to get some appellate nominees...