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Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Ind. Courts - Magnus-Stinson set for Senate vote; no word on Tanya Walton Pratt

As indicated in this May 13, 2010 Gary Post-Tribune story that the former U.S. Attorney and Lake County Prosecutor Jon DeGuilio had been confirmed as a federal judge for the Northern District Court:

The nominations of Marion Superior Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt and federal Magistrate Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson as judges for the Southern District of Indiana remain pending.

If confirmed by the Senate Judiciary Committee, Pratt would be the first black federal judge in the history of the state. Pratt and Magnus-Stinson would double the number of female judges in the state's federal courts.

This Executive Calendar has now been posted via Thomas.loc.gov -- at p. 2:
Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 4:30 p.m., on Monday, June 7, 2010, Senate begin consideration of the following nominations on the executive calendar; that they be debated concurrently until 5:30 p.m., with the time equally divided and controlled between Senators Leahy and Sessions, or their designees:
Audrey Goldstein Fleissig, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri,
Lucy Haeran Koh, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, and
Jane E. Magnus-Stinson, of Indiana, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana;
provided that at 5:30 p.m., Senate vote on confirmation of the nominations in the order listed; that after the first vote, there be 2 minutes of debate, equally divided as described above, and after the first vote, the succeeding votes be limited to 10 minutes each; that upon disposition of the nominations, Senate resume Legislative Session.
Note that Magnus-Stinson is also mentioned on p. 11 of the report, and Pratt on p. 10.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 1, 2010 09:58 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts