Judiciary Committee Advances Judicial Nominations for First and Ninth Circuits & Montana and Eastern Kentucky District Courts, Along with 17 U.S. Attorney Nominations

WASHINGTON
– The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the following nominations:
Joshua D. Dunlap
, to be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit, by a vote of 12-10;
Eric Chueyee Tung
, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, by a vote of 12-10;
William W. Mercer
, to be United States District Judge for the District of Montana, by a vote of 12-10;
Stephen Chad Meredith
, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, by a vote of 12-10;
Arch Capito
, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, by a vote of 13-9;
David Dunavant
, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, by a vote of 15-7;
Matthew Harvey
, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, by a vote of 17-5;
John Heekin
, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, by a vote of 12-10;
Leif Olson
, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa, by a vote of 12-10;
Adam Sleeper
, to be United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands, by a vote of 17-5;
David Toepfer
, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, by a vote of 17-5;
Ronald A. Parsons, Jr.
, to be United States Attorney for South Dakota, by an en bloc vote of 16-6;
David Metcalf
, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, by an en bloc vote of 16-6;
Bart McKay Davis
, to be United States Attorney for Idaho, by an en bloc vote of 16-6;
Kurt Alme
, to be United States Attorney for Montana, by an en bloc vote of 16-6;
Nicolas Chase
, to be United States Attorney for North Dakota, by an en bloc vote of 16-6;
Lesley Murphy
, to be United States Attorney for Nebraska, by an en bloc vote of 16-6;
Kurt Wall
, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, by an en bloc vote of 16-6;
David Waterman
, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, by a vote of 20-2;
Daniel Rosen
, to be United States Attorney for Minnesota, by a vote of 20-2;
Erik Seibert
, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, by a vote of 20-2.
Watch the executive business meeting
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. A recording of the judicial nominations hearing can be found
HERE
.
Read Chairman Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) opening statement at the executive business meeting
HERE
, and his statement at the judicial nominations hearing
HERE
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