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 HERE. 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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