Ball, Sharon A., President, National Women's Political Caucus of California, Ashmann-Gerst, Judith, Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, Second Page 1229 1230 Barzman Norma, Beverly Hills, California, letter 1232 Bascue, James A., Presiding Judge, Superior Court, Los Angeles, California, letter 1233 Bitler, Audrea Golding, Santa Monica, California, letter 1235 1236 Boland, Paul, Court of Appeal, State of California, Los Angeles, California, letter 1237 Boxer, Hon. Barbara, a U.S. Senator from the State of California: statement Broillet, Bruce A., Green, Broillet, Taylor, Wheeler and Panish LLP, Santa 1244 Brown, Helen, Pasadena, California, letter California National Organization for Women, Helen Grieco, Executive Director, letter 1245 1246 California Women Lawyers, San Francisco, California: letter, dated July 16, 2001 1247 letter, dated March 26, 2003 1248 Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, Janet Benshoof, President, Rosemary Dempsey, Director, Washington, Office, Washington, D.C., letter Certor, Marcia S., Santa Monica, California, letter 1249 1251 Chavez, Victor E., Judge, Superior Court, Los Angeles, California, letter Chinese for Affirmative Action, Diane T. Chin, Executive Director, San Francisco, California, letter 1252 1253 Colleagues of Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl, Los Angeles, California, joint letter 1259 1255 Community Rights Counsel, Defenders of Wildlife, Earthjustice, Endangered 1262 Costales, Manuel S., Orange, California, letter 1266 Croskey, H. Walter, Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Los Angeles, letter, dated July 20, 2001 1267 letter, dated March 26, 2003 1268 Curry, Daniel A., California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Los 1270 Davis, Eileen, Los Angeles, California, letter 1271 Dawson James R., and Wayne P. Flodman, Torrance, California, joint letter Dworkin, Alice, Glendale, California, letter 1275 Dworsky, Marc T.G., Los Angeles, California, letter 1276 Eaton, Daniel E., Esq., Seltzer, Caplan, McMahon, Vitek, San Diego, California, letter 1278 Egenberger, Marghatta J.K., Thousand Oaks, California, letter 1280 Egerton, Anne H., Los Angeles, California, letter 1281 Ehlmann, Grace, North Hollywood, California, letter 1284 Epstein, Norman L., California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, 1285 Escutia, Hon. Martha M., California State Senator, Thirtieth Senatorial District, Sacramento, California, letter 1286 Field, Sheila and Arlen Field, Santa Monica, California, letter 1288 Fields, Michael S., President, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 1289 Fox, Daniel N., Attorney at Law, Pomona, California, letter 1290 Fox, Jean, New York, New York, letter 1291 Friedman, Terry, Superior Court, Juvenile Division, Monterey Park, California, letter 1292 Gagliardi, Marina, Psychotherapist, Los Angeles, California, letter 1294 Gans, Jennifer Cross, letter 1295 Gartenberg, Allan, Culver City, California, letter 1296 Page Gault, Joy A., Hawthorne, California, letter 1297 Gavurin, Sylvia, Culver City, California, letter 1298 Gender Justice Action Group, Pam Godbout, Women's Coordinator, Park Forest, Illinois, letter 1299 Girardi, Thomas V., Girardi, Keese, Los Angeles, California, letter 1301 Glaser, Patricia L., Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro, 1302 Goodman, Carolina, Sherman Oaks, California, letter 1303 Goodman, Jan, Lawyer, Santa Monica, California, letter 1304 Grimes, Elizabeth A., Judge, Superior Court, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, letter and attachment 1305 Han, Yong, San Francisco, California, letter 1311 Hastings, J. Gary, California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, 1312 Henry, Agnes F., Agoura Hills, California, letter 1317 Hill, Alice C., Supervising Judge, Superior Court, Los Angeles County, San 1318 Hilton, Linda Ann Wheeler, letter 1320 Hirsch, Jane, Pacific Palisades, California, letter 1321 Hull, Harry E., Jr., Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, Sacramento, California, letter 1322 Hunter, Nicole, San Francisco, California, letter 1324 Japanese American Citizens League, Beth A. Au, Regional Director, San 1325 Judelson, Debra R., M.D., Beverly Hills, California, letter 1326 Justice for All Project, Los Angeles, California, letter 1327 Kanne, Stephen L., and Claudia A., Los Angeles, California, letter Kightlinger, Pamela, North Hollywood, California, letter 1333 Klein, Joan Dempsey, Presiding Justice, California Court of Appeal, Second Kolkey, Daniel M., Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, Sacrmento, California, letter 1339 Kouzel, Ilene, El Cajon, California, letter 1341 Krauss, Irving, Secretary, Alpin County Democratice Central Committee, 1342 Kuehl, Sheila James, California State Senator, Twenty-third Senatorial District, Chair, Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee, Sacramento, California, letter 1343 Laemig, Ardi S., letter, dated July 21, 2001 1344 Landrieu, Hon. Mary L., a U.S. Senator from the State of Louisiana, statement in support of Patricia H. Minaldi, Nominee to be District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Wade Henderson and Dr. Dorothy 1351 Legal academics, joint letter, dated March 12, 2003 1357 Levich, Stella, Culver City, California, letter 1362 Levin, Bonnie Aaron, Los Angeles, California, letter 1363 Libman, Joan, San Francisco, California, letter 1364 Los Angeles County Bar Association, Miriam Aroni Krinsky, President, Los 1365 Ludwig, Miriam, Santa Monica, California, letter 1368 Luster, Laura, Oakland, California, letter 1369 Mackey, Malcolm H., Superior Court, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, letter 1370 Mahaffey, Lesley, Fullerton, California, letter 1371 Maloney, Ken and Julie Ford-Maloney, Huntington Beach, California, letter 1372 1373 Manpearl, Jerry, Mandel & Manpearl, Los Angeles, California, letter 1374 Page Marques, Magaly, Executive Director, Pacific Institute for Women's Health, 1375 Martinez, Vilma S., Los Angeles, California, letter 1376 McOwen, Carol M., Pasadena, California, letter 1378 Members of the Judiciary Committee of the California Assembly, Sacramento, 1379 Messner, Linda, Culver City, California, letter 1381 Miem, Dolores, Thousand Oaks, California, letter 1382 Minoo, Parviz and Linda Minoo, Agoura Hills, California, letter 1383 Moreno, Paul, South Coast Audubon, Mission Viejo, California, letter 1384 Attorney at Law, Los Angeles, California, letter 1385 Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, 1386 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Hilary O. Shelton, Director, Washington Bureau, Washington, D.C., letter and attachment 1387 National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, Judith M. 1390 National Women's Law Center, statement 1391 Natural Resources Defense Council, John Adams, President, letter 1394 letter, dated May 17, 2001 1396 letter, dated February 14, 2003 1398 Nelson, Hon. Bill, a U.S. Senator from the State of Florida, statement in support of Cecilia Altonaga, Nominee to be District Judge for the Southern District of Florida 1401 Nieman, Nancy, Ph.D., Southern Director, National Women's Political Caucus of California, letter 1402 Okuneff, Peggy, Culver City, California, letter 1403 Olson, Ronald L., Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, California, letter 1404 Orfield, Michael B., Judge, California Superior Court, San Diego, California, letter 1406 Pacific Institute for Women's Health, Lovisa Stannow, Executive Director, 1408 Palafoutas, Donna, Santa Ana, California, letter 1410 Perluss, Dennis M., California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, 1411 Petersen, Ann L., Arcadia, California, letter 1412 Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., Washington, D.C., state ment 1413 Pollak, Stuart, Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, First Appellate 1415 Porter, Ann, Los Angeles, California, letter 1416 Project Freedom of Religion, William R. Lakin, Executive Committee, letter 1417 Renbarger, Nancy, Agoura Hills, California, letter ... 1418 Reynolds, Patrick, President, The Foundation for a Smokefree America, Los 1419 Reynolds, Susan F., M.D., Ph.D., Managing Partner, Susan Reynolds and 1420 Rivera, Phoebe, Oak Park, California, letter 1421 Romero, Enrique, Judge (Retired), Pasadena, California, letter 1422 Rowe, Thomas D., Jr., Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina, letter 1423 Rule, Wilma, Adjunct Professor, University of Nevada, Department of Political Science, Reno, Nevada, letter 1424 Sallus, Gerald M., Esq., Attorney at Law, Culver City, California, letter Service Employees Internation Union, AFL-CIO, Anna Burger, International 1429 Sheehan, Katherine C., Professor of Law, Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California, letter 1434 Sloan, Donald E., Lawrence, Kansas, letter 1435 Smith, Christopher Corey, Culver City, California, letter 1437 Page Spindel, Blanche, Los Angeles, California, letter 1438 Swarez, Sheila, Newbury Park, California, letter 1439 Taxpayers Against Fraud, James W. Moorman, President, Washington, D.C.: letter, dated July 17, 2001 1440 letter, dated April 3, 2003 and attachment 1441 Taylor, Lynn O'Malley, Presiding Judge, San Francisco, California, letter 1444 1445 Travis, Cynthia, letter 1447 Turner, Paul, Presiding Justice, California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate 1448 Walker, Cheryl, Venice, California, letter 1451 Wallace, Doris, Rancho Cucamonga, California, letter 1452 Ward, James D., Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Riverside, California, letter 1453 Wells, Patricia, Fresno, California, letter 1455 Williams, Thelma, Thousand Oaks, California, letter 1456 Williamson, Jan, Venice, California, letter 1457 Women's and reproductive rights organizations, Los Angeles, California, joint letter, dated March 31, 2003 1458 Zandecki, Jolanta, Berkeley, California, letter 1461 ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NOMINEES Altonaga, Cecilia M., Nominee to be District Judge for the Southern District of Florida 1082 Bennett, Richard D., Nominee to be District Judge for the District of Maryland 790 Braden, Susan G., Nominee to be Judge for the Court of Federal Claims 791 285 Bybee, Jay S., Nominee to be Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit 16 465 Drell, Dee D., Nomineee to be District Judge for the Western District of 790 Erickson, Ralph R., Nominee to be District Judge for the District of North 56 Frost, Gregory L., Nominee to be District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio 57 Hinojosa, Ricardo H., Nominee to be U.S. Sentencing Commissioner 691 791 Horn, Marian Blank, Nominee to be Judge of the U.S. Court of Federal 287 Horowitz, Michael E., Nominee to be U.S. Sentencing Commissioner 692 1004 792 1106 Prado, Edward C., Nominee to be Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit 762 56 Selna, James V., Nominee to be District Judge for the Central District of 465 Simon, Philip P., Nominee to be District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana 467 Springmann, Theresa Lazar, Nomineee to be District Judge for the Northern 466 Stanceu, Timothy C., Nominee to be Judge of the U.S. Court of International 287 Steele, William H., Nominee to be District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama 285 Tymkovich, Timothy M., Nominee to be Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit Varlan, Thomas A., Nominee to be District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee 236 286 Williams, Mary Ellen Coster, Nominee to be Judge for the U.S. Court of 467 Wolski, Victor J., Nominee to be Judge for the U.S. Court of Federal Claims 466 NOMINATIONS OF JAY S. BYBEE, NOMINEE TO BE CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT; RALPH R. ERICKSON, NOMINEE TO BE DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF NORTH DAKOTA; WILLIAM D. QUARLES, JR., NOMINEE TO BE DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND; AND GREGORY L. FROST, NOMINEE TO BE DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2003 UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, Washington, D.C. The Committee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:34 a.m., in Room SD-226, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Orrin G. Hatch, Chairman of the committee, presiding. Present: Senators Hatch, Kyl, DeWine, Graham, Craig, Leahy, and Kennedy. OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. ORRIN G. HATCH, A U.S. SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF UTAH Chairman HATCH. Okay, we are ready to go. Senator Leahy will be here shortly and we will begin. I am pleased to welcome to the Committee this morning four excellent nominees for the Federal bench. All of you are to be commended for your impressive qualifications and accomplishments, and I think congratulated without question for your nominations. Our first panel today will feature an outstanding Circuit Court nominee, Jay S. Bybee, who has been nominated to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Bybee is no stranger to this Committee or to Committee hearings, having appeared most recently before the Committee in October of 2001. We will also hear from three District Court nominees, Judge Ralph R. Erickson for the District of North Dakota; Judge William D. Quarles, Jr., for the District of Maryland; and Judge Gregory L. Frost for the Southern District of Ohio. And of course I would also like to express appreciation for the members who have taken time to come and present their views on the qualifications of our witnesses today. We will hear from them in a moment. (1) |