Judiciary Committee Advances Judicial Nominations for Seventh Circuit and Four District Courts, Along with Nominations for the Director of National Drug Control Policy and Five U.S. Attorneys

WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the following nominations:

• Rebecca L. Taibleson, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, by a vote of 12-10;
• David A. Bragdon, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, by a vote of 12-10;
• Lindsey Ann Freeman, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, by a vote of 15-7;
• Matthew E. Orso, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, by a vote of 14-8;
• The Honorable Susan Courtwright Rodriguez, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, by a vote of 17-5;
• Sara Carter Bailey, to be Director of National Drug Control Policy, by a vote of 12-10;
• Braden Boucek, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, by a vote of 12-10;
• Dominick Gerace II, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, by a vote of 16-6;
• Jerome Francis Gorgon, Jr., to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, by a vote of 20-2;
• Bryan Stirling, to be United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina, by a vote of 17-5; and
• Thomas Wheeler II, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, by a vote of 12-10.

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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