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Iowa senators asking lawyers to apply for next federal judgeship vacancy
Jul. 7, 2017 5:20 pm, Updated: Jul. 7, 2017 6:55 pm
U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst on Friday invited Iowa lawyers who would like to be recommended for a judicial appointment by President Donald Trump to serve as the next U.S. District judge for the Northern District of Iowa to submit applications by Aug. 11.
The senators will make recommendations to fill the judgeship that will become vacant when Judge Linda Reade takes senior status Oct. 1.
Reade was recommended in 2002 by Grassley to President George W. Bush for the bench when Judge Michael Melloy was appointed to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Reade served as chief judge from 2007 until earlier this year.
Nationwide, there are 94 district courts in the federal court system. In Iowa, there are two districts housing a total of five District Court judges. Federal judges are nominated by the president, confirmed 'with the advice and consent” of the U.S. Senate, and serve lifetime appointments.
Applicants for the Northern District judgeship should submit a resume, three letters of recommendation, references, and a completed Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire to Fred_Schuster@grassley.senate.gov.
Schuster will provide the questionnaire upon request by email or by calling (319) 363-6832.
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Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) (from left) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) look on during a hearing before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry for George 'Sonny' Perdue to be Secretary of Agriculture in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Mar. 23, 2017. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
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