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Article: SENATE UNANIMOUSLY CONFIRMS FIRST DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 30, 2009
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The office of Sen. Patrick S. Leahy, D-Vt., issued the following news release:
The Senate Tuesday night unanimously confirmed the first district court judge of the 111th Congress. Jeffrey Viken was confirmed to an appointment on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) praised the nomination, saying, "President Obama nominated Mr. Viken with the bipartisan support of both Senators from South Dakota. Mr. Viken's wide range of experience makes him particularly well qualified to serve on the Federal bench."
Viken is just the second nomination to lower, Article III courts to be confirmed this ...