The former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York is in the running for a judgeship on the federal district court, the Democrat and Chronicle reported Tuesday.
State Supreme Court Justice Patrick NeMoyer is one of several candidates under consideration, according to the newspaper. NeMoyer served as U.S. Attorney in the district during the Clinton administration from 1993 to 1997. He was elected to the state’s Supreme Court in 1998.
According to the newspaper, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) will recommend candidates to the president, but the senator’s office declined to say when that recommendation might occur.
Other contenders for the federal judgeship include U.S. Magistrate Judges Marian Payson and Jonathan Feldman; Monroe County District Attorney Michael Green; and Rochester City Court Judge Teresa Johnson.
Indiana Supreme Court
A former Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of California is one of several dozen candidates vying for a seat on the Indiana Supreme Court, the Northwest Indiana Times reported.
Clare Kraegel Nuechterlein, a professor at Valparaiso University School of Law, is one of 34 candidates who have submitted applications for the spot to the Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission.
Nuchterlein, who earned a bachelor’s, master’s and law degree from Valparaiso, served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Sacramento, Calif.-based office from 1989 to 2000. In 2002, she returned to Indiana and joined the faculty at Valparaiso Law School.
Nuechterlein will interview before the commission Wednesday. The commission is expected to select three candidates to recommend to Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) in August.
