Interesting trivia regarding 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Andre M. Davis

[Tx4obama]

Andre M. Davis is one of Obama's early nominees that he appointed back in 2009 (the second nominee that the Senate confirmed during Obama's presidency)

Nomination and confirmation to Fourth Circuit

On October 12, 2000, President Clinton nominated Davis to be a judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, to replace Murnaghan, who had died.[3] The nomination was a part of Clinton's effort to integrate the Fourth Circuit, which up to that point had never had an African-American judge; however, since Davis was nominated after July 1, 2000, the unofficial start date of the Thurmond Rule during a presidential election year, no hearings were scheduled on his nomination, and the nomination was returned to Clinton at the end of his term. President George W. Bush chose not to renominate Davis to the Fourth Circuit.

On April 2, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Davis to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.[4][5] On June 4, 2009, the Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed the nomination by a vote of 17-3.[6]

The full Senate voted 72-16 to confirm Davis on November 9, 2009. Davis received his commission on November 10, 2009.

Davis has announced that he will be taking senior status as of February 28, 2014.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_M._Davis

Pretty cool that he finally got the seat in 2009 after all that BS that happened in 2000.

But it's a shame that he'll end up having the seat for only a little more than four years before going into semi-retirement.

Federal Judge-ships are for life (if the person wants it) - wonder why he's leaving.

Now Obama will have to nominate someone new and the Senate will have to go through the mess of the Republican's obstruction on another confirmation


Edited to add...

HA!! ... And that Seat #8 stayed vacant the whole time from 2000 to 2009

After Clinton's unsuccessful nomination of Davis, President George W. Bush unsuccessfully nominated Claude Allen and Rod J. Rosenstein to succeed Judge Murnaghan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton_judicial_appointment_controversies

The history of Seat #8, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Fourth_Circuit#Succession_of_seats

And also see Comment #2 below

[gopiscrap]

1. that is interesting

[Tx4obama]

2. And one other current Judge on the same 4th Circuit - Seat #7

Seat #7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Fourth_Circuit#Succession_of_seats

Nomination under Clinton

On August 5, 1999, President Bill Clinton nominated Judge Wynn to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to fill a vacancy created by the decision by Judge James Dickson Phillips, Jr. to take senior status.

Wynn's nomination never received a hearing from the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Wynn,_Jr.#Nominations_to_the_Fourth_Circuit

James A. Wynn, Jr. (of North Carolina), to seat vacated by James Dickson Phillips, Jr. - Judgeship never filled by any Bush nominee; Wynn was renominated by President Barack Obama to the same seat in November 2009 and was confirmed by the Senate in August 2010.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton_judicial_appointment_controversies

Wynn and Davis are the only two nominees that both 'Clinton and Obama' nominated for the same two seats - and both seats stayed vacant in between the nominations.