WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary
Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley and Senator Joni Ernst, both of Iowa,
have reconvened a Judicial Selection Commission to evaluate candidates for
recommendation to fill an impending vacancy on the bench for the Sothern
District of Iowa.
The
commission, comprised of the same members that
selected
candidates for Grassley to recommend that President Obama nominate to
federal judgeships in 2015, will follow the same process to evaluate candidates
for nomination to fill the seat being vacated following U.S. Chief District
Judge John A. Jarvey’s expected retirement in March, 2022.
Last
month, Grassley and Ernst
announced
the open process of collecting applications from outstanding candidates from
Iowa’s legal community for the vacancy through the end of this year.
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