New Ninth Circuit Judge Ryan Nelson Among Latest Batch of 15 Trump Nominees Approved by Senate
Three appeals court picks—David Porter, Ryan Nelson and Richard Sullivan—were among the 15 names the U.S. Senate confirmed to federal judgeships Thursday, after Senate Republicans and Democrats agreed to vote on a batch of judicial nominees as part of a compromise.
October 12, 2018 at 03:40 PM
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Three appeals court picks—David Porter, Ryan Nelson and Richard Sullivan—were among the 15 names the U.S. Senate confirmed to federal judgeships Thursday, after Senate Republicans and Democrats agreed to vote on a batch of judicial nominees as part of a compromise.
Senators, who agreed to vote on the group of nominations Thursday before returning to campaigning in their home states ahead of the 2018 midterms, also approved a dozen picks to federal trial courts.
Nelson was approved for a Ninth Circuit seat, 51-44, after he was nominated in May. He's served as general counsel of Melaleuca Inc., an Idaho-based nutritional supplement and wellness company, since 2009. Before that, he was deputy general counsel at the Office of Management and Budget, and served as a deputy assistant attorney general of the U.S. Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division.
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