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2. He assumed senior status on December 31, 1990 - therefore there will be NO seat to fill.

Fri Aug 23, 2013, 10:10 PM

Aug 2013

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Nebraska

Seats of senior (semi-retired) judges do not get appointments - appointments are made only when they originally leave their seat.

He used to have Seat #2 - which has been filled twice since his going into senior status...

Seat 2
T. Munger 1907–1941
Delehant 1942–1957
Van Pelt 1957–1970
Urbom 1970–1990
Kopf 1992–2011
Gerrard 2012–present

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Nebraska#Succession_of_seats

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