~ Hereby certify that the foregoing
1s a true copy o the original document
on file. Date: - o-. \
Roberta D. Tabora
Cler
COUNCIL OF THE SECOND
R E S O L U T I O N
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At the request of the Bankruptcy Judges of the District of
Connecticut and pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 152
{b) (1), the Council resolves as follows:
The public interest and the nature of the business of the
United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut
require that the duty station of United States Chief Bankruptcy
Judge Julie A. Manning be changed permanently to Bridgeport,
Connecticut; that the duty station of United States Bankruptcy
Judge Ann M. Nevins be changed permanently to New Haven,
Connecticut and that the duty station of the unnamed nominee
appointed to fill the vacancy now located in Bridgeport,
Connecticut which was created by the retirement of United States
Bankruptcy Judge Alan H.W. Shiff be changed permanently to
Hartford, Connecticut.
The Judicial Council is aware of the following circumstances
concerning the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of
Connecticut:
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--that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District
of Connecticut has three authorized judgeships located in each of
the three places of holding bankruptcy court in the District of
Connecticut--Bridgeport, New Haven and Hartford-with one active
bankruptcy judge assigned to New Haven and one to Hartford and a
recalled retired bankruptcy judge assigned to Bridgeport;
--that the bankruptcy judgeship located in Bridgeport has
been vacant since March 19, 2013 when Bankruptcy Judge Alan H.W.
Shiff retired at the expiration of his then fourteen-year term;
--that the Council immediately recalled Bankruptcy Judge
Shiff to active service, but directed that the judgeship remain
unfilled as long as Judge Shiff continued to serve as a recalled
Bankruptcy Judge;
--that this judgeship has remained vacant since March 19,
2013, the entire period that Judge Shiff has served on recall;
--that Judge Shiff recently advised the Council that he
intends to conclude his recall service, effective January 1,
2016, prior to the conclusion of his current two-year recall
period on March 19, 2017;
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--that the Council sought and obtained permission from the
Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System of the
Judicial Conference of the United States to fill the vacant
bankruptcy judgeship located in Bridgeport;
--that the Connecticut Bankruptcy Court has requested that
the vacant judgeship be filled in Hartford;
--that the duty station of Chief Bankruptcy Judge Julie A.
Manning currently is located in New Haven and that the duty
station of Bankruptcy Judge Ann M. Nevins currently is located in
Hartford;
--that Chief Bankruptcy Judge Manning requests that her duty
station be moved permanently from New Haven to Bridgeport and
that the duty station of Bankruptcy Judge Nevins be moved
permanently from Hartford to New Haven; and·
--that the duty station of the unnamed nominee appointed by
the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to fill
the vacancy created by the 2013 retirement of Bankruptcy Judge
Shiff be moved permanently from Bridgeport to Hartford.
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The Council now determines that the public interest and the
nature of the business of the United States Bankruptcy Court for
the District of Connecticut requires that the vacancy created by
the retirement of Bankruptcy Judge Alan H.W. Shiff shall be
filled in Hartford; that the duty station of the unnamed nominee
appointed to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of
Bankruptcy Judge Shiff shall be located permanently in Hartford;
that the duty station of Chief Bankruptcy Judge Julie A. Manning
shall be located permanently in Bridgeport and that the duty
station of Bankruptcy Judge Ann M. Nevins shall be located
permanently in New Haven.
These changes of duty stations shall be effective as of
January 1, 2016.
This Resolution shall be subject to modification.
FOR,_ THE COUNCIJ,, : I
/s/ Robert A. Katzmann
Robert A. Katzmann, Chief Judge
Dated: July 28, 2015
New York, New York A TRUE-COPY
Karen Greve Milton, Circuit Executive
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