UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
IN THE MATTER OF: )
)
MERIT SELECTION PANEL FOR ) General Order No. 13-07
THE APPOINTMENT OF A NEW )
MAGISTRATE JUDGE IN PEORIA )
ORDER
The Court, being advised that the Judicial Conference of the United States has authorized
a Magistrate Judgeship in the Peoria Division of the Central District of Illinois,
And that the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and the Circuit Judicial
Council for the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals have recommended the continuation of the
Magistrate Judgeship upon the retirement of United States Magistrate Judge John A. Gorman,
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, that a panel of citizens is hereby established in
accordance with the Regulations of the Judicial Conference of the United States to evaluate the
applications and make recommendations to the Court regarding the applicants the Panel determines
to be best qualified.
Such panel shall consist of the following members:
Thomas J. Penn, Jr. (Chairman)
Patricia Benassi
Janaki Nair
Valerie Umholtz
John Mehochko
Robert Noe
Joseph Winne
Christopher McCall
Anthony Vaupel
Shelley Epstein
Alyce Jackson
ENTERED this 30th day of July, 2013.
s/ James E. Shadid
JAMES E. SHADID
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
