IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA
IN RE: APPOINTMENT OF )
A MERIT SELECTION PANEL TO ) GENERAL ORDER
CONSIDER THE REAPPOINTMENT ) NO. 2024-09
OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE )
MICHAEL D. NELSON )
The current term of the office of United States Magistrate Judge Michael D.
Nelson, who is stationed in Omaha, Nebraska, expires on June 30, 2025. The district judges
of this court have unanimously appointed a ten-member merit selection panel to consider
the reappointment of Magistrate Judge Michael D. Nelson.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. A merit selection panel to consider the reappointment of Magistrate Judge
Nelson is appointed, consisting of the following persons:
Dean Joshua P. Fershee Ruth A. Horvatich
Creighton University School McGrath North
of Law Attorney Member
Attorney Member
Danielle C. Jefferis
Stephen S. Gealy Assistant Professor of Law
Baylor, Evnen, Wolfe University of Nebraska College of Law
& Tannehill, LLP Attorney Member
Attorney Member
Richard L. Herink Paul D. Kratz
Community Member Community Member
Susan T. Lehr Yvonne D. Sosa
United States Attorney Assistant Federal Public Defender
Attorney Member Attorney Member
Rodrigo Lopez, CMB Jennifer Turco Meyer
Chairman, AmeriSphere Dyer Law
Community Member Attorney Member
2. Dean Joshua Fershee is the panel chairperson.
3. All panel members have been advised in writing that in order for a former
merit selection panel member to be considered for a magistrate judge position,
one year must have elapsed between the application deadline for the position and
the earlier of: 1) the date when the panel on which the former member served
submitted its report to the court, or 2) the date when the former member resigned
from the panel. Guide to Judiciary Policy, Volume 3, Chapter 4, §§ 420.30.10(d)
and 420.30.20(d).
DATED this 28th day of October 2024.
BY THE COURT:
Robert F. Rossiter, Jr.
Chief United States District Judge
