FILED
2021 JUNE 1
CLERK
U.S. DISTRICT COURT
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH
ORDER APPOINTING MAGISTRATE
GENERAL ORDER NO. 21-013
JUDGE SELECTION PANEL FOR THE
SOUTHERN REGION
The Judicial Conference has authorized the Court to fill a full-time magistrate judge
position in St. George, Utah, no earlier than April 1, 2022, and contingent on the Fiscal Year
2022 Congressional Appropriation and the Court’s Budget Plan. In accordance with Volume 3,
Chap. 4, § 420.30 of the Guide to Judiciary Policy governing the Selection, Appointment, and
Reappointment of United States Magistrate Judges and having advised all panel members of the
restrictions imposed by Judicial Conference Regulations regarding their eligibility for future
magistrate judge positions,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, effective today, the following persons are appointed to
serve as the Merit Selection Panel for the upcoming vacancy for the full-time United States
Magistrate Judge located in St. George, Utah.
Jonathan O. Hafen, Esq. (Chair)
Elisabeth Bingham
Nina Barnes
Jay Winward, Esq
Cyndi Gilbert, Esq.
Terry Wade, Esq.
Ryan Stout, Esq.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Panel submit its report to the Court on or before
September 1, 2021, designating the five applicants who it finds best qualified to serve as a full-
time United States Magistrate Judge.
Dated this 1st day of June 2021.
BY THE COURT:
Robert J. Shelby
Chief United States District Judge
