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08/21/2020 re: Order Appointing Panel to Consider Appointment of Magistrate Judge

W.D. Wash. Standing Order — 08/21/2020 re: Order Appointing Panel to Consider Appointmen

1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 4 5 6 ORDER APPOINTING PANEL TO In Re: CONSIDER APPOINTMENT OF 7 MAGISTRATE JUDGE MERIT SELECTION PANEL 8 9 10 The United States District Court for the Western District of Washington is undertaking 11 the process of appointing a new full-time United States Magistrate Judge for the Western 12 District of Washington to be stationed in Seattle for an eight-year term. Accordingly, the 13 Court appoints the panel of persons listed below, pursuant to the Federal Magistrates Act, as 14 amended, and the Regulations of the Judicial Conference of the United States Establishing 15 Standards and Procedures for the Appointment of United States Magistrate Judges. 16 17 Harry Schneider – Chair 18 Seattle, WA 19 Lawyers: 20 Jeffrey A. Beaver Seattle, WA 21 22 Michael Filipovic, Federal Public Defender Seattle, WA 23 24 Yessenia Manzo Seattle, WA 1 1 Brian Moran, United States Attorney 2 Seattle, WA 3 Omar Riojas 4 Seattle, WA 5 J.D. Smith Seattle, WA 6 7 Lay Members: 8 Winona Hauge 9 Seattle, WA 10 Connie Smith Seattle, WA 11 12 The panel shall report the top five candidates to the Court for interviews. 13 The Clerk shall direct copies of this order to each District Judge and Magistrate 14 Judge and to each panel member. 15 16 17 18 Dated this 21st day of August, 2020. 19 20 RICARDO S. MARTINEZ 21 CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 22 23 24 2
Official source: https://www.wawd.uscourts.gov/sites/wawd/files/GO8-21-20OrderreMeritSelectionPanel.pdf · retrieved 2026-07-23