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Senate confirms Judge Davis (access required)

By Dolan Media Newswires
Published: November 9, 2009

After five months of delay, the U.S. Senate voted 72-16 on Nov. 9 to confirm Judge André M. Davis to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Davis, 60, a judge on the U.S. District Court in Baltimore, will take the seat left vacant by the death of Judge Francis D. Murnaghan Jr. on Aug. 31, ...
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