S. HRG. 113–515, Pt. 10 CONFIRMATION HEARINGS ON FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS HEARINGS BEFORETHE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION SEPTEMBER 9, SEPTEMBER 17, NOVEMBER 13, and DECEMBER 10, 2014 Serial No. J–113–1 Part 10 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary ( C O N F I R M A T I O N H E A R I N G S O N F E D E R A L A P P O I N T M E N T S S. HRG. 113–515, Pt. 10 CONFIRMATION HEARINGS ON FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS HEARINGS BEFORETHE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION SEPTEMBER 9, SEPTEMBER 17, NOVEMBER 13, and DECEMBER 10, 2014 Serial No. J–113–1 Part 10 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary ( U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 24–276 PDF WASHINGTON : 2017 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont, Chairman DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California CHUCK GRASSLEY, Iowa, Ranking Member CHUCK SCHUMER, New York ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah DICK DURBIN, Illinois JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, Rhode Island LINDSEY GRAHAM, South Carolina AMY KLOBUCHAR, Minnesota JOHN CORNYN, Texas AL FRANKEN, Minnesota MICHAEL S. LEE, Utah CHRISTOPHER A. COONS, Delaware TED CRUZ, Texas RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, Connecticut JEFF FLAKE, Arizona MAZIE HIRONO, Hawaii KRISTINE LUCIUS, Chief Counsel and Staff Director KOLAN DAVIS, Republican Chief Counsel and Staff Director (II) C O N T E N T S SEPTEMBER 9, 2014, 10 A.M. STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS Page Cornyn, Hon. John, a U.S. Senator from the State of Texas ............................... 3 Durbin, Hon. Dick, a U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois .............................. 1 PRESENTER Kirk, Hon. Mark, a U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois presenting John Robert Blakey, Nominee to be District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois ............................................................................................................... 3 STATEMENTS OF THE NOMINEES Witness List ............................................................................................................. 19 Alonso, Hon. Jorge Luis, Nominee to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois ................................................................................................. 5 biographical information .................................................................................. 20 Blakey, John Robert, Nominee to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois ................................................................................................. 6 biographical information .................................................................................. 73 Mazzant, Hon. Amos L., III, Nominee to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas ..................................................................................... 6 biographical information .................................................................................. 128 Pitman, Robert Lee, Nominee to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas ................................................................................................... 7 biographical information .................................................................................. 207 Schroeder, Robert William, III, Nominee to be a U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas .............................................................................. 8 biographical information .................................................................................. 276 QUESTIONS Questions submitted to Hon. Jorge Luis Alonso and John Robert Blakey by Senator Cruz ................................................................................................... 337 Questions submitted to Hon. Jorge Luis Alonso by Senator Grassley ................ 317 Questions submitted to John Robert Blakey by Senator Grassley ...................... 321 Questions submitted to Hon. Amos L. Mazzant, III, by Senator Grassley ......... 325 Questions submitted to Robert Lee Pitman by Senator Grassley ....................... 329 Questions submitted to Robert William Schroeder, III, by Senator Grassley .... 333 ANSWERS Responses of Hon. Jorge Luis Alonso to questions submitted by: Senator Cruz ..................................................................................................... 345 Senator Grassley .............................................................................................. 338 Responses of John Robert Blakey to questions submitted by: Senator Cruz ..................................................................................................... 356 Senator Grassley .............................................................................................. 348 Responses of Hon. Amos L. Mazzant, III, to questions submitted by Senator Grassley ................................................................................................................ 358 Responses of Robert Lee Pitman to questions submitted by Senator Grassley . 365 Responses of Robert William Schroeder, III, to questions submitted by Senator Grassley ............................................................................................. 372 (III) IV Page LETTER RECEIVED WITH REGARD TO HON. JORGE LUIS ALONSO American Bar Association, August 5, 2014, letter ................................................ 380 LETTER RECEIVED WITH REGARD TO JOHN ROBERT BLAKEY American Bar Association, August 5, 2014, letter ................................................ 382 LETTER RECEIVED WITH REGARD TO HON. AMOS L. MAZZANT, III American Bar Association, June 27, 2014, letter .................................................. 384 LETTER RECEIVED WITH REGARD TO ROBERT LEE PITMAN American Bar Association, June 27, 2014, letter .................................................. 386 LETTER RECEIVED WITH REGARD TO ROBERT WILLIAM SCHROEDER, III American Bar Association, June 27, 2014, letter .................................................. 388 V Page C O N T E N T S SEPTEMBER 17, 2014, 10:05 A.M. STATEMENT OF COMMITTEE MEMBER Feinstein, Hon. Dianne, a U.S. Senator from the State of California ................. 391 PRESENTERS Norton, Hon. Eleanor Holmes, a Delegate in Congress from the District of Columbia presenting Amit Priyavadan Mehta, Nominee to be District Judge for the District of Columbia ..................................................................... 392 Warren, Hon. Elizabeth, a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts presenting Allison Dale Burroughs, Nominee to be District Judge for the District of Massachusetts .................................................................................... 393 STATEMENTS OF THE NOMINEES Witness List ............................................................................................................. 405 Burroughs, Allison Dale, Nominee to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Massachusetts .................................................................................... 395 biographical information .................................................................................. 406 Davidson, Jeanne E., Nominee to be Judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade ..................................................................................................................... 396 biographical information .................................................................................. 460 Gilliam, Haywood Stirling, Jr., Nominee to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California ........................................................................... 397 biographical information .................................................................................. 514 Mehta, Amit Priyavadan, Nominee to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia ........................................................................................................... 398 biographical information .................................................................................. 564 QUESTIONS Questions submitted to Allison Dale Burroughs, Haywood Stirling Gilliam, Jr., and Amit Priyavadan Mehta by Senator Cruz ............................. 621 Questions submitted to Allison Dale Burroughs by Senator Grassley ................ 603 Questions submitted to Jeanne E. Davidson by Senator Grassley ...................... 607 Follow-upquestionssubmittedto JeanneE.Davidsonby Senator Grassley . 617 Questions submitted to Haywood Stirling Gilliam, Jr., by Senator Grassley .... 609 Questions submitted to Amit Priyavadan Mehta by Senator Grassley .............. 613 ANSWERS Responses of Allison Dale Burroughs to questions submitted by: Senator Cruz ..................................................................................................... 630 Senator Grassley .............................................................................................. 622 Responses of Jeanne E. Davidson to questions submitted by Senator Grassley 632 Responses of Jeanne E. Davidson to follow-up questions submitted by Senator Grassley ........................................................................................... 637 Responses of Haywood Stirling Gilliam, Jr., to questions submitted by: Senator Cruz ..................................................................................................... 652 Senator Grassley .............................................................................................. 643 Responses of Amit Priyavadan Mehta to questions submitted by: Senator Cruz ..................................................................................................... 662 Senator Grassley .............................................................................................. 655 VI Page LETTER RECEIVED WITH REGARD TO ALLISON DALE BURROUGHS American Bar Association, August 4, 2014, letter ................................................ 665 LETTER RECEIVED WITH REGARD TO JEANNE E. DAVIDSON American Bar Association, August 19, 2014, letter .............................................. 667 LETTER RECEIVED WITH REGARD TO HAYWOOD STIRLING GILLIAM, JR. American Bar Association, August 19, 2014, letter .............................................. 669 LETTER RECEIVED WITH REGARD TO AMIT PRIYAVADAN MEHTA American Bar Association, August 4, 2014, letter ................................................ 671 VII Page C O N T E N T S NOVEMBER 13, 2014, 12:21 P.M. STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS Grassley, Hon. Chuck, a U.S. Senator from the State of Iowa ............................ 677 Hirono, Hon. Mazie, a U.S. Senator from the State of Hawaii ............................ 673 prepared statement .......................................................................................... 882 PRESENTERS Burr, Hon. Richard, a U.S. Senator from the State of North Carolina presenting Loretta Copeland Biggs, Nominee to be District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina ...................................................................... 673 Hagan, Hon. Kay, a U.S. Senator from the State of North Carolina presenting Loretta Copeland Biggs, Nominee to be District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina ................................................................................... 675 STATEMENTS OF THE NOMINEES Witness List ............................................................................................................. 685 Azrack, Hon. Joan Marie, Nominee to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York ............................................................................................ 677 biographical information .................................................................................. 686 Biggs, Loretta Copeland, Nominee to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina ................................................................................... 678 biographical information .................................................................................. 747 Botticelli, Michael P., NomineetobeDirectorof National Drug Control Policy .. 679 biographical information .................................................................................. 868 prepared statement .......................................................................................... 878 Dillon, Elizabeth K., Nominee to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Virginia ............................................................................................... 679 biographical information .................................................................................. 817 QUESTIONS Questions submitted to Nominees Hon. Joan Marie Azrack, Loretta Copeland Biggs, and Elizabeth K. Dillon by Senator Cruz ............................................... 899 Questions submitted to Hon. Joan Marie Azrack by Senator Grassley .............. 884 Questions submitted to Loretta Copeland Biggs by Senator Grassley ............... 888 Questions submitted to Michael P. Botticelli by: Senator Feinstein ............................................................................................. 900 Senator Grassley .............................................................................................. 896 Senator Hirono .................................................................................................. 902 Questions submitted to Elizabeth K. Dillon by Senator Grassley ....................... 892 ANSWERS Responses of Hon. Joan Marie Azrack to questions submitted by: Senator Cruz ..................................................................................................... 909 Senator Grassley .............................................................................................. 903 Responses of Loretta Copeland Biggs to questions submitted by: Senator Cruz ..................................................................................................... 918 Senator Grassley .............................................................................................. 911 Responses of Michael P. Botticelli to questions submitted by: Senator Feinstein ............................................................................................. 945 Senator Grassley .............................................................................................. 930 Senator Hirono .................................................................................................. 942 Responses of Elizabeth K. Dillon to questions submitted by: Senator Cruz ..................................................................................................... 927 Senator Grassley .............................................................................................. 920 VIII Page LETTER RECEIVED WITH REGARD TO HON. JOAN MARIE AZRACK American Bar Association, September 22, 2014, letter ........................................ 952 LETTER RECEIVED WITH REGARD TO LORETTA COPELAND BIGGS American Bar Association, September 22, 2014, letter ........................................ 954 LETTERS RECEIVED WITH REGARD TO MICHAEL P. BOTTICELLI Alliance for Children and Families et al., October 23, 2014, letter ..................... 977 American Medical Association (AMA), November 12, 2014, letter ...................... 995 American Psychiatric Association (APA), October 8, 2014, letter ....................... 968 American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), September 4, 2014, letter .... 958 Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA), November 11, 2014, letter ............................................................... 994 Beletsky, Leo, J.D., M.P.H., November 9, 2014, letter ......................................... 987 Center for Children and Family Futures, October 15, 2014, letter ..................... 974 Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA), September 19, 2014, letter ...................................................................................................................... 964 Faces and Voices of Recovery (FAVOR), November 5, 2014, letter ..................... 985 Harm Reduction Coalition, November 12, 2014, letter ........................................ 996 Legal Action Center, November 10, 2014, letter ................................................... 989 Lines for Life, November 10, 2014, letter .............................................................. 991 Major County Sheriffs’ Association (MCSA), November 12, 2014, letter ............ 998 McAdams, Hon. Ben, Mayor, Salt Lake County, Utah, October 13, 2014, letter ...................................................................................................................... 973 National African American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc. (NAADPC), November 11, 2014, letter ................................................................................... 971 National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC), October 31, 2014, letter ....................................................................................... 981 National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACoA), November 7, 2014, letter ...................................................................................................................... 986 National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), September 16, 2014, letter .................................................................................. 963 National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP), September 24, 2014, letter ............................................................................................................ 965 National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems (NAPHS), October 16, 2014, letter ............................................................................................................ 975 National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors, Inc. (NASADAD), September 9, 2014, letter ............................................................. 959 National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (NCADD), September 29, 2014, letter .................................................................................. 967 National Council for Behavioral Health, September 11, 2014, letter ................. 962 National Criminal Justice Association et al., November 4, 2014, letter ............. 984 National District Attorneys Association (NDAA), October 30, 2014, letter ........ 980 National Family Partnership (NFP), November 10, 2014, letter ........................ 993 Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, September 26, 2014, letter ............................... 966 Partnership for Drug-Free Kids et al., November 10, 2014, letter ...................... 992 Phoenix Multisport, September 10, 2014, letter ................................................... 961 Sanford, Catherine ‘‘Kay,’’ MSPH, November 10, 2014, letter ............................ 988 Swanson, Richard R., Ph.D., November 3, 2014, letter ........................................ 983 University of Vermont, Collegiate Recovery Community, October 8, 2014, letter ...................................................................................................................... 970 Vermont Recovery Network, October 17, 2014, letter .......................................... 976 Zwick Healthcare Consultants, LLC, November 2, 2014, letter .......................... 982 LETTER RECEIVED WITH REGARD TO ELIZABETH K. DILLON American Bar Association, September 22, 2014, letter ........................................ 956