S. 105-205, 2 HRG. PT. CONHRMATION HEARINGS ON FEDERAL APPOINTMEt, *^ o Vf-TP HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTEES TO THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY SEPTEMBER 5, 30; OCTOBER 28, 29; NOVEMBER 12. 1997 Part 2 Serial No. J-105-4 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY ORRING. HATCH, Utah, Chairman STROM THURMOhfD, South CaroUna PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania JOSEPH R. BIDEN, Delaware JR., FRED THOMPSON, Tennessee HERBERT KOHL, Wisconsin JON KYL, Arizona DIANNE FEINSTEIN, CaUfomia MIKE Ohio RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin DEWINE, JOHN ASHCROFT, Missouri RICHARD J. DURBIN, IlUnois SPENCER ABRAHAM, Michigan ROBERT G. TORRICE1.LI, New Jersey JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama Chief Counsel and Staff Director MANUS COONEY, A. Minority Chief Counsel BRUCE COHEN, (H) c^ CONTENTS HEARING DATES Page Friday, September 5, 1997 1 Tuesdav. September 30, 1997 339 Tuesday, October 28, 1997 665 Wednesday, October 29, 1997 919 Wednesday, November 12, 1997 1359 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1997 STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS Specter, Hon. Arlen 1 Leahy, Hon. Patrick J. (prepared statement) 3 INTRODUCTION OF NOMINEES Graham, Hon. Bob 4 Prepared statement 5 Mack. Hon. Connie 7 Prepared statement 8 Santorum, Hon. Rick (prepared statement) 22 TESTIMOI^ OF NOMINEES Maijotie 0. Rendell, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit 9 Questioning by: Senator Specter 10 Senator Kohl 12 Senator Sessions 13 Senator Biden 13 Bruce W. Kauffman, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. District Judge for the East- em District of Pennsylvania 15 Questioning by: Senator Specter 15 Senator Kohl 17 Senator Biden 17 Richard A. Lazzara, of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida 19 Questioning by: Senator Specter 18 A. Richard Caputo, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania 20 Questioning by: Senator Specter 21 Senator Kohl 22 ALPHABETICAL LIST AND MATERIAL SUBMITTED Caputo, A. Richard: Testimony 20 Questionnaire 225 (III) IV Page Graham, Hon. Bob: "Lazzara Deserves Federal Appointment," newspaper article from the Tampa Tribune, Jan. 7, 1997 6 Kauffman, Bruce W.: Testimony 15 Questionnaire 86 Lazzara, Richard A.: Testimony 19 Questionnaire 159 Rendell, Marjorie O.: Testimony 9 Questionnaire 25 Specter, Hon. Arlen; Letter to Senator Orrin G. Hatch, chairman. Senate Judiciary Committee, Washington, DC, Sept. 4, 1997 2 Letter from Senator Orrin G. Hatch, chairman. Senate Judiciary Commit- tee, Washington, DC, Sept. 4, 1997 2 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS DeWine, Hon. Mike 339 Leahy, Hon. Patrick J. (prepared statement) 351 Radio address of the President to the Nation 352 INTRODUCTION OF NOMINEES Hatch, Hon. Orrin G 339 Bennett, Hon. Robert F 340 Glenn, Hon. John 341 D'Amato, Hon. Alfonse M 343 Prepared statements 346 Moynihan, Hon. Daniel Patrick (prepared statements) 344 Thompson, Hon. Fred 348 Frist, Hon. Bill 350 Ford, Hon. Harold E 350 TESTIMONY OF NOMINEES Ronald Lee Oilman, of Tennessee, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit 353 Questioning by: Senator DeWine 353 Senator Thurmond 355 Senator Sessions 356 Senator Ashcroft 359 Sonia Sotomayor, of New York, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit 355 Questioning by: Senator Thurmond 354 Senator Sessions 356 Senator Ashcroft 359 Senator DeWine 362 Charles J. Siragusa, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of New York 367 Questioning by: Senator DeWine 367 Algenon L. Marbley, of Ohio, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio 368 Questioning by: Senator DeWine 368 Dale A. Kimball, of Utah, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Utah 368 Questioning by: Senator DeWine 368 James S. Gwin, of Ohio, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio 369 V Page James S. Gwin, of Ohio, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio—Continued Questioning by: Senator DeWine 369 Richard Conway Casey, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York 369 Questioning by: Senator DeWine 369 ALPHABETICAL LIST AND MATERIAL SUBMITTED Casey, Richard Conway: Testimony 369 Questionnaire 627 Gilman, Ronald Lee: Testimony 353 Questionnaire 376 Gwin, James S.: Testimony 369 Questionnaire 599 Kimball, Dale A.: Testimony 368 Questionnaire 574 Marbley, Algenon L.: Testimony 368 Questionnaire 538 Siragusa. Charles J.: Testimony 367 Questionnaire 500 Sotomayor, Sonia: Testimony 355 Questionnaire 459 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1997 STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS Hatch, Hon. Orrin G 665 Leahy, Hon. Patrick J. (prepared statement) 683 INTRODUCTION OF NOMINEES Wyden, Hon. Ron 666 Prepared statement 667 Smith. Hon. Gordon 668 Prepared statement 668 Mack, Hon. Connie 669 Graham, Hon. Bob 670 Prepared statement 671 Robb, Hon. Charles S 673 Prepared statement 674 Warner, Hon. John W 675 Prepared statement 676 Bond. Hon. Christopher S 677 Prepared statement 678 Ashcroft, Hon. John 679 TESTIMONY OF NOMINEES Stanley Marcus, of Florida, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit 680 Questioning by: Senator Ashcroft 680 Senator Durbin 682 Rodney W. Sippel, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri 684 Questioning by: Senator Durbin 684 VI Page Rodney W. Sippel, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri—Continued Questioning by—Continued Senator Ashcroft 691 Norman K. Moon, of Virginia, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Virginia 686 Questioning by: Senator Durbin 686 Senator Ashcroft 691 Ann L. Aiken, of Oregon, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Oregon .. 687 Questioning by: Senator Ashcroft 687 Senator Durbin 689 Jerome B. Friedman, of Virginia, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia 687 Questioning by: Senator Ashcroft 687 Senator Durbin 690 ALPHABETICAL LIST AND MATERIAL SUBMITTED Aiken, Ann L.: Testimony 687 Questionnaire 856 Friedman, Jerome B.: Testimony 687 Questionnaire 887 Marcus, Stanley: Testimony 680 Questionnaire 693 Moon, Norman K.: Testimony 686 Questionnaire 811 Sippel, Rodney W.: Testimony 684 Questionnaire 775 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1997 STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS Kyi, Hon. Jon 919 Leahy, Hon. Patrick J. (prepared statement) 1017 INTRODUCTION OF NOMINEES Kohl, Hon. Herbert 920 Feingold, Hon. Russell D 922 Prepared statement 923 Durbin, Hon. Richard J 951 Evans, Hon. Lane 952 Moseley-Braun, Hon. Carol 953 LaHood, Hon. Ray (prepared statement) 954 Feinstein, Hon. Dianne 955 Condit, Hon. Gary A. (prepared statement) 999 Boxer, Hon. Barbara 1000 Santorum, Hon. Rick 1001 Foglietta, Hon. Thomas M 1002 Specter, Hon. Arlen 1003 Fattah. Hon. Chaka 1006 TESTIMONY OF NOMINEES James S. Ware, of California, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit ... 1007 Questioning by: Senator Kyi 1007 Lynn S. Adelman, of Wisconsin, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin 1011 VII Page L3mn S. Adelman, of Wisconsin, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin—Continued Questioning by: Senator Kohl 1011 Senator Feingold 1013 Senator Kyi 1015 Charles R. Breyer, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California 1011 Questioning by: Senator Kyi 1016 Frank C. Damrell, Jr., of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of California 1011 Questioning by: Senator Kyi 1016 Martin J. Jenkins, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California 1012 Questioning by: Senator Kyi 1016 Michael P. McCuskey, of Illinois, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of Illinois 1012 Questioning by: Senator Durbin 1013 G. Patrick Murphy, of Illinois, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois 1013 Questioning by: Senator Durbin 1014 Fpederica A. Massiah-Jackson, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1019 Questioning by: Senator Kyi 1019 Senator Sessions 1021 Senator Durbin 1026 Senator Specter 1037 ALPHABETICAL LIST AND MATERIAL SUBMITTED Adelman, Lynn S.: Testimony 1011 Questionnaire 1096 Breyer, Charles R: Testimony 1011 Questionnaire 1124 Damrell, Frank C, Jr.: Testimony 1011 Questionnaire „ 1197 Feingold, Hon. Russell D.: Letters supporting the nomination of Lynn S. Adelman from: John W. Reynolds, judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wl, Jan. 9, 1997 925 James E. Doyle, attorney general. State of Wisconsin, Department of Justice, Madison, WI, Jan. 13, 1997 926 Mary Lauby, executive director, Wisconsin Coalition Against Domes- tic Violence, Madison, Wl, Jan. 17, 1997 927 David E. Schultz, associate dean, professor of law. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Feb. 25, 1997 928 Bradley DeBraska, president. Local #21, lUPA, AFL-CIO, Milwaukee Police Association, Milwaukee, WI, Mar. 17, 1997 929 Karen M. Ordinans, chairman, Milwaukee County Board of Super- visors, Milwaukee, WI, Mar. 25, 1997 930 Leverett F. Baldwin, sheriff, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, WI, Mar. 26, 1997 931 Patrick T. Sheedy, chief judge. First Judicial District, Milwaukee County Courthouse, Milwaukee, WI, Mar. 27, 1997 932 Ben Brancel, assembly speaker. State Capitol, Madison, WI, Apr. 2, 1997 933 Margaret A. Farrow, State Senator, Republican Caucus Chair, Madi- son, WI. Apr. 3, 1997 934 VIII Pa«e Feingold, Hon. Russell D.—Continued Letters supporting the nomination of Lynn S. Adelman from—Continued Brian D. Rude, State Senator, Wisconsin Senate Assistant Repub- lican Leader, Madison, WI, Apr. 4, 1997 935 Jan Steinbergs, executive director, Wisconsin Troopers' Association, Inc., East Troy, WI. Apr. 7, 1997 936 Michael G. Ellis, Senate Republican Leader, Wisconsin State Senate, Madison, WI, Apr. 8, 1997 937 Alberta Darling, Wisconsin State Senator, 8th Senate District, Madi- son, WI, Apr. 8, 1997 938 Steve Foti, Wisconsin State Representative, assembly majority lead- er. State Capitol, Madison, WI, Apr. 8, 1997 939 Daniel M. Finley, county executive, Waukesha County, Office of County Executive, Waukesha, WI, Apr. 8, 1997 940 Scott L. Klug, Member of Congress, House of Representatives, Wash- ington, DC, Apr. 9, 1997 941 Lee Sherman Dreyfus, Governor, Waukesha, WI, Apr. 9, 1997 942 Thomas E. Petri, Member of Congress, House of Representatives, Washington, DC, Apr. 14, 1997 944 John E. Charewicz, president, Wisconsin Professional Police Associa- tion, Madison, WI, Apr. 16, 1997 945 Mark D. Zeier, State president, Professional Fire Fighters of Wiscon- sin, Inc., Madison, WI, Apr. 17, 1997 946 Peggy Rosenzweig, State Senator, 5th Senate District, Madison, WI, Apr. 28, 1997 947 Fred Risser, jpresident, Wisconsin State Senate, 26th Senate District, Madison, WI, May 1, 1997 948 Jean M. Jacobson, county executive. County of Racine, Racine, WI, May 1, 1997 949 Scott McCallum, Lieutenant Governor, State of Wisconsin, State Cap- itol, Madison, WI, May 5, 1997 950 Feinstein, Hon. Dianne: Letters supporting the nomination of Frank C. Damrell, Jr., from: Ann M. Veneman, secretary. Department of Food and Agriculture, State of California, Sacramento, CA, Jan. 17, 1997 958 Attachment: "A dream believer," reprint from the Modesto Bee, Dec. 15, 1996 959 Ernest Gallo, office of the chairman, E. & J. Gallo Winery, Modesto, CA, Jan. 17, 1997 962 Gary A. Condit, Anna G. Eshoo, Sam Farr, Nancy Pelosi, Howard L. Berman, and George Miller, Members of Congress, House of Representatives, Washington, DC, Jan. 21, 1997 963 John Garamendi, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC, Jan. 21, 1997 965 Kathleen Brown, senior vice president and managing director. Bank of America, Los Angeles, CA, Jan. 21, 1997 966 William T. Bagley, law offices of Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Jan. 22, 1997 967 Curriculum vitae of Frank C. Damrell, Jr 968 Carol G. Whiteside, director. Intergovernmental Affairs, Governor's Office, State of California, Sacramento, CA, Jan. 23, 1997 970 John C. Danforth, Bryan Cave, LLP, St. Louis, MO, Jan. 23, 1997 971 Nancy Pelosi, Member of Congress, House of Representatives, Wash- ington, DC, Jan. 28, 1997 972 Patrick Johnston, Fifth Senate District, Senate California Legisla- ture, San Francisco, CA, Jan. 28, 1997 973 Anna G. Eshoo, Member of Congress, House of Representatives, Washington, DC, Feb. 4, 1997 975 Paul Locatelli, S.J., president, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, Feb. 6, 1997 976 Carmen A. Policy, president, San Francisco 49ers, Santa Clara, CA, Feb. 7, 1997 977 James C. Brazelton, district attorney. Court House, Modesto, CA, Feb. 14, 1997 978 Les Weidman, sheriff-coroner. Sheriffs Department, Stanislaus County. Modesto, CA, Feb. 14, 1997 979 IX Page Feinstein, Hon. Dianne—Continued Letters supporting the nomination of Frank C. Damrell, Jr., from—Con- tinued Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senator, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, Feb. 26, 1997 980 Leon E. Panetta, Carmel Valley, CA, Apr. 15, 1997 982 James R. Dignan, C.P.A., Modesto, CA, Apr. 17, 1997 983 Everett J. (Skip) Mohatt, Amador Valley High School, Pleasanton, CA. Apr. 21, 1997 984 Marc B. Poche, associate justice. Court of Appeal, San Francisco, CA, Apr. 23, 1997 985 Rav Simon, supervisor, fourth district, Stanislaus County, Board of Supervisors, Modesto, CA. Apr. 24, 1997 986 Hugh Rose III, presiding judge, Superior Court of the State of Cali- fornia, County of Stanislaus. Apr. 25, 1997 987 George E. Leonard, law offices of Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, Kan- sas City, MO, Apr. 25, 1997 988 Richard A. Lang, mayor. City of Medesto, Modesto, CA, Apr. 30, 1997 989 Elaine Watters, judge, Superior Court, State of California, County of Sonoma, Santa Rosa. CA. May 1, 1997 990 Patrick J. Frawley, Jr., Agoura, CA, June 11, 1997 991 Richard Hagerty, RD, Modesto, CA, Aug. 29, 1997 992 GaiT A. Condit, Member of Congress, House of Representatives, Washington. DC. Sept. 2. 1997 993 Cosignatories: Ray Simon. Stanislaus County Board of Super- visors; Richard Monteith. California State Senator; Dennis Cardoza. George House. California State Assemblymen; Rich- ard Lang, mayor, city of Modesto; Les Weidman, Stanislaus County Sheriff; Jim Brazelton, Stanislaus County District At- torney; Tom Mayfield, chairman, Nick Blom, Paul Caruso, Pat Paul, Stanislaus County supervisors. Richard Lyng, Modesto, CA, Sept. 15, 1997 995 David L. Moore, president. Western Growers Association, Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 22, 1997 996 L. Stephen Endsley, M.D.. Valley Heart Associates. Modesto, CA 997 Additional remarks and a newspaper article from the Washington Post, Nov. 7, 1997: "U.S. Judge Admits Lie, Withdraws as Nominee" 998 Jenkins. Martin J.: Testimony 1012 Questionnaire 1224 Kohl. Hon. Herbert: Letter from Tommy G. Thompson, Governor, State of Wisconsin, Mar. 21, 1997 921 Massiah-Jackson, Frederica A.: Testimony 1019 Questionnaire 1327 McCuskey, Michael P.: Testimony 1012 Questionnaire 1264 Murphy, G. Patrick: Testimony 1013 Questionnaire 1302 Specter, Hon. Arlen: Letter to Hon. Orrin G. Hatch, chairman. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Washington. DC, Oct. 8, 1997 1005 Brief filed in the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Aug. 1, 1988: Common- wealth of Pennsylvania v. Robert Hicks 1027 Judgment 1035 Extract of a memorandum 1045 Letter to Hon. Orrin G. Hatch, chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, Oct. 8, 1997 1005 Ware, James S.: Testimony 1007 Questionnaire 1051 X Page WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1997 STATEMENT OF COMMITTEE MEMBER Hatch, Hon. Orrin G 1359 INTRODUCTION OF NOMINEES Kyi, Hon. Jon (prepared statement) 1359 Cleland, Hon. Max 1360 Feinstein, Hon. Dianne 1362 TESTIMONY OF NOMINEES Barry G. Silverman, of Arizona, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit 1364 Questioning by: Chairman Hatch 1365 Senator Feinstein 1368 Senator Grassley 1369 Carlos R. Moreno, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California 1364 Questioning by: Chairman Hatch 1365 Senator Feinstein 1368 Senator Grassley 1369 Richard W. Story, of Georgia, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia 1364 Questioning by: Chairman Hatch 1365 Senator Feinstein 1368 Senator Grassley 1369 Christine O.C. Miller, of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims 1365 Questioning by: Chairman Hatch 1365 Senator Feinstein 1368 Senator Grassley 1369 ALPHABETICAL LIST AND MATERWL SUBMITTED Feinstein, Hon. Dianne: Letter to Hon. Orrin G. Hatch, chairman. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Washington, DC, from Governor George Deukmejian, 35th Governor of CaUfornia, Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 6, 1997 1363 Miller, Christine O.C: Testimony 1365 Questionnaire 1476 Moreno, Carlos R.: Testimony 1364 Questionnaire 1417 Silverman, Barry G.: Testimony 1364 Questionnaire 1376 Story, Richard W.; Testimony 1364 Questionnaire 1442