Adam B. Abelson, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, vice James Kelleher Bredar, retired.

     Embry J. Kidd, of Florida, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, vice Charles R. Wilson, retiring.

     Joseph Francis Saporito, Jr., of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, vice Malachy Edward Mannion, retired.

     Meredith A. Vacca, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of New York, vice Frank Paul Geraci, Jr., retired.

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