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"Obama names nominee for Tulsa federal court post; Arvo Mikkanen's nomination immediately drew negative reactions from key members of the Oklahoma congressional delegation"

"Obama names nominee for Tulsa federal court post; Arvo Mikkanen's nomination immediately drew negative reactions from key members of the Oklahoma congressional delegation": This article appears today in The Tulsa World.

And The Oklahoman reports today that "President nominates federal prosecutor to be U.S. judge in Tulsa; Sen. Tom Coburn objects to Obama's nomination of Arvo Mikkanen as U.S. judge in Tulsa, calling him 'unacceptable.'"

The news release that The White House issued yesterday states that Mikkanen previously "served as a trial and appellate judge for Court of Indian Offenses and Court of Indian Appeals for the Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Wichita, Caddo, Delaware, Fort Sill Apache, Ponca, Pawnee, Kaw, Otoe-Missouria, and Tonkawa Tribes" and served as "Chief Justice of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Supreme Court."

That same news release also announced the nomination of former Assistant to the Solicitor General Paul A. Engelmayer to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Full post as published by How Appealing on February 03, 2011 (boomark / email).