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S. HRG. 113–515, Part 4
CONFIRMATION HEARINGS ON FEDERAL
APPOINTMENTS
HEARINGS
BEFORETHE
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
JULY 10, JULY 24, AND SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
Serial No. J–113–1. Part 4
PART 4
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S. HRG. 113–515, Part 4
CONFIRMATION HEARINGS ON FEDERAL
APPOINTMENTS
HEARINGS
BEFORETHE
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
JULY 10, JULY 24, AND SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
Serial No. J–113–1, Part 4
Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary
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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
RICHARD 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
BRUCE A. COHEN, Chief Counsel and Staff Director
KOLAN DAVIS, Republican Chief Staff Director
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C O N T E N T S
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 2013
STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS
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Leahy, Hon. Patrick J., a U.S. Senator from The State of Vermont ................... 6
prepared statement .......................................................................................... 227
Schumer, Hon. Charles E., a U.S. Senator from the State of New York ............ 7
Grassley, Hon. Chuck, a U.S. Senator from the State of Iowa ............................ 9
PRESENTERS
Warner, Hon. Mark R., a United States Senator from the State of Virginia,
presenting Patricia Ann Millett, Nominee to be Circuit Judge for the Dis-
trict of Columbia Circuit ...................................................................................... 1
Kaine, Hon. Tim, a United States Senator from the State of Virginia, pre-
senting Patricia Ann Millett, Nominee to be Circuit Judge for the District
of Columbia Circuit .............................................................................................. 3
Cochran, Hon. Thad, a United States Senator from the State of Mississippi,
presenting Debra M. Brown, Nominee to be District Judge for the Northern
District of Mississippi .......................................................................................... 4
Wicker, Hon. Roger, a United States Senator from the State of Mississippi,
presenting Debra M. Brown, Nominee to be District Judge for the Northern
District of Mississippi .......................................................................................... 5
Schumer, Hon. Charles E., a U.S. Senator from the State of New York,
presenting Gregory Howard Woods, Nominee to be District Judge for the
Southern District of New York, and Elizabeth A. Wolford, Nominee to
be District Judge for the Western District of New York .................................. 96
STATEMENTS OF THE NOMINEES
Millett, Patricia Ann, Nominee to be Circuit Judge for the District of Colum-
bia Circuit ............................................................................................................. 12
Biographical Information ................................................................................. 13
Woods, Gregory Howard, Nominee to be District Judge for the Southern
District of New York ............................................................................................ 98
Biographical Information ................................................................................. 99
Wolford, Elizabeth A., Nominee to be District Judge for the Western District
of New York .......................................................................................................... 135
Biographical Information ................................................................................. 136
Brown, Debra M., Nominee to be District Judge for the Northern District
of Mississippi ........................................................................................................ 181
Biographical Information ................................................................................. 182
QUESTIONS
Questions for all nominees submitted by Senator Ted Cruz ............................... 228
Questions for Patricia Ann Millett submitted by Senator Chuck Grassley ........ 229
Questions for Gregory Woods submitted by Senator Chuck Grassley ................ 234
Questions for Elizabeth Wolford submitted by Senator Chuck Grassley ............ 237
Questions for Debra M. Brown submitted by Senator Chuck Grassley .............. 239
ANSWERS
Responses of Patricia Ann Millett to questions submitted by Senator Cruz ...... 241
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Responses of Patricia Ann Millett to questions submitted by Senator Grass-
ley .......................................................................................................................... 245
Responses of Gregory Woods to questions submitted by Senator Cruz .............. 259
Responses of Gregory Woods to questions submitted by Senator Grassley ........ 262
Responses of Elizabeth Wolford to questions submitted by Senator Cruz ......... 269
Responses of Elizabeth Wolford to questions submitted by Senator Grassley ... 272
Responses of Debra M. Brown to questions submitted by Senator Cruz ............ 276
Responses of Debra M. Brown to questions submitted by Senator Grassley ..... 279
MISCELLANEOUS SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD
Ashley N. Wicks, Magnolia Bar President, Magnolia Bar Association, Jackson,
Mississippi, July 15, 2013, letter ........................................................................ 283
Reuben V. Anderson and Fred Banks, Jr., Phelps Dunbar, Jackson, Mis-
sissippi, July 17, 2013, letter .............................................................................. 284
Azande W. Williams, Treasurer, Metro Jackson Black Women Lawyers Asso-
ciation, Jackson, Mississippi, July 17, 2013, letter ........................................... 286
Michael A. Berk, Director, School of Architecture, Mississippi State Univer-
sity, July 15, 2013, letter ..................................................................................... 287
Judy Perry Martinez, Chair, American Bar Association, Washington, DC,
May 17, 2013, letter ............................................................................................. 288
Robin S. Conrad, Past Executive Vice President, National Chamber Litigation
Center, June 24, 2013, letter .............................................................................. 290
Floyd Abrams, Eric Angel, Jeffrey A. Bartos, Stuart M. Benjamin, James
A. Bensfield, Dori Bernstein, Tim Broas, Megan L. Brown, Thomas M.
Buchanan, Kathryn Buchar, Plato Cacheris, Ty Cobb, Ronald K.L. Collins,
Robert Corn-Revere, Mark S. Davies, David DeBruin, Bernard J. DiMuro,
Viet D. Dinh, John M. Dowd, H. Bartow Farr, Jeffrey L. Fisher, Stuart
M. Gerson, Scott D. Gilbert, Steven H. Goldblatt, J. Warren Gorrell, Jr.,
Thomas C. Green, Jeffrey T. Green, Ross Guverman, Jonathan Hacker,
Adam S. Hakki, James Hamilton, Pamela Harris, Beth Heifetz, David
Honig, John Hundley, William H. Hurd, Peter B. Hutt II, Phil Inglima,
Vicki C. Jackson, Michael D. Jones, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Riyaz Kanji,
Robert Kaplan, Pamela S. Karlan, Judith S. Kaye, Christine N. Kerns,
Ben Klubes, Kim Koopersmith, Kathryn E. Kovacs, Martin Lederman, Mi-
chael N. Levy, Emmett B. Lewis, III, Timothy K. Lewis, Robert M. Loeb,
Mark MacDougall, Andrew H. Marks, Lisa T. McElroy, Bruce R. McLean,
Paul R. Michel, Steven Molo, Monica T. Monday, Gary P. Naftalis, Danny
Onorato, Gary A. Orseck, Spencer A. Overton, Aaron M. Panner, Anthony
T. Pierce, Arti K. Rai, Bert Rein, Lawrence S. Robbins, Michele A. Roberts,
E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Kevin Russell, Amar D. Sarwal, David Schertler,
Eric Schnapper, James E. Sharp, Anthony Shelley, Eric A. Shumsky, Jona-
than R. Siegel, Neil S. Siegel, Paul M. Smith, Mary Lou Soller, Gloria
Solomon, Grace E. Speights, Kim Sperduto, Danielle Spinelli, Beth Ste-
phens, Cate Stetson, Brendan V. Sullivan, Jr., Kathleen M. Sullivan, Wil-
liam W. Taylor, Dick Thornburgh, John B. Tieder, Jr., Laurence H. Tribe,
Gloria C. Tristani, Rebecca K. Troth, Bob Trout, Alan E. Untereiner, Ste-
phen I. Vladeck, Roger E. Warin, Jonathan M. Weisgall, Stephen Wermiel,
John M. Whealan, Benjamin F. Wilson, Nancy Winkelman, Brian Wolfman,
Emily M. Yinger, Hugh F. Young, Jr., Roger E. Zuckerman, July 2, 2013,
letter ...................................................................................................................... 292
Jefferson Keel, NCAI President, National Council of American Indians, July
2, 2013, letter ....................................................................................................... 302
Barbara A. Arnwine, Executive Director and Jon M. Greenbaum, Chief Coun-
sel, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC,
July 3, 2015, letter ............................................................................................... 304
Stuart W. Bower, Jr., July 2, 2013, letter ............................................................. 306
Seth P. Waxman, former Solicitor General, July 3, 2013, letter ......................... 308
Dan Schweitzer, Supreme Court Counsel for the National Association of At-
torneys General, Bethesda, Maryland, July 3, 2013, letter .............................. 310
Lisa Soronen, Executive Director, State and Local Legal Center (SLLC), July
3, 2013, letter ....................................................................................................... 312
Jessica E. Adler, President, Women’s Bar Association of the District of Colum-
bia, Washington, DC, July 8, 2013, letter .......................................................... 314
Silvia Burley, Chairperson, California Valley Miwok Tribe, Stockton, Cali-
fornia, July 8, 2013, letter ................................................................................... 317
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Leonard Forsman, Chairman, The Suquamish Tribe, Suquamish, Washington,
July 8, 2013, letter ............................................................................................... 318
Carl H. McNair, Jr., Major General, U.S. Army (RET), Springfield, Virginia,
July 8, letter ......................................................................................................... 319
Lilly Ledbetter, July 8, 2013, letter ....................................................................... 320
Hon. Timothy K. Lewis, Washington, DC, July 8, 2013, letter ........................... 322
Carter G. Phillips and Peter D. Keisler, July 8, 2013, letter ............................... 324
David Bernhard, Judicial Screening Committee, Hispanic Bar Association
of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, July 9, 2013, letter .. 325
Chuck Canterbury, National President, Fraternal Order of Police, Wash-
ington, DC, July 9, 2013, letter ........................................................................... 331
David Diaz, Co-Chair, Endorsements Committee, Hispanic Bar Association
of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, July 9, 2013, letter .................. 332
Donald B. Ayer, Lisa Blatt, Richard P. Bress, Louis R. Cohen, Edward C.
DuMont, Roy Englert, Mark Evans, H. Bartow Farr, III, James S. Feldman,
David C. Frederick, Irving L. Gornstein, Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, Toby
Heytens, Dan Himmelfarb, Alan Horowitz, William M. Jay, Alan Jenkins,
Neal Katyal, Michael K. Kellogg, Jeffrey A. Lamken, Paul J. Larkin, Jr.,
Richard J. Lazarus, Michael R. Lazerwitz, Robert A. Long, Maureen E.
Mahoney, Ronald Mann, Deanne E. Maynard, Carter G. Phillips, Andrew
J. Pincus, Lawrence S. Robbins, Charles A. Rothfeld, David B. Salmons,
Richard H. Seamon, Stephen M. Shapiro, Barbara D. Underwood, Paul
R.Q. Wolfson, Christopher J. Wright, July 9, 2013, letter ................................ 334
Chuck Wexler, Executive Director, Police Executive Research Forum, Wash-
ington, DC, July 9, 2013, letter ........................................................................... 337
John E. Page, President, National Bar Association, Washington, DC, July
10, 2013, letter ..................................................................................................... 338
John E. Echohawk, Executive Director, Native American Rights Fund, Wash-
ington, DC, July 11, 2013, letter ......................................................................... 339
Maryse C. Allen, President, Virginia Women Attorneys Association, July 17,
2013, letter ............................................................................................................ 341
Judith E. Schaeffer, Vice President, Constitutional Accountability Center,
Washington, DC, July 17, 2013, letter ............................................................... 343
Judy Perry Martinez, Chair, American Bar Association, Washington, DC,
June 4, 2013, Millett letter ................................................................................. 345
Judy Perry Martinez, Chair, American Bar Association, Washington, DC,
May 17, 2013, Wolford letter ............................................................................... 347
Judy Perry Martinez, Chair, American Bar Association, Washington, DC,
May 14, 2013, Woods letter ................................................................................. 349
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2013
STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS
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Leahy, Hon. Patrick J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont .................... 351
prepared statement .......................................................................................... 691
Grassley, Hon. Chuck, a U.S. Senator from the State of Iowa ............................ 355
PRESENTERS
Baucus, Hon. Max, a U.S. Senator from the State of Montana, presenting
Brian Morris, Nominee to be District Judge for the District of Montana,
and Susan P. Watters, Nominee to be District Judge for the District of
Montana ................................................................................................................ 353
Shaheen, Hon. Jeanne, a U.S. Senator from the State of New Hampshire,
presenting Landya B. McCafferty, Nominee to be District Judge for the
District of New Hampshire ................................................................................. 358
Murphy, Hon. Christopher, a U.S. Senator from the State of Connecticut,
presenting Jeffrey Alker Meyer, Nominee to be District Judge for the Dis-
trict of Connecticut ............................................................................................... 359
STATEMENTS OF THE NOMINEES
Pillard, Cornelia T.L., Nominee to be Circuit Judge for the District of Colum-
bia Circuit ............................................................................................................. 362
Biographical Information ................................................................................. 364
Morris, Hon. Brian, Nominee to be District Judge for the District of Montana 447
Biographical Information ................................................................................. 448
Watters, Hon. Susan P., Nominee to be District Judge for the District of
Montana ................................................................................................................ 503
Biographical Information ................................................................................. 504
Meyer, Jeffrey Alker, Nominee to be District Judge for the District of Con-
necticut .................................................................................................................. 556
Biographical Information ................................................................................. 557
McCafferty, Landya B., Nominee to be District Judge for the District of
New Hampshire .................................................................................................... 626
Biographical Information ................................................................................. 627
QUESTIONS
Questions for all nominees submitted by Senator Ted Cruz ............................... 693
Questions for Cornelia Pillard submitted by Senator Chuck Grassley ............... 694
Questions for Cornelia Pillard submitted by Senator Jeff Sessions .................... 703
Questions for Brian Morris submitted by Senator Chuck Grassley .................... 707
Questions for Susan P. Watters submitted by Senator Chuck Grassley ............ 710
Questions for Jeffrey Alker Meyer submitted by Senator Chuck Grassley ........ 713
Questions for Landya B. McCafferty submitted by Senator Chuck Grassley ..... 716
ANSWERS
Responses of Cornelia Pillard to questions submitted by Senator Grassley ...... 718
Responses of Cornelia Pillard to questions submitted by Senator Sessions ....... 741
Responses of Cornelia Pillard to questions submitted by Senator Cruz ............. 749
Responses of Brian Morris to questions submitted by Senator Grassley ........... 753
Responses of Brian Morris to questions submitted by Senator Cruz .................. 761
Responses of Susan P. Watters to questions submitted by Senator Grassley .... 764
Responses of Susan P. Watters to questions submitted by Senator Cruz .......... 770
Responses of Jeffrey Alker Meyer to questions submitted by Senator Grassley 772
Responses of Jeffrey Alker Meyer to questions submitted by Senator Cruz ...... 781
Responses of Landya B. McCafferty to questions submitted by Senator Grass-
ley .......................................................................................................................... 784
Responses of Landya B. McCafferty to questions submitted by Senator Cruz .. 790
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MISCELLANEOUS SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD
William T. Coleman, Jr., Senior Partner and Senior Counselor, O’Melveny
and Myers LLP, Washington, DC, June 4, 2013, letter .................................... 793
John M. Townsend, Partner, Hughes Hubbard and Reed LLP, July 8, 2013,
letter ...................................................................................................................... 795
William S. Sessions, Former Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western
District of Texas, Former Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Wash-
ington, DC, July 9, 2013, letter ........................................................................... 797
Richard Bierschbach, Harold Bruff, Jonathan Cedarbaum, Walter E.
Dellinger, Joseph R. Guerra, Pamela A. Harris, Clare Huntington, Dawn
E. Johnsen, Martin S. Lederman, Robin Lenhardt, Randolph D. Moss,
Trevor Morrison, Beth Nolan, Todd Peterson, H. Jefferson Powell, Jeannie
S. Rhee, Teresa Wynn Reseborough, Richard Shiffrin, David A. Strauss,
William M. Treanor, Jay Wexler, July 17, 2013, letter .................................... 799
Dean William M. Treanor, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington,
DC, July 17, 2013, letter ..................................................................................... 802
Robin Abrams, Martha Boersch, Jeffrey Bornstein, Sean Coffey, Miles Ehr-
lich, Jamie Gorelick, Michele Hirshman, Matthew Jacobs, David Kris, Carl
H. Loewenson, Jr., Daniel Marcus, Mark Matthews, Julie Rose O’Sullivan,
David W. Ogden, Richard Olderman, Lisa Kate Osofsky, Karen Popp,
Ismail Ramsey, Stephen C. Robinson, Paul Rosenzweig, John Savarese,
Howard Shapiro, Paul Shechtman, Mark Stein, Beth Wilkinson, July 17,
2013, letter ............................................................................................................ 804
Donald B. Ayer, J. Scott Ballenger, H. Christopher Bartolomucci, Lisa S.
Blatt, Richard P. Bress, Louis R. Cohen, Drew S. Days III, Walter
Dellinger, Edward C. DuMont, H. Bartow Farr III, James A. Feldman,
Jeffrey Fisher, David C. Frederick, Jerrold J. Ganzfried, Irv Gornstein,
Michael H. Gottesman, Jonathan D. Hacker, Mark E. Haddad, Pamela
S. Karlan, Neal Katyal, Stephen B. Kinnaird, Jeffrey A. Lamken, Richard
J. Lazarus, Robert A. Long, Ronald Mann, Alan B. Morrison, Carter G.
Phillips, Andrew J. Pincus, Lawrence S. Robbins, Charles A. Rothfeld,
Kevin Russell, Paul M. Smith, Catherine E. Stetson, Kathleen M. Sullivan,
Laurence H. Tribe, Barbara D. Underwood, Lawrence G. Wallace, Seth
P. Waxman, Paul R.Q. Wolfson, Christopher J. Wright, July 17, 2013,
letter ...................................................................................................................... 809
Viet D. Dinh, Professor of Law, Georgetown Law, Washington, DC, July
18, 2013, letter ..................................................................................................... 814
Nancy R. Adams, Julia J. Cleckley, Gina S. Farrisee, Evelyn ‘‘Pat’’ Foote,
Claudia J. Kennedy, Dennis J. Laich, Gale S. Pollock, Wilma L. Vaught,
Mary A. Baldy-Klotz, Margarethe Cammermeyer, Marilla J. Cushman,
Sherry de Vries, Debrah Feil, Elizabeth W. Fleming, Norma L. Garrett,
Lawrence Korb, Cindy McNally, Robert (Mac) McNally, Paul Mango, Lory
Manning, Debra D. Mark, Stephanie Marshall, Joellen Oslund, Dwayne
Oslund, Michael E. Pheneger, Dawn S. Rucker, Katherine Scheirman,
Loren Simpson, Genie Davison Sorensen, Alfonse P. Squitiere, Glenna L.
Tinney, July 22, 2013, letter ............................................................................... 816
Jessica E. Adler, President, Women’s Bar Association of the District of Colum-
bia, July 22, 2013, letter ...................................................................................... 819
Wade Henderson, President and CEO, Nancy Zirkin, Executive Vice Presi-
dent, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Washington,
DC, July 23, 2013, letter ..................................................................................... 822
Nancy Duff Campbell, Co-President, Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President,
National Women’s Law Center, Washington, DC, July 23, 2013, letter ......... 824
Bree Adams Guiterman, Kylie Lowe, Elizabeth C. Dobbins, Matthew Steven
Lowe, Arthur Bradford Morrill IV, Robert L. Fendley, Kylie Morgan Lowe,
Samantha D. Henke, Raevon Pulliam, July 23, 2013, letter ............................ 826
Pamela Berman, President, National Conference of Women’s Bar Associa-
tions, July 24, 2013, letter ................................................................................... 828
Peter M. Reyes, Jr., HNBA National President, Hispanic National Bar Asso-
ciation, Washington, DC, August 7, 2013, letter ............................................... 831
Douglas T. Kendall, President, Judith E. Schaeffer, Vice President, Constitu-
tional Accountability Center, Washington, DC, September 9, 2013, letter ..... 833
Wade Henderson, President and CEO, Nancy Zirkin, Executive Vice Presi-
dent, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Washington,
DC, September 11, 2013, letter ........................................................................... 835
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Shanna L. Smith, President and CEO, National Fair Housing Alliance, Wash-
ington, DC, September 18 2013, letter ............................................................... 837
Judy Perry Martinez, Chair, American Bar Association, Washington, DC,
June 4, 2013, Pillard letter ................................................................................. 839
Judy Perry Martinez, Chair, American Bar Association, Washington, DC,
May 29, 2013, Morris letter ................................................................................. 841
Judy Perry Martinez, Chair, American Bar Association, Washington, DC,
May 29, 2013, Watters letter .............................................................................. 843
Kimberly A. Knox, President, Connecticut Bar Association, New Britain, Con-
necticut, August 1, 2013, letter ........................................................................... 845
Judy Perry Martinez, Chair, American Bar Association, Washington, DC,
June 10, 2013, Meyer letter ................................................................................ 846
Judy Perry Martinez, Chair, American Bar Association, Washington, DC,
May 29, 2013, McCafferty letter ......................................................................... 848
Quotes for the Record on the DC Circuit’s Caseload ............................................ 850