Local News in Brief : Judicial Nominees Face Senate Panel
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee opened confirmation proceedings in Washington on Wednesday for two Los Angeles nominees to the federal bench.
One of the nominees, U.S. Atty. Robert C. Bonner, asserted in response to questioning about his use of a media consultant and his frequent press conferences, that he has not been a publicity seeker as a federal prosecutor.
Bonner and U.S. District Judge Pamela Ann Rymer, also of Los Angeles, are expected to win Senate confirmation easily. Rymer was nominated by both then-President Ronald Reagan and by President Bush for a seat on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and Bonner was nominated by Reagan and Bush to fill Rymer’s seat. A vacancy on the federal bench was created when Judge Anthony M. Kennedy was named to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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