NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. District Court Judge Denny Chin, who sentenced swindler Bernard Madoff to 150 years in prison, will be nominated for an appeals court seat, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer said on Wednesday. There are four vacancies on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York, the court where U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor served until she was sworn in to the high court on August 8. A fifth vacancy to the appeals court in New York is expected to open in...
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