[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 4 (Monday, January 31, 1994)] [Page 160] [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov] <R04> Nomination for Ten Federal Judges January 27, 1994 The President today nominated ten individuals to serve on the Federal bench, four for the U.S. Courts of Appeals and six for the U.S. District Courts, representing the States of California, Illinois, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, and South Carolina. Diana Motz of Maryland was nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the President named three individuals to the Fifth Circuit: Fortunato ``Pete'' Benavides and Robert M. Parker of Texas, and Carl E. Stewart of Louisiana. The President also named six U.S. District Court judges: Audrey B.Collins, Central District of California; Ruben Castillo, Northern District of Illinois; Deborah A. Batts, Southern District of New York; James G. Carr, Northern District of Ohio; Mary M. Lisi, District of Rhode Island; and Cameron M. Currie, District of South Carolina. ``These ten individuals have records of distinction and achievement in public service and the legal profession,'' the President said today. ``I am confident that they will continue to distinguish themselves, as members of the Federal judiciary.'' Note: Biographies of the nominees were made available by the Office of the Press Secretary.