For Immediate Release July 17, 2007 NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Robert J. Conrad, Jr., of North Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, vice James Dickson Phillips, Jr., retired. Catharina Haynes, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, vice Harold R. DeMoss, Jr., retired. Sean R. Mulvaney, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, vice John Marshall, resigned. Shalom D. Stone, of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, vice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., elevated. John Daniel Tinder, of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, vice Daniel A. Manion, retiring.