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1 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS 2 EASTERN DIVISION 3 IN RE: SPECIAL CEREMONIAL SESSION OF THE COURT 4 TO THANK THE HONORABLE JAMES F. HOLDERMAN 5 AND 6 WELCOME THE HONORABLE RUBÉN CASTILLO 7 AS CHIEF JUDGE OF THE COURT 8 9 July 2, 2013 10 3:00 o'clock p.m. Chicago, Illinois 11 TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS 12 APPEARANCES: 13 The Judiciary: HON. JAMES F. HOLDERMAN HON. RUBÉN CASTILLO 14 HON. MARVIN E. ASPEN 15 HON. ELAINE E. BUCKLO HON. EDMOND E. CHANG 16 HON. SHARON JOHNSON COLEMAN HON. THOMAS M. DURKIN 17 HON. GARY S. FEINERMAN HON. JOAN B. GOTTSCHALL 18 HON. RONALD A. GUZMAN HON. WILLIAM T. HART 19 HON. VIRGINIA M. KENDALL HON. MATTHEW F. KENNELLY 20 HON. CHARLES P. KOCORAS HON. JOHN Z. LEE 21 HON. HARRY D. LEINENWEBER HON. GEORGE M. MAROVICH 22 HON. REBECCA R. PALLMEYER HON. PHILIP G. REINHARD 23 HON. MILTON I. SHADUR HON. AMY J. ST. EVE 24 HON. JOHN J. THARP, JR. HON. JAMES B. ZAGEL 25 2 1 APPEARANCES: (Continued) 2 Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals: HON. WILLIAM J. BAUER 3 HON. JOEL M. FLAUM HON. MICHAEL S. KANNE 4 HON. ANN CLAIRE WILLIAMS HON. DIANE P. WOOD 5 Magistrate Judges: HON. GERALDINE SOAT BROWN 6 HON. JEFFREY COLE HON. SUSAN E. COX 7 HON. SHEILA M. FINNEGAN HON. JEFFREY T. GILBERT 8 HON. IAIN JOHNSTON HON. ARLANDER KEYS 9 HON. YOUNG B. KIM HON. P. MICHAEL MAHONEY 10 HON. DANIEL G. MARTIN HON. MICHAEL T. MASON 11 HON. MARY M. ROWLAND HON. SIDNEY I. SCHENKIER 12 HON. MARIA VALDEZ 13 Bankruptcy Judges: HON. BRUCE W. BLACK, Chief Judge HON. JANET S. BAER 14 HON. MANUEL BARBOSA HON. TIMOTHY A. BARNES 15 HON. DONALD R. CASSLING HON. JACQUELINE P. COX 16 HON. A. BENJAMIN GOLDGAR HON. PAMELA S. HOLLIS 17 HON. THOMAS M. LYNCH HON. JACK B. SCHMETTERER 18 HON. SUSAN P. SONDERBY HON. EUGENE R. WEDOFF 19 Illinois Supreme 20 Court: HON. THOMAS L. KILBRIDE HON. ANNE M. BURKE 21 Illinois Appellate 22 Court: HON. SHELVIN L. MARIE HALL HON. BERTINA E. LAMPKIN 23 HON. JESSE REYES 24 25 3 1 APPEARANCES: (Continued) 2 Illinois Circuit Court of Cook County: HON. TIMOTHY C. EVANS, Chief Judge 3 HON. E. KENNETH WRIGHT HON. GRACE DICKLER 4 HON. JORGE LUIS ALONSO HON. MAURICIO ARAUJO 5 HON. CHERYL CESARIO HON. GLORIA CHEVERE 6 HON. ISRAEL DESIERTO HON. VICTORIA FERRER 7 HON. WILLIAM HOOKS HON. PAUL C. LILLIOS 8 HON. PATRICIA MENDOZA HON. MARY MINELLA 9 HON. THOMAS MULROY HON. RAMON OCASIO III 10 HON. CYNTHIA RAMIREZ HON. SANDRA RAMOS 11 HON. BERTHA RAQUEÑA HON. BEATRIZ SANTIAGO 12 HON. FRANKLIN VALDERRAMA 13 Circuit Executive, Judicial Counsel, 14 Seventh Circuit: MR. COLLINS T. FITZPATRICK 15 Acting U.S. Attorney: MR. GARY S. SHAPIRO 16 Executive Director, Federal Defender: MS. CAROL A. BROOK 17 Clerk of the Court: MR. THOMAS G. BRUTON 18 United States Marshal: MR. DARRYL K. McPHERSON 19 Distinguished 20 Speakers: MR. ROBERTO R. CASTILLO HON. GUSTAVO A. GELPÍ, 21 USDC District of Puerto Rico 22 Family Members: RUBÉN CASTILLO, SR. SYLVIA MOJICA-CASTILLO 23 ROBERTO AND SARAH CASTILLO FRANCISCA AND AGNES DEJONG 24 25 And Other Distinguished Family and Guests 4 1 (Proceedings heard in open court:) 2 THE MARSHAL: All rise. 3 Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye. Judges of the Northern 4 District of Illinois in Special Ceremonial Session. 5 God save the United States and this Honorable Court. 6 Please be seated and come to order. 7 THE CLERK: In the Matter of the Special Ceremony for 8 the Chief Judge of the Northern District of Illinois. 9 PRESIDING CHIEF JUDGE HOLDERMAN: Welcome, all, to 10 this ceremonial session of our court. I would ask the folks, 11 if they can find a seat, to come on in. We've got an 12 overflow. We've got an overflow courtroom today. So we're 13 pleased to have you stand, as well, if you desire to do that. 14 We thank each of you for being here today as we 15 officially welcome our judicial brother Rubén Castillo as 16 Chief Judge of our court, the first Latino to hold the 17 position. 18 (Applause.) 19 PRESIDING CHIEF JUDGE HOLDERMAN: As announced on our 20 court's website, matters of chief judge succession are 21 governed by statute which is self-executing, but justice is 22 true in other aspects of life. The law is but the starting 23 point because having this ceremony on this occasion, this 24 historic occasion, gives us all gathered here today an 25 opportunity to reflect on the fact that those of us whose 5 1 professional lives revolve around the judicial process, 2 whether it be in federal court, state court, Supreme Court of 3 Illinois or anywhere else, we are all part of a family, the 4 court family. 5 Ceremonies like this are important because they 6 demonstrate to all of us that despite the strenuous legal 7 struggles that we witness in this courthouse, courthouses 8 across the state, courthouses across the nation, we are all 9 joined in a common effort to resolve human disputes by 10 providing justice fairly, impartially and in accordance with 11 the law. We are all partners, partners in the process of 12 providing justice to all persons who come through the doors of 13 our courthouses. 14 We in this country take pride in the fact that in our 15 country, we engage in the peaceful and orderly succession of 16 leadership, and we take this opportunity today to offer public 17 tribute to Chief Judge Castillo who is willing to take on the 18 responsibilities and new duties in leading our court. 19 Before we proceed further, I'd like to acknowledge 20 that with us here today are many officials and judges, past 21 and present members of our court family, treasured friends, 22 loved ones. We have limited time, so I will not be able to 23 acknowledge all of the important people here. I may miss one 24 or two, and I apologize in advance for that. However, I 25 cannot emphasize enough how much we appreciate your sharing 6 1 these moments with us, as we engage in the process of publicly 2 acknowledging our new Chief Judge. 3 At this time, I would like to acknowledge our new 4 Chief Judge with his family sitting together here in the front 5 rows. In due course, Chief Judge Castillo will introduce each 6 of them, but I will ask you all now to join me in a round of 7 applause for the proud Castillo family. 8 (Applause.) 9 JUDGE HOLDERMAN: Looking next to the north jury box, 10 as is our tradition, and as also is our tradition, it's hard 11 to see everyone in the north jury box from this location, and 12 I appreciate Judge Williams kind of leaning over so I can see 13 her. We have a number of judges from the 7th Circuit Court of 14 Appeals, and we appreciate very much in the back row, Judge 15 Ann Williams. 16 Next to her, our sterling Circuit Executive, Collins 17 Fitzpatrick. 18 Next to him is our very short-cropped Judge Mike 19 Kanne, Circuit Judge Mike Kanne. 20 Next to him even shorter cropped is former Chief 21 Judge Bill Bauer. 22 Moving back to the right-hand side, another former 23 Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, Judge 24 Joel Flaum. 25 Next to him, the future Chief Judge of the Court of 7 1 Appeals for the 7th Circuit, Judge Diane Wood. 2 And then next to him, the Chief Judge of the Circuit 3 Court of -- next to her, the Circuit Court of Cook County, 4 Chief Judge Tim Evans and another chief, the Chief Justice of 5 the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois, Tom Kilbride. 6 Thank you very much. Let's give you all a round of applause. 7 (Applause.) 8 PRESIDING CHIEF JUDGE HOLDERMAN: I missed Judge Bill 9 Hooks in the back. He's not yet a chief judge, but at some 10 point in time I'm sure in his career he will be. So thank 11 you, Judge, for being here as well. 12 We have a number of other guests, as I've mentioned, 13 and we are honored to have all of the Illinois judges and 14 justices and judges from the Appellate Court, the Circuit 15 Court of Cook County. 16 I also see some other good friends. I see Judge 17 Mannie Barbosa, who is retired from the Western District. I 18 thought I saw Judge David Coar. Did I miss Judge 19 David Coar -- oh, boy, in the back. 20 See, you retire, and this is what happens. 21 (Laughter.) 22 PRESIDING CHIEF JUDGE HOLDERMAN: Also retired U.S. 23 Magistrate Judge Mort Denlow has told me he was here or would 24 be here. Oh, he's also in the back. 25 Okay. All right. Turning then to the south jury 8 1 box, we are honored to have with us our district's outstanding 2 magistrate judges led by presiding Magistrate Judge Geraldine 3 Soat Brown. I've often said, and will continue to say because 4 I firmly believe it, we have here in the Northern District of 5 Illinois the best magistrate judge bench in the country. 6 We are also blessed today to have with us our 7 outstanding group of United States Bankruptcy Judges.

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