President Obamaon Wednesday nominated Hartford federal district court Judge Christopher F. Droney to the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, The Hartford Courant reports, citing a source.
The nomination of Droney, a Democrat and a judicial moderate, had been expected for months and had been all but pending while FBI agents completed the routine background review performed in the cases of all presidential appointees, Courant.com reports.
