CAEB — Appointment of Advisory Committee for the Purpose of

CAEB — Appointment of Advisory Committee for the Purpose of Interviewing Applicants for…¶

),/(' 1 September 9, 2024

81,7(' 67$7(6 %$1.5837&< &2857

2 ($67(51 ',675,&7 2) &$/,)251,$

3 UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

4 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

6 In re: General Order No. 24-04 7 APPOINTMENT OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF INTERVIEWING 8 APPLICANTS FOR CLERK OF THE COURT

13 Effective March 1, 2025, the position of the Clerk of the Court

14 for the Bankruptcy Court and for the Eastern District of California

15 will be vacant. The judges of the Bankruptcy Court in and for the

16 Eastern District of California are presently engaged in a nationwide

17 search for a well-qualified person to fill that position. 28 U.S.C. §

18 156(b).

19 An ad hoc committee is hereby formed to assist the court in the

20 selection of the most qualified person for the Clerk of the Court

21 position. Hagop Bedoyan shall be the chairperson of the committee.

22 The committee will consist of the following nine persons: Hagop

23 Bedoyan, attorney, Fresno; Megan Dunning, Team Leader, Bankruptcy

24 Court Eastern District of California, Sacramento; Lilian Tsang,

25 Chapter 13 trustee, Modesto; Teri Wegemer, paralegal for Chapter 13

26 trustee David Cusick, Sacramento; Walter Dahl, attorney and Subchapter

27 V trustee, Granite Bay; Mark Zimmerman, attorney, Hanford; Eddy

28 Emmons, Clerk of the Court, Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District

1 of California, San Francisco; Loris Bakken, Chapter 7 trustee, Lodi;

2 and Pauldeep Bains, attorney, Roseville.

3 For each applicant selected for an interview by the collective

4 bankruptcy court bench, the committee shall: (1) conduct an interview

5 to ascertain his/her qualifications, as well as to assess his/her

6 relative strengths vis-à-vis each other applicant for the position;

7 and (2) reduce its findings to writing and submit them to the Chief

8 Judge of the Bankruptcy Court.

9 IT IS SO ORDERED.

10 Dated: September 9, 2024

12 ________________________________ 13 Fredrick E. Clement Chief Judge for the United 14 States Bankruptcy Court

28 2