Vanaskie confirmed to 3rd Circuit

TimesLeader.com: “For nearly nine months, U.S. District Judge Thomas I. Vanaskie has continued presiding over cases at the federal courthouse in Scranton while his nomination for a seat on a federal appellate court has been stalled in the U.S. Senate. His wait ended on Wednesday. After partisan holdups that have kept Vanaskie, 55, of Clarks Green, playing the waiting game, the Senate voted 77-20 Wednesday afternoon to confirm his nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia . . . “