A dozen attorneys and judges have interviewed for open seats in the Houston and McAllen, Texas federal district courts, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Nicholas Ganjei, the current US Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, was one of the people interviewed for a federal judgeship in Houston, those people said. A former chief counsel for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ganjei was among those considered by the bipartisan Federal Judicial Evaluation Committee (FJEC), whose members are chosen by Cruz and fellow Texas GOP Sen. John Cornyn.
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