Judge Horan confirmed
Butler County Judge Marilyn Horan is headed for the federal bench in Pittsburgh.
Horan, who was nominated in December to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania by President Donald Trump, was confirmed early Thursday afternoon by the U.S. Senate, in a unanimous voice vote.
Horan’s confirmation Thursday, which was celebrated by Senators Pat Toomey and Bob Casey in a joint statement, marks the end of a protracted period of waiting for the veteran Court of Common Pleas judge. On Thursday Horan said her confirmation was an honor, but a bittersweet one.
“It’s a tremendous honor, and I look forward to serving the Western District, which includes Butler, at the federal level,” Horan said. “I will really miss working with everyone in Butler ... because it’s a fantastic court, bar (and) staff. it’s a bittersweet feeling to be leaving that.”
Horan has served as a county judge since 1996, primarily in the court’s civil and family division. Last year she assumed administrative responsibilities over the County Common Pleas Court.
There was no information Thursday on how quickly Horan would depart the county court for Pittsburgh, and plans to hand off administrative responsibilities once she leaves — a process that is governed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court — had just begun to be developed.
Read Friday’s Butler Eagle for the full story.
