MOBILE, ALABAMA - A Senate panel's review of the nomination of U.S. Magistrate William Steele to the federal appeals court in Atlanta has been delayed until the next session of Congress. <br>
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U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions, an Alabama Republican, said Thursday the nomination was held up by a backlog in the Senate Judiciary Committee. <br>
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The 51-year-old Steele has been a magistrate in Mobile since 1990, and declined comment on the Senate delay. <br>
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President Bush, who nominated Steele for the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in October 2001, would need to renominate Steele next year.
