I was happy to hear that the cloture vote on the nomination of Paul Watford to the Ninth Circuit will be held Monday, and I very much hope that Paul will be confirmed. For those interested, here’s my post praising Paul, whom I know well, Orin’s post praising Paul, my letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee urging that Paul be confirmed, and many Kozinski clerks’ letter urging the same. UPDATE: See also these letters from local prominent conservative lawyers (both former presidents of the L.A. Federalist Society chapter), Henry Weissmann and Jeremy Rosen, plus the General Counsels of CIRCOR, Verizon, Mattel, and Google.