 The U.S. Senate did not hold a hearing or a vote on Leonard's Fourth Circuit nomination during 1996, and Clinton did not renominate him to the Fourth Circuit after his second term began in January 1997.That seat on the Fourth Circuit eventually was filled by Roger Gregory, whose nomination by Clinton was never acted upon by the Senate.Clinton subsequently installed Gregory on the Fourth Circuit in a recess appointment in December 2000, and President George W. Bush gave Gregory a permanent appointment to the seat the following year.