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- ↑ [ dead link ] "Senate Judiciary Committee Nomination Questionnaire" Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine . United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
- 1 2 3 "Woods, Gregory Howard III – Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
- 1 2 Press release (May 3, 2013). "President Obama Nominates Two to Serve on the United States District Court". Office of the White House Press Secretary. Retrieved June 26, 2015.