Weekly Update: 2/22/2019

Vacancies:

Courts of Appeals:

• Current Vacancies: 12 (± 0 this week)
• Future Vacancies: 4 (± 0)

District Courts:

• Current Vacancies: 129 (+ 1)
• Delissa A. Ridgway¹, Court of International Trade², senior status, January 31, 2019, 3/9 seats vacant
• Future Vacancies: 16 (± 0)

Pending Nominations:

Courts of Appeals:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 3 (± 0 this week)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 3 (± 0)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 6 (± 0)

District Courts:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 10 (± 0)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 3 (± 0)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 36 (± 0)

Court of Federal Claims:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 0 (± 0)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 0 (± 0)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 2 (± 0)

Tax Court:

• Pending before Senate Finance Committee without hearing: 3 (± 0)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 1 (± 0)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 0 (± 0)

Floor Action:
Nominations Confirmed:

• None

Cloture Motions Filed:

• None

Other Actions Taken (Nomination rejected, withdrawn by White House, etc.):

• None

Cumulative Confirmations:

Courts of Appeals: 30 (± 0 this week)

District Courts: 53 (± 0)

Court of Federal Claims: 0 (± 0)

Tax Court: 2 (± 0)

Notes:

¹The U.S. Courts website listed Judge Ridgway's vacancy this week, despite her taking senior status late last month.

²The Court of International Trade is technically not a federal district court, but it will be included under the district court category for the sake of simplicity.