Weekly Update: 3/29/2019

Vacancies:

Courts of Appeals:

• Current Vacancies: 8 (- 1 this week)
• Future Vacancies: 1 (± 0)

District Courts:

• Current Vacancies: 134 (± 0)
• Future Vacancies: 13 (± 0)

Pending Nominations:

Courts of Appeals:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 1 (± 0 this week)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 2 (± 0)
• Daniel P. Collins, of California, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit (held over, March 28, 2019)
• Kenneth Kiyul Lee, of California, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit (held over, March 28, 2019)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 2 (- 1)

District Courts:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 17 (+ 2)
• Ada E. Brown, of Texas, to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas (officially nominated, March 26, 2019)
• David John Novak, of Virginia, to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia (officially nominated, March 26, 2019)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 2 (± 0)
• James Wesley Hendrix, of Texas, to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas (held over, March 28, 2019)
• Sean D. Jordan, of Texas, to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas (held over, March 28, 2019)
• Mark T. Pittman, of Texas, to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas (held over, March 28, 2019)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 39 (± 0)

Court of Federal Claims:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 2 (± 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: 0 (- 1)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 1 (+ 1)
• Courtney Dunbar Jones, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court (Cal. No. 158), 28–0

Floor Action:
Nominations Confirmed:

• Bridget S. Bade, of Arizona, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit (Cal. No. 20), 78–21, March 26, 2019

Cloture Motions Filed:

• Motion to Proceed to S.Res. 50, A resolution improving procedures for the consideration of nominations in the Senate (Order. No. 24), March 28, 2019

Other Actions Taken (Nomination rejected, withdrawn by White House, etc.):

• None

Cumulative Confirmations:

Courts of Appeals: 37 (+ 1 this week)

District Courts: 53 (± 0)

Court of Federal Claims: 0 (± 0)

Tax Court: 2 (± 0)