Weekly Update: 6/28/2019

Vacancies:

Courts of Appeals:

• Current Vacancies: 5 (± 0 this week)
• Future Vacancies: 2 (± 0)

District Courts:

• Current Vacancies: 113 (± 0)
• Future Vacancies: 15 (+ 2)
• Joan N. Ericksen, District of Minnesota, senior status, October 15, 2019, 1/7 seats vacant
• Halil Suleyman Ozerden, Southern District of Mississippi, elevation to Fifth Circuit, TBD, 3/6 seats vacant

Pending Nominations:

Courts of Appeals:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 1 (+ 1 this week)
• Halil Suleyman Ozerden, of Mississippi, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit (officially nominated, June 24, 2019)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 0 (- 1)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 2 (+ 1)
• Peter Joseph Phipps, of Pennsylvania, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit (Cal. No. 362), 12–10

District Courts:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 10 (- 2)
• John Fitzgerald Kness, of Illinois, to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois (officially nominated, June 24, 2019)
• Justin Reed Walker, of Kentucky, to be a United States District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky (officially nominated, June 24, 2019)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 4 (± 0)
• Douglas Russell Cole, of Ohio, to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio (hearing held, June 26, 2019)
• Matthew Walden McFarland, of Ohio, to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio (hearing held, June 26, 2019)
• Robert Anthony Molloy, of the Virgin Islands, to be a Judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands (hearing held, June 26, 2019)
• Kea Whetzal Riggs, of New Mexico, to be a United States District Judge for the District of New Mexico (hearing held, June 26, 2019)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 40 (+ 3)
• Charles R. Eskridge III, of Texas, to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas (Cal. No. 363), 15–7
• William Shaw Stickman IV, of Pennsylvania, to be a United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania (Cal. No. 364), 12–10
• Jennifer Philpott Wilson, of Pennsylvania, to be a United States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (Cal. No. 365), 18–4

Court of Federal Claims:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 2 (+ 2)
• Daniel Z. Epstein, of Texas, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims (officially nominated, June 24, 2019)
• Eleni Maria Roumel, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims (officially nominated, June 24, 2019)
• 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: 2 (± 0)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 0 (± 0)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 2 (± 0)

Floor Action:
Nominations Confirmed:

• None

Cloture Motions Filed:

• Daniel Aaron Bress, of California, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit (Cal. No. 343), June 27, 2019
• T. Kent Wetherell II, of Florida, to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Florida (Cal. No. 47), June 27, 2019
• Damon Ray Leichty, of Indiana, to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana (Cal. No. 51), June 27, 2019
• J. Nicholas Ranjan, of Pennsylvania, to be a United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania (Cal. No. 52), June 27, 2019

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

• Michael S. Bogren, of Michigan, to be a United States District Judge for the Western District of Michigan (withdrawn by White House, June 26, 2019)

Cumulative Confirmations:

Courts of Appeals: 41 (± 0 this week)

District Courts: 80 (± 0)

Court of Federal Claims: 2 (± 0)

Tax Court: 2 (± 0)