Weekly Update: 11/15/2019

Vacancies:

Courts of Appeals:

• Current Vacancies: 1 (- 1 this week)
• Future Vacancies: 5 (± 0)

District Courts:

• Current Vacancies: 89 (+ 1)
• Daniel L. Hovland, District of North Dakota, senior status, November 10, 2019, 1/2 seats vacant
• Future Vacancies: 13 (- 1)

Pending Nominations:

Courts of Appeals:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 0 (± 0 this week)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 3 (± 0)
• Patrick J. Bumatay, of California, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit (held over, November 14, 2019)
• Lawrence VanDyke, of Nevada, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit (held over, November 14, 2019)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 2 (- 1)

District Courts:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 9 (- 3)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 6 (+ 3)
• Stanley Blumenfeld, of California, to be a United States District Judge for the Central District of California (hearing held, November 13, 2019)
• Mark C. Scarsi, of California, to be a United States District Judge for the Central District of California (hearing held, November 13, 2019)
• Stephen A. Vaden, of Tennessee, to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade (hearing held, November 13, 2019)
• Philip M. Halpern, of New York, to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York (held over, November 14, 2019)
• Bernard Maurice Jones II, of Oklahoma, to be a United States District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma (held over, November 14, 2019)
• Barbara Bailey Jongbloed, of Connecticut, to be a United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut (held over, November 14, 2019)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 24 (± 0)

Court of Federal Claims:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 1 (- 1)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 2 (+ 1)
• Grace Karaffa Obermann, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims (hearing held, November 13, 2019)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 2 (± 0)

Tax Court:

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

Floor Action:
Nominations Confirmed:

• Steven J. Menashi, of New York, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit (Cal. No. 486), 51–41, November 14, 2019

Cloture Motions Filed:

• Robert J. Luck, of Florida, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit (Cal. No. 487), November 14, 2019
• Barbara Lagoa, of Florida, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit (Cal. No. 488), November 14, 2019

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

• None

Cumulative Confirmations:

Courts of Appeals: 46 (+ 1 this week)

District Courts: 112 (± 0)
Court of International Trade: 2 (± 0)

Court of Federal Claims: 3 (± 0)

Tax Court: 4 (± 0)