Weekly Update: 5/22/2020

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Vacancies:
Courts of Appeals:
  • Current Vacancies: 1 (± 0 this week)
  • Future Vacancies: 1 (± 0)
District Courts:
  • Current Vacancies: 72 (- 3)
  • Future Vacancies: 5 (± 0)
Pending Nominations:
Courts of Appeals:
  • Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 0 (- 1 this week)
  • Hearings held and still in Committee: 2 (+ 1)
    • Cory T. Wilson, of Mississippi, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit (hearing held, May 20, 2020)
    • Justin Reed Walker, of Kentucky, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit (held over, May 21, 2020)
  • Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 0 (± 0)
District Courts:
  • Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 28 (+ 4)
    • Aileen Mercedes Cannon, of Florida, to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida (officially nominated, May 21, 2020)
    • Toby Crouse, of Kansas, to be a United States District Judge for the District of Kansas (officially nominated, May 21, 2020)
    • Dirk B. Paloutzian, of California, to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California (officially nominated, May 21, 2020)
    • Roderick C. Young, of Virginia, to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia (officially nominated, May 21, 2020)
  • Hearings held and still in Committee: 0 (± 0)
  • Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 14 (- 3)
Court of Federal Claims:
  • Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 1 (± 0)
  • Hearings held and still in Committee: 0 (± 0)
  • Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 4 (± 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: 0 (± 0)
Floor Action:
Nominations Confirmed:
  • Scott H. Rash, of Arizona, to be a United States District Judge for the District of Arizona (Cal. No. 564), 74–20, May 19, 2020
  • Anna M. Manasco, of Alabama, to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama (Cal. No. 600), 71–21, May 20, 2020
  • John F. Heil III, of Oklahoma, to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern, Northern, and Western Districts of Oklahoma (Cal. No. 601), 75–17, May 20, 2020
Cloture Motions Filed:
  • Drew B. Tipton, of Texas, to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas (Cal. No. 644), May 21, 2020
Other Actions Taken (Nomination rejected, withdrawn by White House, etc.):
  • Edmund G. LaCour, Jr., of Alabama, to be a United States District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama (nomination announced, May 20, 2020)
  • Invoked, Motion to Invoke Cloture on John Leonard Badalamenti, of Florida, to be a United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida (Cal. No. 602), 65–28, May 21, 2020
  • Liam P. Hardy, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (officially nominated, May 21, 2020)
Cumulative Confirmations:
Courts of Appeals: 51 (± 0 this week)
District Courts: 141 (+ 3)
Court of International Trade: 2 (± 0)
Court of Federal Claims: 5 (± 0)
Tax Court: 5 (± 0)
Territorial Courts: 1 (± 0)

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