Weekly Update: 7/3/2020

Vacancies:

Courts of Appeals:

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

District Courts:

• Current Vacancies: 72 (+ 1)
• Andrew Lynn Brasher, Middle District of Alabama, elevation to Eleventh Circuit, June 30, 2020, 1/3 seats vacant
• Future Vacancies: 4 (- 1)

Pending Nominations:

Courts of Appeals:

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

District Courts:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 22 (+ 1)
• Taylor B. McNeel, of Mississippi, to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi (officially nominated, July 2, 2020)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 11 (± 0)
• John W. Holcomb, of California, to be a United States District Judge for the Central District of California (held over, July 2, 2020)
• Brett H. Ludwig, of Wisconsin, to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (held over, July 2, 2020)
• R. Shireen Matthews, of California, to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of California (held over, July 2, 2020)
• Todd Wallace Robinson, of California, to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of California (held over, July 2, 2020)
• Christy Criswell Wiegand, of Pennsylvania, to be a United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania (held over, July 2, 2020)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 12 (± 0)

Court of Federal Claims:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 2 (+ 1)
• Thompson Michael Dietz, of New Jersey, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims (officially nominated, July 2, 2020)
• 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:

• None

Cloture Motions Filed:

• None

Other Actions Taken (Nomination rejected, withdrawn by White House, etc.):

• None

Cumulative Confirmations:

Courts of Appeals: 53 (± 0 this week)

District Courts: 143 (± 0)
Court of International Trade: 2 (± 0)

Court of Federal Claims: 5 (± 0)

Tax Court: 5 (± 0)
Territorial Courts: 1 (± 0)