Weekly Update: 9/25/2020

Vacancies:

Supreme Court:

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

Courts of Appeals:

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

District Courts:

• Current Vacancies: 58 (- 2)
• Future Vacancies: 1 (± 0)

Pending Nominations:

Supreme Court:

• 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)

Courts of Appeals:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 0 (± 0)
• 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: 20 (+ 2)
• Charles Edward Atchley, Jr., of Tennessee, to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee (officially nominated, September 22, 2020)
• Katherine A. Crytzer, of Tennessee, to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee (officially nominated, September 22, 2020)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 4 (± 0)
• Benjamin Joel Beaton, of Kentucky, to be a United States District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky (held over, September 24, 2020)
• Kristi Haskins Johnson, of Mississippi, to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi (held over, September 24, 2020)
• Taylor B. McNeel, of Mississippi, to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi (held over, September 24, 2020)
• Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, of Florida, to be a United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida (held over, September 24, 2020)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 10 (- 2)

Court of Federal Claims:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 2 (± 0)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 1 (± 0)
• Thompson Michael Dietz, of New Jersey, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims (held over, September 9, 2020)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 3 (- 1)

Tax Court:

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

Floor Action:
Nominations Confirmed:

• Edward Hulvey Meyers, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims (Cal. No. 603), 66–27, September 22, 2020
• John Charles Hinderaker, of Arizona, to be a United States District Judge for the District of Arizona (Cal. No. 588), 70–27, September 23, 2020
• Roderick C. Young, of Virginia, to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia (Cal. No. 815), 93–2, September 24, 2020

Cloture Motions Filed:

• None

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

• Amy Coney Barrett, of Indiana, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (nomination announced, September 26, 2020)

Cumulative Confirmations:

Supreme Court: 2 (± 0 this week)

Courts of Appeals: 53 (± 0)

District Courts: 161 (+ 2)

Court of International Trade: 2 (± 0)

Court of Federal Claims: 6 (+ 1)
Tax Court: 7 (± 0)
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: 6 (± 0)

Territorial Courts: 1 (± 0)