Weekly Update: 10/2/2020

Vacancies:

Supreme Court:

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

Courts of Appeals:

• Current Vacancies: 0 (± 0)
• Future Vacancies: 1 (+ 1)
• Amy Coney Barrett, Seventh Circuit, elevation to Supreme Court, TBD, 1/11 seats vacant

District Courts:

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

Pending Nominations:

Supreme Court:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 1 (+ 1 this week)
• Amy Coney Barrett, of Indiana, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (officially nominated, September 29, 2020)
• 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 (± 0)
• 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, October 1, 2020)
• Kristi Haskins Johnson, of Mississippi, to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi (held over, October 1, 2020)
• Taylor B. McNeel, of Mississippi, to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi (held over, October 1, 2020)
• Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, of Florida, to be a United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida (held over, October 1, 2020)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 10 (± 0)

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, October 1, 2020)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 3 (± 0)

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:

• None

Cloture Motions Filed:

• Aileen Mercedes Cannon, of Florida, to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida (Cal. No. 863), September 30, 2020
• Toby Crouse, of Kansas, to be a United States District Judge for the District of Kansas (Cal. No. 862), September 30, 2020
• J. Philip Calabrese, of Ohio, to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio (Cal. No. 864), September 30, 2020
• James Ray Knepp II, of Ohio, to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio (Cal. No. 865), September 30, 2020
• Michael Jay Newman, of Ohio, to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio (Cal. No. 866), September 30, 2020

Other Actions Taken (Nomination rejected, withdrawn by White House, etc.):

• Joseph Dawson, of South Carolina, to be a United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina (nomination announced, October 1, 2020)

Cumulative Confirmations:

Supreme Court: 2 (± 0 this week)

Courts of Appeals: 53 (± 0)

District Courts: 161 (± 0)

Court of International Trade: 2 (± 0)

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

Territorial Courts: 1 (± 0)