Weekly Update: 10/23/2020

Vacancies:

Supreme Court:

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

Courts of Appeals:

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

District Courts:

• Current Vacancies: 57 (- 1)
• Future Vacancies: 2 (+ 1)
• Larry A. Burns, Southern District of California, senior status, January 22, 2021, 5/13 seats vacant

Pending Nominations:

Supreme Court:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 0 (± 0 this week)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 0 (- 1)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 1 (+ 1)
• Amy Coney Barrett, of Indiana, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (Cal. No. 890), 12–0

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: 21 (+ 1)
• Joseph Dawson III, of South Carolina, to be a United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina (officially nominated, October 23, 2020)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 0 (- 4)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 13 (+ 3)
• Benjamin Joel Beaton, of Kentucky, to be a United States District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky (Cal. No. 891), 12–0
• Kristi Haskins Johnson, of Mississippi, to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi (Cal. No. 892), 12–0
• Taylor B. McNeel, of Mississippi, to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi (Cal. No. 893), 12–0
• Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, of Florida, to be a United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida (Cal. No. 894), 12–0

Court of Federal Claims:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 3 (+ 1)
• Stephen Andrew Kubiatowski, of Kentucky, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims (officially nominated, October 23, 2020)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 0 (- 1)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 4 (+ 1)
• Thompson Michael Dietz, of New Jersey, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims (Cal. No. 895), 12–0

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:

• Michael Jay Newman, of Ohio, to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio (Cal. No. 866), 67–30, October 22, 2020

Cloture Motions Filed:

• Amy Coney Barrett, of Indiana, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (Cal. No. 890), October 23, 2020

Other Actions Taken (Nomination rejected, withdrawn by White House, etc.):

• Thomas L. Kirsch II, of Indiana, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit (nomination announced, October 21, 2020)
• Joseph L. Barloon, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade (nomination announced, October 21, 2020)

Cumulative Confirmations:

Supreme Court: 2 (± 0 this week)

Courts of Appeals: 53 (± 0)

District Courts: 162 (+ 1)

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)