Weekly Update: 12/11/2020

Vacancies:

Courts of Appeals:

• Current Vacancies: 3 (± 0 this week)
• Future Vacancies: 0 (± 0)

District Courts:

• Current Vacancies: 48 (± 0)
• Future Vacancies: 6 (± 0)

Pending Nominations:

Courts of Appeals:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 1 (± 0 this week)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 0 (- 1)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 1 (+ 1)
• Thomas L. Kirsch II, of Indiana, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit (Cal. No. 931), 12–10

District Courts:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 20 (± 0)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 0 (- 3)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 7 (+ 3)
• Charles Edward Atchley, Jr., of Tennessee, to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee (Cal. No. 934), 13–9
• Katherine A. Crytzer, of Tennessee, to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee (Cal. No. 932), 12–10
• Joseph Dawson III, of South Carolina, to be a United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina (Cal. No. 933), 13–9

Court of Federal Claims:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 2 (± 0)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 0 (- 1)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 3 (± 0)
• Zachary N. Somers, of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims (Cal. No. 935), 13–9

Tax Court:

• Pending before Senate Finance Committee without hearing: 1 (+ 1)
• Mark Van Dyke Holmes, of New York, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court (officially nominated, December 10, 2020)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 0 (± 0)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 0 (± 0)

Floor Action:
Nominations Confirmed:

• Stephen Sidney Schwartz, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims (Cal. No. 649), 49–47, December 8, 2020

Cloture Motions Filed:

• Thomas L. Kirsch II, of Indiana, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit (Cal. No. 931), December 11, 2020
  
• Katherine A. Crytzer, of Tennessee, to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee (Cal. No. 932), December 11, 2020
  

Other Actions Taken (Nomination rejected, withdrawn by White House, etc.):

• Terrence M. Andrews, of California, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims (nomination announced, December 9, 2020)

Cumulative Confirmations:

Supreme Court: 3 (± 0 this week)

Courts of Appeals: 53 (± 0)

District Courts: 170 (± 0)

Court of International Trade: 3 (± 0)

Court of Federal Claims: 8 (+ 1)
Tax Court: 7 (± 0)
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: 6 (± 0)

Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces: 2 (± 0)

xTerritorial Courts: 1 (± 0)