Weekly Update: 12/4/2020

Vacancies:

Courts of Appeals:

• Current Vacancies: 3 (+ 1 this week)
• Joel M. Flaum, Seventh Circuit, senior status, November 30, 2020, 2/11 seats vacant
• Future Vacancies: 0 (- 1)

District Courts:

• Current Vacancies: 48 (- 2)
• Future Vacancies: 6 (+ 3)
• Raúl M. Arias-Marxuach, District of Puerto Rico, elevation to First Circuit, TBD, 1/7 seats vacant
• Paul Kinloch Holmes III, Western District of Arkansas, senior status, November 10, 2021, 1/3 seats vacant
• Frances Marie Tydingco-Gatewood, District Court of Guam, term expiring, TBD, 1/1 seats vacant

Pending Nominations:

Courts of Appeals:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 0 (± 0 this week)
• Raúl M. Arias-Marxuach, of Puerto Rico, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit (officially nominated, November 30, 2020)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 1 (± 0)
• Thomas L. Kirsch II, of Indiana, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit (held over, December 3, 2020)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 0 (± 0)

District Courts:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 20 (+ 1)
• Maria Teresa Bonifacio Cenzon, of Guam, to be a Judge of the District Court of Guam (officially nominated, November 30, 2020)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 3 (± 0)
• Charles Edward Atchley, Jr., of Tennessee, to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee (held over, December 3, 2020)
• Katherine A. Crytzer, of Tennessee, to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee (held over, December 3, 2020)
• Joseph Dawson III, of South Carolina, to be a United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina (held over, December 3, 2020)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 4 (- 2)

Court of Federal Claims:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 2 (± 0)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 1 (± 0)
• Zachary N. Somers, of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims (held over, December 3, 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:

• Taylor B. McNeel, of Mississippi, to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi (Cal. No. 893), 53–39, December 1, 2020
• J. Philip Calabrese, of Ohio, to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio (Cal. No. 864), 58–35, December 1, 2020
• Kathryn C. Davis, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims (Cal. No. 650), 51–45, December 2, 2020
• Liam P. Hardy, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (Cal. No. 842), 59–34, December 3, 2020

Cloture Motions Filed:

• Stephen Sidney Schwartz, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims (Cal. No. 649), December 3, 2020

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

• None

Cumulative Confirmations:

Supreme Court: 3 (± 0 this week)

Courts of Appeals: 53 (± 0)

District Courts: 170 (+ 2)

Court of International Trade: 3 (± 0)

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

Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces: 2 (+ 1)

Territorial Courts: 1 (± 0)