Weekly Update: 2/5/2021

Vacancies:

Courts of Appeals:

• Current Vacancies: 4 (+ 1 this week)
• Carlos F. Lucero, Tenth Circuit, senior status, February 1, 2021, 1/12 seats vacant
• Future Vacancies: 3 (+ 1)
• Denny Chin, Second Circuit, senior status, June 1, 2021, 2/13 seats vacant
• Mary Beck Briscoe, Tenth Circuit, senior status, March 15, 2021, 2/12 seats vacant

District Courts:

• Current Vacancies: 53 (+ 6)
• Janet C. Hall¹, District of Connecticut, senior status, January 21, 2021, 2/8 seats vacant
• James S. Gwin, Northern District of Ohio, senior status, January 31, 2021, 3/11 seats vacant
• Dan A. Polster, Northern District of Ohio, senior status, January 31, 2021, 3/11 seats vacant
• Phyllis J. Hamilton, Northern District of California, senior status, February 1, 2021, 3/14 seats vacant
• Roslynn R. Mauskopf, Eastern District of New York, appointment as Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, February 1, 2021, 4/15 seats vacant
• Jeffrey Steven White, Northern District of California, senior status, February 1, 2021, 3/14 seats vacant
• Future Vacancies: 18 (- 1)
• Elizabeth E. Foote, Western District of Louisiana, senior status, January 21, 2022, 1/7 seats vacant
• James Parker Jones, Western District of Virginia, senior status, August 30, 2021, 1/4 seats vacant²
• Janet T. Neff, Western District of Michigan, senior status, March 1, 2021, 1/4 seats vacant
• Solomon Oliver, Jr., Northern District of Ohio, senior status, February 15, 2021, 3/11 seats vacant
• Timothy J. Savage, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, senior status, March 1, 2021, 2/22 seats vacant
• Emmet G. Sullivan, District of Columbia, senior status, April 3, 2021, 1/15 seats vacant

Pending Nominations:

Courts of Appeals:

• 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: 0 (± 0)

District Courts:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 0 (- 3)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 0 (± 0)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 0 (± 0)

Court of Federal Claims:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 0 (- 2)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 0 (- 1)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 0 (± 0)

Tax Court:

• Pending before Senate Finance Committee without hearing: 0 (- 1)
• 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:

• None

Other Actions Taken (Nomination rejected, withdrawn by White House, etc.):

• Raúl M. Arias-Marxuach, of Puerto Rico, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit (withdrawn by White House, February 4, 2021)
• Edmund G. LaCour, Jr., of Alabama, to be a United States District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama (withdrawn by White House, February 4, 2021)
• Joseph L. Barloon, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade (withdrawn by White House, February 4, 2021)
• Maria Teresa Bonifacio Cenzon, of Guam, to be a Judge of the District Court of Guam (withdrawn by White House, February 4, 2021)
• Terrence M. Andrews, of California, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims (withdrawn by White House, February 4, 2021)
• Stephen Andrew Kubiatowski, of Kentucky, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims (withdrawn by White House, February 4, 2021)
• Grace Karaffa Obermann, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims (withdrawn by White House, February 4, 2021)
• Mark Van Dyke Holmes, of New York, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court (withdrawn by White House, February 4, 2021)

Cumulative Confirmations:

Supreme Court: 0 (± 0 this week)

Courts of Appeals: 0 (± 0)

District Courts: 0 (± 0)

Court of International Trade: 0 (± 0)

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

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

Territorial Courts: 0 (± 0)

Notes:

¹The U.S. Courts website listed Judge Hall's vacancy this week, despite her taking senior status late last month.