Weekly Update: 6/18/2021

Vacancies:

Courts of Appeals:

• Current Vacancies: 8 (- 1 this week)
• Future Vacancies: 9 (± 0)

District Courts:

• Current Vacancies: 70 (± 0)
• Ketanji Brown Jackson, District of Columbia, elevation to District of Columbia Circuit, June 17, 2021, 2/15 seats vacant
• Future Vacancies: 22 (± 0)
• Francisco Augusto Besosa, District of Puerto Rico, senior status, January 1, 2022, 2/15 seats vacant

Pending Nominations:

Courts of Appeals:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 2 (+ 1 this week)
• Myrna Pérez, of New York, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit (officially nominated, June 15, 2021)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 2 (- 1)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 2 (± 0)
• Tiffany P. Cunningham, of Illinois, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit (Cal. No. 193), 16–6

District Courts:

• Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 8 (+ 5)
• Jia M. Cobb, of Virginia, to be a United States District Judge for the District of Columbia (officially nominated, June 15, 2021)
• Sarah A.L. Merriam, of Connecticut, to be a United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut (officially nominated, June 15, 2021)
• Sarala Vidya Nagala, of Connecticut, to be a United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut (officially nominated, June 15, 2021)
• Florence Y. Pan, of the District of Columbia, to be a United States District Judge for the District of Columbia (officially nominated, June 15, 2021)
• Omar Antonio Williams, of Connecticut, to be a United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut (officially nominated, June 15, 2021)
• Hearings held and still in Committee: 4 (± 0)
• Margaret Irene Strickland, of New Mexico, to be a United States District Judge for the District of New Mexico (held over, June 17, 2021)
• Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 1 (- 1)

Court of Federal Claims:

• 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)

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:

• Ketanji Brown Jackson, of the District of Columbia, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit (Cal. No. 129), 53–44, June 14, 2021
• Lydia Kay Griggsby, of Maryland, to be a United States District Judge for the District of Maryland (Cal. No. 173), 59–39, June 16, 2021

Cloture Motions Filed:

• None

Other Actions Taken (Nomination rejected, withdrawn by White House, etc.):

• None

Cumulative Confirmations:

Supreme Court: 0 (± 0 this week)

Courts of Appeals: 1 (+ 1)

District Courts: 4 (+ 1)

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)