The Judicial Nominations Blog

Vacancies: Courts of Appeals: Current Vacancies: 4   ( +  1  this week) Henry F. Floyd, Fourth Circuit, senior status, December 31, 2021, 1/15 seats vacant Future Vacancies: 16   ( - 1 ) District Courts: Current Vacancies: 68   ( +  4 ) Michael W. Mosman, District of Oregon, senior status, December 27, 2021, 1/6 seats vacant Timothy Burgess, District of Alaska, senior status, December 31, 2021, 1/3 seats vacant Susan Richard Nelson, District of Minnesota, senior status, December 31, 2021, 1/7 seats vacant Cynthia M. Rufe, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, senior status, December 31, 2021, 5/22 seats vacant Future Vacancies: 21   ( - 4 ) Pending Nominations: Courts of Appeals: Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 1   ( ±  0  this week) Hearings held and still in Committee:  2   ( ±  0 ) Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 2   ( ±  0 ) District Courts: Pending before Senat...

Vacancies: Courts of Appeals: Current Vacancies: 7   ( ±  0  this week) Future Vacancies: 9   ( ±  0 ) District Courts: Current Vacancies: 72   ( ±  0 ) Future Vacancies: 20   ( ±  0 ) Pending Nominations: Courts of Appeals: Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 1   ( ±  0  this week) Hearings held and still in Committee:  3   ( ±  0 ) Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 1   ( ±  0 ) District Courts: Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 6   ( ±  0 ) Hearings held and still in Committee: 5   ( ±  0 ) Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 1   ( ±  0 ) 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 )...

Vacancies: Courts of Appeals: Current Vacancies: 7   ( ±  0  this week) Future Vacancies: 9   ( ±  0 ) District Courts: Current Vacancies: 72   ( +  1 ) William G. Young, District of Massachusetts, senior status, July 1, 2021, 3/13 seats vacant Future Vacancies: 20   ( - 1 ) Pending Nominations: Courts of Appeals: Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 1   ( ±  0  this week) Hearings held and still in Committee:  3   ( ±  0 ) Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 1   ( ±  0 ) District Courts: Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 6   ( ±  0 ) Hearings held and still in Committee: 5   ( ±  0 ) Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 1   ( ±  0 ) Court of Federal Claims: Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 0   ( ±  0 ) Hearings held and still in Committee: 0   ( ±...

Vacancies: Courts of Appeals: Current Vacancies: 7   ( - 1  this week) Future Vacancies: 9   ( ±  0 ) District Courts: Current Vacancies: 71   ( +  1 ) John E. Dowdell, Northern District of Oklahoma, senior status, June 21, 2021, 1/4 seats vacant Future Vacancies: 21   ( - 1 ) Pending Nominations: Courts of Appeals: Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 1   ( - 1  this week) Hearings held and still in Committee:  3   ( +  1 ) Gustavo A. Gelpí, of Puerto Rico, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit ( hearing held , June 23, 2021) Eunice C. Lee, of New York, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit ( held over , June 24, 2021) Veronica S. Rossman, of Colorado, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit ( held over , June 24, 2021) Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 1   ( - 1 ) District Courts: Pending before Senate J...

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: Pen...

Vacancies: Courts of Appeals: Current Vacancies: 9   ( ±  0  this week) Future Vacancies: 9   ( ±  0 ) District Courts: Current Vacancies: 70   ( - 3 ) Future Vacancies: 22   ( ±  0 ) Pending Nominations: Courts of Appeals: Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 1   ( - 2  this week) Hearings held and still in Committee:  3   ( +  2 ) Eunice C. Lee, of New York, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit ( hearing held , June 9, 2021) Veronica S. Rossman, of Colorado, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit ( hearing held , June 9, 2021) Tiffany P. Cunningham, of Illinois, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit ( held over , June 10, 2021) Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 2   ( ±  0 ) District Courts: Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 3   ( - 3 ) Hearings held and still i...

Vacancies: Courts of Appeals: Current Vacancies: 9   ( +  2  this week) Evan J. Wallach, Federal Circuit, senior status, May 31, 2021, 1/12 seats vacant Denny Chin, Second Circuit, senior status, June 1, 2021, 2/13 seats vacant Future Vacancies: 9   ( - 2 ) District Courts: Current Vacancies: 73   ( +  2 ) Anthony John Trenga, Eastern District of Virginia, senior status, June 1, 2021, 2/11 seats vacant Petrese B. Tucker, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, senior status, June 1, 2021, 4/22 seats vacant Future Vacancies: 22   ( ±  0 ) Nancy D. Freudenthal, District of Wyoming, senior status, June 1, 2022, 1/3 seats vacant John A. Gibney, Jr., Eastern District of Virginia, senior status, November 1, 2021, 3/11 seats vacant Pending Nominations: Courts of Appeals: Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 3   ( ±  0  this week) Hearings held and still in Committee:  1   ( ±  0 ) Reported out of Committee/Pe...

Vacancies: Courts of Appeals: Current Vacancies: 7   ( ±  0  this week) Future Vacancies: 11   ( ±  0 ) District Courts: Current Vacancies: 71   ( ±  0 ) Future Vacancies: 22   ( ±  0 ) Pending Nominations: Courts of Appeals: Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 3   ( - 1  this week) Hearings held and still in Committee:  1   ( +  1 ) Tiffany P. Cunningham, of Illinois, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit ( hearing held , May 26, 2021) Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 2   ( ±  0 ) District Courts: Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 6   ( - 1 ) Hearings held and still in Committee: 3   ( +  1 ) Margaret Irene Strickland, of New Mexico, to be a United States District Judge for the District of New Mexico ( hearing held , May 26, 2021) Deborah L. Boardman, of Maryland, to be a United States Dist...

Vacancies: Courts of Appeals: Current Vacancies: 7   ( ±  0  this week) Future Vacancies: 11   ( +  3 ) Bernice B. Donald, Sixth Circuit, senior status, TBD, 1/16 seats vacant ¹ William A. Fletcher, Ninth Circuit, senior status, TBD, 4/29 seats vacant ² Beverly B. Martin, Eleventh Circuit, retirement, September 30, 2021, 1/12 seats vacant District Courts: Current Vacancies: 71   ( ±  0 ) Future Vacancies: 22   ( ±  0 ) Pending Nominations: Courts of Appeals: Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 4   ( ±  0  this week) Hearings held and still in Committee:  0   ( - 2 ) Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 2   ( +  2 ) Ketanji Brown Jackson, of the District of Columbia, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit (Cal. No. 129),  13–9 Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, of Illinois, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit...

Vacancies: Courts of Appeals: Current Vacancies: 7   ( ±  0  this week) Future Vacancies: 8   ( +  2 ) James L. Dennis, Fifth Circuit, senior status, TBD, 1/17 seats vacant Richard A. Paez, Ninth Circuit, senior status, TBD, 3/29 seats vacant ¹ District Courts: Current Vacancies: 71   ( +  1 ) Thomas W. Thrash, Jr., Northern District of Georgia, senior status, May 8, 2021, 2/11 seats vacant Future Vacancies: 22   ( +  2 ) Gustavo A. Gelpí, Jr., District of Puerto Rico, elevation to First Circuit, TBD, 2/7 seats vacant John E. Jones III, Middle District of Pennsylvania, retirement, August 1, 2021, 1/6 seats vacant ² Anthony John Trenga, Eastern District of Virginia, senior status, June 1, 2021, 2/11 seats vacant Pending Nominations: Courts of Appeals: Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 4   ( +  3  this week) Gustavo A. Gelpí, of Puerto Rico, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit (...

Vacancies: Courts of Appeals: Current Vacancies: 7   ( ±  0  this week) Future Vacancies: 6   ( ±  0 ) District Courts: Current Vacancies: 70   ( +  2 ) George B. Daniels, Southern District of New York, senior status, May 1, 2021, 4/28 seats vacant Ursula Mancusi Ungaro, Southern District of Florida, senior status, May 2, 2021, 2/18 seats vacant Future Vacancies: 20   ( - 2 ) Pending Nominations: Courts of Appeals: Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 1   ( ±  0  this week) Hearings held and still in Committee:  2   ( ±  0 ) Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 0   ( ±  0 ) District Courts: Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 6   ( ±  0 ) Hearings held and still in Committee: 3   ( ±  0 ) Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 0   ( ±  0 ) Court of Federal Claims: Pending before Senate Judiciary C...

Vacancies: Courts of Appeals: Current Vacancies: 7   ( ±  0  this week) Future Vacancies: 6   ( ±  0 ) District Courts: Current Vacancies: 68   ( ±  0 ) Future Vacancies: 22   ( +  1 ) John A. Mendez, Eastern District of California, senior status, April 17, 2022, 3/6 seats vacant Pending Nominations: Courts of Appeals: Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 1   ( - 2  this week) Hearings held and still in Committee:  2   ( +  2 ) Ketanji Brown Jackson, of the District of Columbia, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit ( hearing held , April 28, 2021) Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, of Illinois, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit ( hearing held , April 28, 2021) Reported out of Committee/Pending on Executive Calendar: 0   ( ±  0 ) District Courts: Pending before Senate Judiciary Committee without hearing: 6   ( ±  0 )...