Judicial Nominations Update

Last week was another big week on the judicial nominations front. Three new district judges were confirmed, bringing the total number of judges confirmed during the 115th Congress to 42. Notwithstanding the fact that these three judges were confirmed by wide margins (and two of them were confirmed unanimously), the Democratic minority yet again required time-wasting cloture votes for all three nominees.

Additionally, President Trump also announced his fifteenth wave of judicial nominees (discussed in detail here), which brings the number of pending nominees to 94.

Here is this week’s update on federal judicial nominations, which includes last week’s new wave of nominees:

Current and known future vacancies: 177

Courts of Appeals: 22

District/Specialty Courts*: 155

Pending nominees for current and known future vacancies: 94

Courts of Appeals: 13

District/Specialty Courts: 81

* Includes the Court of Federal Claims and the International Trade Court

Court of Appeals Nominees Awaiting Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings

Nominee (Circuit) Nomination Date Days Pending Both Blue Slips Returned? Judiciary Committee Hearing Date Paul Matey (3rd) 4/12/2018 61 No Not yet scheduled Richard Sullivan (2nd) 5/7/2018 36 No Not yet scheduled Jay Richardson (4th) 5/7/2018 36 Yes Not yet scheduled Marvin Quattlebaum (4th) 5/7/2018 36 Yes Not yet scheduled Ryan Nelson (9th) 5/15/2018 28 Yes Not yet scheduled Jonathan Kobes (8th) 6/7/2018 5 No Not yet scheduled Eric Murphy (6th) 6/7/2018 5 No Not yet scheduled Chad Readler (6th) 6/7/2018 5 No Not yet scheduled

Court of Appeals Nominees Awaiting Senate Judiciary Committee Votes

Nominee (Circuit) Nomination Date Days Pending Judiciary Committee Hearing Date Britt Grant (11th) 4/12/2018 61 5/23/2018 David Porter (3rd) 4/12/2018 61 6/6/2018

Court of Appeals Nominees Awaiting Senate Floor Votes

Nominee (Circuit) Nomination Date Days Pending Date Reported to Senate Floor Mark Bennett (9th) 2/15/2018 117 5/10/2018 Andrew Oldham (5th) 2/15/2018 117 5/24/2018 Ryan Bounds (9th) 9/7/2017 278 6/7/2018