Judicial Nominations Update

The Senate is currently on recess for the July 4th holiday and will return next Monday, July 9th. Also on July 9th, President Trump will announce his nominee to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court, who announced his retirement last week. (In case you missed it, I wrote about “Four Things to Know About the Supreme Court Vacancy” here.)

Here is this week’s update on federal judicial nominations:

Current and known future vacancies: 183

Supreme Court: 1

Courts of Appeals: 22

District/Specialty Courts*: 160

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 81 No Not yet scheduled Richard Sullivan (2nd) 5/7/2018 56 No Not yet scheduled Ryan Nelson (9th) 5/15/2018 48 Yes Not yet scheduled Jonathan Kobes (8th) 6/11/2018 21 Yes Not yet scheduled Eric Murphy (6th) 6/18/2018 14 No Not yet scheduled Chad Readler (6th) 6/18/2018 14 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 81 5/23/2018 David Porter (3rd) 4/12/2018 81 6/6/2018 Jay Richardson (4th) 5/7/2018 56 6/20/2018 Marvin Quattlebaum (4th) 5/7/2018 56 6/20/2018

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 137 5/10/2018 Andrew Oldham (5th) 2/15/2018 137 5/24/2018 Ryan Bounds (9th) 9/7/2017 298 6/7/2018