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Judicial Nominations Update: July 2, 2018

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

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

Nominees Awaiting Floor Votes: 50

Courts of Appeals:  3

District/Specialty Courts:  47

Nominees Confirmed by the Senate:  42

Supreme Court: 1

Courts of Appeals: 21

District/Specialty Courts:  20

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