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115th Congress - Judical Nominations List

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Below is a list of nominations for Article III courts submitted by the President to the Senate during the 115th Congress. Only those courts for which the President has submitted a nomination are listed.

SUPREME COURT

Nominee

Judicial Emergency

Nomination Date

Hearing Date

Confirmation Date

Gorsuch, Neil M.

No

2/1/17

3/20/17

4/7/17

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COURT OF APPEALS

Nominee

Judicial Emergency

Nomination Date

Hearing Date

Confirmation Date

Third Circuit

Bibas, Stephanos

 

6/19/17

10/4/17

 

Fifth Circuit

Duncan, Stuart Kyle

10/2/17

 

 

 

Willett, Don R.

Yes

10/3/17

 

 

Sixth Circuit

Bush, John Kenneth

 

5/8/17

6/14/17

7/20/17

Larsen, Joan Louise

 

5/8/17

9/6/17

 

Thapar, Amul Roger

Yes

3/21/17

4/26/17

5/25/17

Seventh Circuit

Barrett, Amy Coney

Yes

5/8/17

9/6/17

 

Brennan, Michael B.

Yes

8/3/17

 

 

Eighth Circuit

Erickson, Ralph R.

Yes

6/7/17

7/25/17

9/28/17

Grasz, Leonard Steven

 

8/3/17

 

 

Stras, David Ryan

 

5/8/17

 

 

Ninth Circuit

Bounds, Wesley Ryan

Yes

9/7/17

 

 

Tenth Circuit

Eid, Allison H.

 

6/7/17

9/20/17

 

Eleventh Circuit

Branch, Elizabeth L.

 

9/7/17

 

 

Newsome, Kevin Christopher

Yes

5/8/17

6/14/17

8/1/17

District of Columbia Circuit

Katsas, Gregory G.

 

9/7/17

 

 

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DISTRICT COURT

Nominee

Judicial Emergency

Nomination Date

Hearing Date

Confirmation Date

Middle District of Alabama

Marks, Emily Coody

Yes

9/7/17

 

 

Talley, Brett Joseph

Yes

9/7/17

 

 

Northern District of Alabama

Axon, Annemarie Carney

 

7/19/17

9/20/17

 

Burke, Liles C.

 

7/19/17

10/4/17

 

Southern District of Alabama

Beaverstock, Jeffrey Uhlman

Yes

9/7/17

 

 

Moorer, Terry Fitzgerald

Yes

9/7/17

 

 

District of Colorado

Domenico, Daniel Desmond

 

10/3/17

 

 

District of Columbia

Kelly, Timothy J.

 

6/6/17

6/28/17

9/5/17

Friedrich, Dabney Langhorne

 

6/7/17

7/25/17

 

McFadden, Trevor N.

 

6/7/17

 

 

Petersen, Matthew Spencer

 

9/11/17

 

 

Middle District of Georgia

Self III, Tilman Eugene

 

7/13/17

10/4/17

 

Northern District of Georgia

Brown, Michael Lawrence

Yes

7/13/17

9/20/17

 

Ray II, William M.

 

7/13/17

9/20/17

 

Southern District of Georgia

Baker, R. Stan

 

9/7/17

 

 

District of Idaho

Nye, David C.

Yes

5/8/17

Prior Administration

7/20/17

Southern District of Iowa

District of Kansas

Broomes, John Wesley

 

9/7/17

 

 

Teeter, Holly Lou

 

8/3/17

 

 

Eastern & Western Districts of Kentucky

Boom, Claria Horn

 

6/12/17

 

 

Eastern District of Kentucky

Wier, Robert Earl

 

8/3/17

 

 

Western District of Kentucky

Jennings, Rebecca Grady

 

9/7/17

 

 

Eastern District of  Louisiana

Ashe, Barry W..

Yes

10/2/17

 

 

Western District of Louisiana

Doughty, Terry A.

 

8/3/17

 

 

Juneau, Michael Joseph

 

8/3/17

10/4/17

 

Eastern District of North Carolina

Farr, Thomas Alvin

Yes

7/13/17

9/20/17

 

Western District of Oklahoma

Goodwin, Charles Barnes

 

7/13/17

 

 

Palk, Scott Lawrence

 

5/8/17

Prior Administration

 

District of South Carolina

Coggins Jr., Donald C.

Yes

8/3/17

 

 

Quattlebaum Jr., A. Marvin

Yes

8/3/17

10/4/17

 

Middle District of Tennessee

Campbell Jr., William L.

Yes

7/13/17

9/6/17

 

Richardson, Eli Jeremy

Yes

7/13/17

 

 

Western District of Tennessee

Norris Sr., Mark Saalfield

Yes

713/17

 

 

Parker, Thomas Lee Robinson

 

7/13/17

9/6/17

 

Northern District of  Texas

Kacsmaryk, Matthew  J.

Yes

9/7/17

 

 

Scholer, Karen Gren

 

9/7/17

 

 

Southern District of Texas

 

Rodriquez Jr., Fernando

Yes

9/7/17

 

 

Western District of Texas

Counts III, Walter David

Yes

9/11/17

 

 

Mateer, Jeffrey Carl

Yes

9/7/17

 

 

District of Utah

 

Nielson Jr., Howard C.

 

9/28/17

 

 

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* Nominee was originally nominated during the 113th Congress. For more information on nominations during the 113th Congress, see archived 113th Congress nominations.

** Date of hearing during the 113th Congress, in connection with previous nomination.

*** Nomination withdrawn and no longer pending.

This site lists nominations for Article III courts only and does not include nominations for courts or other tribunals established pursuant to other articles of the U.S. Constitution.

Updated December 1, 2021