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NOMINATION OF JUDGE BRETT KAVANAUGH TO THE SUPREME COURT
On July 10th, 2018, President Trump nominated Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of the D.C. Circuit to be an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. The Senate Judiciary Committee held four days of hearings on Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination from September 4th through September 7th. Materials relating to Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination can be found on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s website at https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/kavanaugh.
CONFIRMATIONS
| Name | Court | Date Nominated/Renominated | Date Confirmed |
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| Neil M. Gorsuch | Supreme Court of the United States | 2/1/2017 | 4/7/2017 |
| Amul Roger Thapar | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | 3/21/2017 | 5/25/2017 |
| David C. Nye | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho | 5/8/2017 | 7/12/2017 |
| John Kenneth Bush | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | 5/8/2017 | 7/20/2017 |
| Kevin Christopher Newsom | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 5/8/2017 | 8/1/2017 |
| Timothy J. Kelly | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia | 6/7/2017 | 9/5/2017 |
| Ralph R. Erickson | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | 6/7/2017 | 9/28/2017 |
| Scott L. Palk | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma | 5/8/2017 | 10/26/2017 |
| Trevor N. McFadden | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia | 6/7/2017 | 10/30/2017 |
| Amy Coney Barrett | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | 5/8/2017 | 10/30/2017 |
| Joan Louise Larsen | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | 5/8/2017 | 11/1/2017 |
| Allison H. Eid | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | 6/7/2017 | 11/2/2017 |
| Stephanos Bibas | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | 6/19/2017 | 11/2/2017 |
| Donald C. Coggins Jr. | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina | 8/3/2017 | 11/16/2017 |
| Dabney Langhorne Friedrich | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia | 6/7/2017 | 11/27/2017 |
| Gregory G. Katsas | U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | 9/7/2017 | 11/28/2017 |
| Steve Leonard Grasz | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | 8/3/2017 | 12/12/2017 |
| Don R. Willett | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | 10/3/2017 | 12/13/2017 |
| James C. Ho | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | 10/16/2017 | 12/14/2017 |
| William L. Campbell Jr. | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee | 7/13/2017 | 1/9/2018 |
| Thomas Lee Robinson Parker | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee | 7/13/2017 | 1/10/2018 |
| Walter David Counts III | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas | 9/11/2017 | 1/11/2018 |
| Michael Lawrence Brown | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | 7/13/2017 | 1/11/2018 |
| David Stras | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | 1/8/2018 | 1/30/2018 |
| Elizabeth L. Branch | U.S. Court of Appeals fot the Eleventh Circuit | 1/8/2017 | 2/27/2018 |
| A. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr. | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina | 8/3/2017 | 3/1/2018 |
| Karen Gren Scholer | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas | 9/7/2017 | 3/5/2018 |
| Tilman Eugene Self, III | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia | 8/3/2017 | 3/6/2018 |
| Terry A. Doughty | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | 8/3/2017 | 3/6/2018 |
| Claria Horn Boom | U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky | 6/12/2017 | 4/10/2018 |
| John Wesley Broomes | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas | 9/7/2017 | 4/12/2018 |
| Rebecca Grady Jennings | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky | 9/7/2017 | 4/12/2018 |
| Stuart Kyle Duncan | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | 1/8/2018 | 4/24/2018 |
| Kurt Engelhardt | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | 1/8/2018 | 5/9/2018 |
| Michael B. Brennan | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | 1/8/2018 | 5/10/2018 |
| Michael Y. Scudder | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | 2/15/2018 | 5/14/2018 |
| Amy J. St. Eve | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | 2/15/2018 | 5/14/2018 |
| John B. Nalbandian | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | 1/24/2018 | 5/15/2018 |
| Joel M. Carson III | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | 12/20/2017 | 5/15/2018 |
| Robert Earl Wier | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky | 8/3/2017 | 6/5/2018 |
| Fernando Rodriguez Jr. | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas | 9/7/2017 | 6/5/2018 |
| Annemarie Carney Axon | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama | 1/8/2018 | 6/6/2018 |
| Mark Jeremy Bennett | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | 2/15/2018 | 7/10/2018 |
| Andrew S. Oldham | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | 2/15/2018 | 7/18/2018 |
| Britt Cagle Grant | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 4/10/2018 | 7/31/2018 |
| Jeffrey Uhlman Beaverstock | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama | 1/8/2018 | 8/1/2018 |
| Emily Coody Marks | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama | 1/8/2018 | 8/1/2018 |
| Holly Lou Teeter | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas | 1/8/2018 | 8/1/2018 |
| Jill Aiko Otake | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii | 12/21/2017 | 8/1/2018 |
| Maryellen Noreika | U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware | 12/20/2017 | 8/1/2018 |
| Colm F. Connolly | U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware | 12/20/2017 | 8/1/2018 |
| Julius Ness Richardson | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | 5/7/2018 | 8/16/2018 |
| A. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr. | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | 5/7/2018 | 8/16/2018 |
| R. Stan Baker | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia | 9/7/2017 | 8/28/2018 |
| Terry Fitzgerald Moorer | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama | 1/8/2018 | 8/28/2018 |
| Charles Barnes Goodwin | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma | 1/8/2018 | 8/28/2018 |
| Nancy E. Brasel | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota | 2/15/2018 | 8/28/2018 |
| James R. Sweeney II | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana | 11/1/2017 | 8/28/2018 |
| Barry W. Ashe | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | 1/8/2018 | 8/28/2018 |
| Susan Paradise Baxter | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | 12/20/2017 | 8/28/2018 |
| Kari A. Dooley | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut | 12/20/2017 | 9/6/2018 |
| Marilyn Jean Horan | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | 12/20/2017 | 9/6/2018 |
| Robert R. Summerhays | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | 1/24/2018 | 9/6/2018 |
| Alan D Albright | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas | 1/24/2018 | 9/6/2018 |
| Charles J. Williams | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa | 2/15/2018 | 9/6/2018 |
| Eric C. Tostrud | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota | 2/15/2018 | 9/6/2018 |
| Dominic W. Lanza | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona | 1/24/2018 | 9/6/2018 |
| William F. Jung | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida | 12/21/2017 | 9/6/2018 |
| Brett M. Kavanaugh | U.S. Supreme Court | 7/10/2018 | 10/6/2018 |
| Liles Clifton Burke | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama | 1/8/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
| Susan Brnovich | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona | 1/24/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
| James Patrick Hanlon | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana | 4/12/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
| Michael Joseph Juneau | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | 1/8/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
| Jeremy D. Kernodle | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | 1/23/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
| Thomas S. Kleeh | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia | 2/15/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
| Ryan Douglas Nelson | U.S. Circuit Court for the Ninth Circuit | 5/15/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
| Mark Saalfield Norris | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee | 1/8/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
| Peter J. Phipps | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | 2/15/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
| David James Porter | U.S. Circuit Court for the Third Circuit | 4/12/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
| William M. Ray II | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | 1/8/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
| Eli Jeremy Richardson | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee | 1/8/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
| Richard J. Sullivan | U.S. Circuit Court for the Second Circuit | 5/7/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
| Lance E. Walker | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine | 4/10/2018 | 10/11/2018 |
Additional information on judges and judgeships is available at the websites below.
http://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships
https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges
Updated October 22, 2018