Judicial Nominations
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National Overview
Total Federal Judges: 870
Confirmations 115th-116th Congress: 187 (2 Supreme Court, 50 circuit, 133 district, & 2 Court of International Trade)
Current Vacancies: 72 (1 circuit, 69 district, 2 Court of International Trade)
Future Vacancies: 12 (1 circuit, 11 district)
Pending Nominees: 33
Waiting for Floor Vote: 5
Waiting to be Reported out of Committee: 10
Waiting for Hearing: 18
Last updated: January 2, 2020
Since taking office, President Donald Trump (R) has nominated 238 individuals to federal judgeships, 187 of whom have been confirmed. There were 80 vacancies in the federal judiciary, as of January 2, 2020. https://ballotpedia.org/Federal_judges_nominated_by_Donald_Trump
Below are names of 33 judges awaiting in Judiciary committee as of January 2. Something happened and now Wikipedia shows only 11 nominees out of 33. We need an answer, what happened to the other 22
Waiting for committee vote
The nominees in this table are awaiting a vote in the appropriate U.S. Senate committee following the hearing. Number of nominees awaiting a vote: 11
| Nominee | Court | First nomination |
|---|---|---|
| Halil Ozerden | United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit | June 24, 2019 |
| Grace Obermann | United States Court of Federal Claims | October 30, 2019 |
| Stanley Blumenfeld | United States District Court for the Central District of California | November 13, 2018 |
| Mark Scarsi | United States District Court for the Central District of California | November 13, 2018 |
| Stephen Vaden | United States Court of International Trade | October 17, 2019 |
| Matthew Schelp | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | December 2, 2019 |
| Andrew Brasher | United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit | November 21, 2019 |
| Fernando Aenlle-Rocha | United States District Court for the Central District of California | October 17, 2019 |
| John Hinderaker | United States District Court for the District of Arizona | December 2, 2019 |
| Joshua Kindred | United States District Court for the District of Alaska | November 21, 2019 |
| Scott Rash | United States District Court for the District of Arizona | October 15, 2019 |
Waiting for committee hearing
Note: Individuals without a date in the “first nomination” column have been announced as nominees by Trump but not yet formally nominated.
The nominees in this table are awaiting hearing in a U.S. Senate committee. Number of nominees awaiting hearing: 33
| Nominee | Court | First nomination |
|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Rosen | United States District Court for the Central District of California | November 13, 2018 |
| Elizabeth Shapiro | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | May 23, 2019 |
| Grant Jaquith | United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims | September 19, 2019 |
| Scott Laurer | United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims | September 19, 2019 |
| Cory Wilson | United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi | October 15, 2019 |
| Adam Braverman | United States District Court for the Southern District of California | October 17, 2019 |
| Sandy Nunes Leal | United States District Court for the Central District of California | October 17, 2019 |
| Shireen Matthews | United States District Court for the Southern District of California | October 17, 2019 |
| Rick Richmond | United States District Court for the Central District of California | October 17, 2019 |
| Mark V. Holmes | United States Tax Court | February 6, 2019 |
| Kathryn Davis | United States Court of Federal Claims | November 19, 2019 |
| Alina Marshall | United States Tax Court | November 19, 2019 |
| Edward Meyers | United States Court of Federal Claims | November 19, 2019 |
| Mark Robbins (District of Columbia) | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | November 19, 2019 |
| Carl Ross | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | November 19, 2019 |
| Christian Weiler | United States Tax Court | November 20, 2019 |
| Daniel Epstein (Texas) | United States Court of Federal Claims | June 24, 2019 |
| John Holcomb (California) | United States District Court for the Central District of California | November 21, 2019 |
| Knut Johnson | United States District Court for the Southern District of California | November 21, 2019 |
| Steve Kim (California) | United States District Court for the Central District of California | November 21, 2019 |
| Michelle Pettit | United States District Court for the Southern District of California | November 21, 2019 |
| Todd Robinson (California) | United States District Court for the Southern District of California | November 21, 2019 |
| Jennifer Togliatti | United States District Court for the District of Nevada | November 21, 2019 |
| John Cronan (New York) | United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | December 2, 2019 |
| Scott Hardy | United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | December 2, 2019 |
| John Heil | United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma | December 2, 2019 |
| David Joseph | United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | December 2, 2019 |
| Iris Lan | United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | December 2, 2019 |
| Rahkel Bouchet | Superior Court of the District of Columbia | September 9, 2019 |
| Anna Manasco | United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama | 2019 |
| John L. Badalamenti | United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | 2019 |
| Stephen P. McGlynn | United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois | 2019 |
| Thomas Cullen (Virginia) | United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia |
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