Weekly Judicial Update - May 6, 2024

Judicial Update reports each week on activity during the previous week in new federal court vacancies, court nominations and confirmations of Article III (lifetime tenure) judges. For a masterlist of confirmations and judicial vacancies and nominees to fill these vacancies plus judicial nominee biographies, see Federal Section of NationsCourts.com.

The following table shows vacancies and nominations pending as of Friday, May 3, 2024 (the table includes future vacancies for which nominees have been named; see vacancies and nominations).

 
New Vacancies:
During the previous week (April 29 - May 3), there were 2 new vacancies, both in the district courts:

   James K. Bredar, District of Maryland, assuming senior status, 4/30/24.
   Dale S. Fischer, Central District of California, assuming senior status, 5/1/24.

For masterlist of court vacancies in the federal appellate and district courts and nominations to fill these vacancies, click here. 

New Nominees:
During the previous week, there were 2 new nominations, both to the district courts:

   Michelle Williams Court, Central District of California, 4/30/24.
   Anne Hwang, Central District of California, 4/30/24.

For biographical information on those nominated thus far by the Biden administration, click here. 

New Confirmations:
During the previous week, there was 1 new confirmation, in the district courts:

   May 1, 2024
   Georgia N. Alexakis (54-to-44)
      Northern District of Illinois. Nominated 2/28/24.

 For masterlist of confirmations thus far during the Biden administration, click here.

Senate Judiciary Committee:
For upcoming schedule of the committee, click here.

Biden Judiciary Scorecard:
As the above chart indicates, there are currently 55 Article III (lifetime tenure) vacancies in the federal courts, including 4 in the appellate courts and 51 in district courts. (These figures include future vacancies for which nominees have been named; see vacancies and nominations.)

There are currently 25 nominations to fill these vacancies: 4 in the appellate courts and 21 in the district courts. For masterlist of court vacancies and nominations, click here.

Thus far (through May 6,'24), President Biden has had 193 of his judicial nominations confirmed, 1 to the Supreme Court, 41 to the appellate courts, 149 to the district courts, and 2 to the U.S. Court of Int'l Trade. For a complete confirmation listing, click here.

During former President Trump's four years in office, the U.S. Senate confirmed 231 Article III judges that he nominated, including 3 U.S. Supreme Court justices; 54 judges to the U.S. appellate courts; and 174 judges to the U.S. district courts.

In percentage terms, Trump during his tenure appointed 33% of U.S. Supreme Court Justices (3 out of 9), 30% of authorized U.S. appeals court judges (54 out of 179), and 26% of authorized U.S. district court judges (174 out of 677).

The following table shows current composition of U.S. appeals courts based on Republican and Democratic Presidential judicial appointments:

 

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