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Federal Court Vacancy Summary
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Circuit
Court of Appeals
Vacancies (Total) 18
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1st
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-
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2nd
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1
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3rd
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2
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4th
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3
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5th
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2
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6th
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4
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7th
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-
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8th
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1
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9th
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2
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10th
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-
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11th
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1
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D.C.
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3
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Vacancies
29
Pending Nominees 43
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Circuit
Court of Appeals Nominees (108th Congress)*
Last
Update: July
21 ,
2004
Federal
Circuit Court of Appeals
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Nominee
.
|
Court
.
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Nomination
Date
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Hearing
Date
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Committee
Vote
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Confirmation
Date
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Terrence
W. Boyle**
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4th Circuit
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5/9/01
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Priscilla
Owen**
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5th
Circuit
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5/9/01
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3/13/03
|
3/27/03
Vote: 10-9
|
Filibuster
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Charles W. Pickering, Jr.**
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5th Circuit
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5/25/01
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2/7/03
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10/2/03
Vote: 10-9
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Recess
Appt. 1/16/04
Fillibuster;
Still pending
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Henry W. Saad**
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6th Circuit
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11/8/01
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7/30/03
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6/17/04
Discharged
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Filibuster
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Jeffrey
S. Sutton**
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6th Circuit
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5/9/01
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1/29/03
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2/13/03
Vote: 11-8
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4/29/03
Vote: 52-41
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Deborah
L. Cook**
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6th Circuit
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5/9/01
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1/29/03
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2/27/03
Vote: 13-2
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5/5/03
Vote: 66-25
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Susan Bieke Neilson**
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6th Circuit
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11/8/01
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9/8/04
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Richard
A. Griffin**
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6th
Circuit
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6/26/02
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6/16/04
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7/20/04
Vote
10-9
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Filibuster
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David
W. McKeague**
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6th
Circuit
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11/8/01
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6/16/04
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7/20/04
Vote
10-9
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Filibuster
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Carolyn
B. Kuhl**
|
9th
Circuit
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6/22/01
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4/1/03
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5/8/03
Vote: 10-9
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Fillibuster
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Jay
S. Bybee**
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9th Circuit
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6/22/01
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2/5/03
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3/6/03
Vote: 12-6
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3/13/03
Vote: 74-19
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Timothy
M. Tynkovich**
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10th Circuit
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5/25/01
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2/12/03
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3/6/03
Vote: 10-6
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4/1/03
Vote: 58-41
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Miguel
A. Estrada**
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D.C. Circuit
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5/9/01
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9/26/02
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1/30/03
Vote: 10-9
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Filibuster
Withdrawn
9/4/03
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John
G. Roberts, Jr.**
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D.C. Circuit
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5/9/01
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1/29/03
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2/27/03
Vote: 14-3
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5/8/03
UC
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Edward Prado
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5th Circuit
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2/6/03
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3/27/03
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4/3/03
Vote: 19-0
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5/1/03
Vote: 97-0
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Steven M. Colloton
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8th Circuit
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2/12/03
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7/22/03
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7/31/03
UC
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9/4/03
Vote: 94-1
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Consuelo Maria Callahan
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9th Circuit
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2/12/03
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5/7/03
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5/8/03
Vote: 19-0
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5/22/03
Vote: 99-0
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Michael
Chertoff
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3rd Circuit
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3/5/03
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5/7/03
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5/22/03
Vote: 13-0
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6/9/03
Vote 88-1
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Richard C. Wesley
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2nd Circuit
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3/5/03
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5/22/03
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6/5/03
Vote: 19-0
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6/11/03
Vote: 96-0
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William Pryor, Jr.
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11th Circuit
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4/9/03
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6/11/03
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7/23/03
Vote: 10-9
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Recess
Appt. 2/20/04
Fillibuster;
Still pending
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Carlos T. Bea
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9th Circuit
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4/11/03
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9/3/03
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9/25/03
Vote: 19-0
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9/29/03
Vote: 86-0
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Claude
A. Allen
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4th Circuit
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4/28/03
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10/28/03
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9/9/04
Vote:
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Allyson K. Duncan
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4th Circuit
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4/28/03
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6/25/03
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7/10/03
Vote: 19-0
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7/17/03
Vote: 93-0
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D.
Michael Fisher
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3rd
Circuit
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5/1/03
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10/15/03
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11/6/03
Vote: 12-0-7
present
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12/9/03
UC
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William
Myers
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9th Circuit
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5/15/03
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2/5/04
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4/1/04
Vote: 10-9
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Fillibuster
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Janice Rogers Brown
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D.C. Circuit
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7/25/03
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10/22/03
|
11/06/03
Vote: 10-9
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Fillibuster
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Brett
Kavanaugh
|
D.C. Circuit
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7/25/03
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4/27/04
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Raymond W. Gruender
|
8th Circuit
|
9/29/03
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1/22/04
|
3/4/04
Vote: 19-0
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5/20/04
Vote: 97-1
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William
James Haynes II
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4th Circuit
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9/29/03
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11/19/03
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3/11/04
Vote: 10-3-6
nv
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Franklin
S. Van Antwerpen
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3rd Circuit
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11/21/03
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1/28/04
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3/4/04
Vote: 19-0
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5/2004
UC
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Diane
S. Sykes
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7th Circuit
|
11/14/03
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2/11/04
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3/11/04
Vote: 14-5
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6/24/04
Vote: 70-27
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William
D. Benton
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8th Circuit
|
2/12/04
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4/8/04
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4/29/04
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6/24/04
UC
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Peter
W. Hall
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2nd Circuit
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12/9/03
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3/10/04
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4/1/04
Vote: 19-0
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6/24/04
UC
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Thomas
B. Griffith
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D.C. Circuit
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5/10/04
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11/16/04
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* Information
gathered from the Senate Judiciary Committee, White House, Administrative
Office of the U.S. Courts, U.S. Department of Justice Office of
Legal Policy and various news articles.
**Indicates nominee was returned by the Senate at the end of the
107th Congress and re-nominated by President Bush in the 108th on
January 7, 2003.
Federal
District Court Nominees*
Last
Updated: September 9, 2004
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Nominee
.
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Court
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Nomination
Date
|
Hearing
Date
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Committee
Vote
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Confirmation
Date
|
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Sandra
J. Feuerstein**
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Eastern
District
of New York
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7/26/02
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7/22/03
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7/31/03
UC
|
9/17/03
Vote: 19-0
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|
Richard
J. Holwell**
|
Southern
District of New York
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8/1/02
|
7/22/03
|
7/31/03
UC
|
9/17/03
UC
|
|
|
District
of
Maryland
|
9/12/02
|
2/5/03
91-0
|
2/27/03
Vote: 19-0
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3/12/03
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Eastern
District of North Carolina
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5/22/02
|
|
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S.
Maurice Hicks, Jr.**
|
District
of
Louisiana
|
9/12/02
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4/30/03
|
5/8/03
Vote: 19-0
|
5/19/03
Vote: 86-0
|
|
Robert
A. Junell**
|
Western
District
of Texas
|
7/18/02
|
1/29/03
|
2/6/03
Vote: 19-0
|
2/10/03
Vote: 91-0
|
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Thomas
L. Ludington**
|
District
of
Michigan
|
9/12/02
|
|
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John
R. Adams**
|
Northern
District of Ohio
|
10/10/02
|
1/29/03
|
2/6/03
Vote: 19-0
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2/10/03
Vote: 91-0
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Gregory
L. Frost**
|
Southern
District of Ohio
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8/1/02
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2/5/03
|
2/27/03
Vote: 19-0
|
3/10/03
Vote: 91-0
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Thomas
A. Varlan**
|
Eastern
District of Tennessee
|
10/10/02
|
2/12/03
|
3/6/03
UC
|
3/13/03
Vote: 97-0
|
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J.
Daniel Breen**
|
Western
District of Tennessee
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10/10/02
|
2/12/03
|
3/6/03
UC
|
3/13/03
Vote: 92-0
|
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Ralph
R. Erickson**
|
District
of
North Dakota
|
9/12/02
|
2/5/03
|
2/27/03
Vote: 19-0
|
3/12/03
UC
|
|
S.
James Otero**
|
Central
District
of California
|
7/18/01
|
1/29/03
|
2/6/03
Vote: 19-0
|
2/10/03
Vote: 91-0
|
|
Cormac
J. Carney**
|
Central
District
of California
|
10/10/02
|
3/12/03
|
3/20/03
UC
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