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Federal Court Vacancy Summary
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Circuit
Court of Appeals
Vacancies (Total) 12
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1st
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-
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2nd
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-
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3rd
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1
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4th
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2
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5th
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1
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6th
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2
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7th
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-
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8th
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-
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9th
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4
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10th
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-
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11th
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-
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D.C.
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2
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Vacancies
30
Pending Nominees: 6
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Circuit
Court of Appeals Nominees (109th Congress)*
Last
Update: June
12 , 2005
Federal
Circuit Court of Appeals
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Nominee
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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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4th Circuit
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5/9/01
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3/3/05
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5th Circuit
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5/9/01
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3/13/03
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4/21/05
Vote: 10-8
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5/25/05
Vote: 56-43
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6th Circuit
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11/8/01
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6th Circuit
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11/8/01
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6th Circuit
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6/26/02
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6/9/05
Vote: 95-0
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6th Circuit
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11/8/01
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6/9/05
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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4/12/05
Vote: 10-8
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6/9/05
Vote: 53-45
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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
Rehearing:
3/1/05
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3/17/05
Vote: 10-8
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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
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4/21/05
Vote: 10-8
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6/8/05
Vote: 56-43
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Brett Kavanaugh***
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D.C. Circuit
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7/25/03
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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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Thomas B. Griffith***
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D.C. Circuit
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5/10/04
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11/16/04
Rehearing:
3/8/05
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4/14/05
Vote: 14-4
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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, re-nominated by President Bush in the 108th on January 7, 2003, returned again at the end of the 108th Congress and re-nominated by President Bush at the beginning of the 109th Congress.
*** Indicates nominee was returned by the Senate at the end of the 108th Congress and re-nominated by President Bush at the beginning of the 109th Congress.
To view the Circuit Court chart from the 108th Congress, click here.
Federal
District Court Nominees*
Last
Updated: June
12, 2005
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Nominee
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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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Eastern District of North Carolina
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5/22/02
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3/3/05
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4/14/05
VV
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4/28/05
UC
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Thomas L. Ludington**
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District of
Michigan
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9/12/02
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Robert J. Conrad, Jr.***
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Western District
of North Carolina
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4/28/03
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3/3/05
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4/14/05
VV
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4/28/05
UC
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Daniel P. Ryan***
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Eastern District of Michigan
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4/28/03
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Peter G. Sheridan***
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District of New Jersey
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11/5/03
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Paul A. Crotty***
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Southern District of New York
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9/7/04
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11/16/04
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3/17/05
VV
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4/11/05
Vote: 99-0
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Sean F. Cox***
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Eastern District of Michigan
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9/10/04
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J. Michael Seabright
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District of Hawaii
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9/15/04
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3/17/05
VV
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4/27/05
Vote: 98-0
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Brian Edward Sandoval
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District of Nevada
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3/1/05
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John R. Smoak
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Northern District of Florida
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6/8/05
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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, re-nominated by President Bush in the 108th on January 7, 2003, returned again at the end of the 108th Congress and re-nominated by President Bush at the beginning of the 109th Congress.
*** Indicates nominee was returned by the Senate at the end of the 108th Congress and re-nominated by President Bush at the beginning of the 109th Congress.
To view the District Court chart from the 108th Congress, click here
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