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Federal Court Vacancy Summary

Circuit Court of Appeals
Vacancies (Total) 18

1st

-

2nd

1

3rd

2

4th

3

5th

2

6th

4

7th

-

8th

1

9th

2

10th

-

11th

1

D.C.

3

Pending Nominees 16

U.S. District Court

Vacancies 29
Pending Nominees 43

Circuit Court of Appeals Nominees (108th Congress)*
Last Update: July 21 , 2004

Federal Circuit Court of Appeals

Nominee
.

Court
.
Nomination
Date
Hearing
Date
Committee
Vote
Confirmation
Date


Terrence W. Boyle**


4th Circuit


5/9/01


Priscilla Owen**
 


5th Circuit
 


5/9/01
 


3/13/03
 


3/27/03
Vote: 10-9


Filibuster
 


Charles W. Pickering, Jr.**
 
 
 


5th Circuit
 
 
 


5/25/01
 
 
 


2/7/03
 
 
 


10/2/03
Vote: 10-9
 


Recess
Appt. 1/16/04
Fillibuster;
Still pending


Henry W. Saad**
 


6th Circuit
 


11/8/01
 


7/30/03
 


6/17/04
Discharged


Filibuster
 


Jeffrey S. Sutton**
 


6th Circuit
 


5/9/01
 


1/29/03
 


2/13/03
Vote: 11-8


4/29/03
Vote: 52-41


Deborah L. Cook**
 


6th Circuit
 


5/9/01
 


1/29/03
 


2/27/03
Vote: 13-2


5/5/03
Vote: 66-25


Susan Bieke Neilson**


6th Circuit


11/8/01


9/8/04


Richard A. Griffin**
 


6th Circuit
 


6/26/02
 


6/16/04
 


7/20/04
Vote 10-9


Filibuster
 


David W. McKeague**
 


6th Circuit
 


11/8/01
 


6/16/04
 


7/20/04
Vote 10-9


Filibuster
 


Carolyn B. Kuhl**
 


9th Circuit
 


6/22/01
 


4/1/03
 


5/8/03
Vote: 10-9


Fillibuster
 


Jay S. Bybee**
 


9th Circuit
 


6/22/01
 


2/5/03
 


3/6/03
Vote: 12-6


3/13/03
Vote: 74-19


Timothy M. Tynkovich**
 


10th Circuit
 


5/25/01
 


2/12/03
 


3/6/03
Vote: 10-6


4/1/03
Vote: 58-41


Miguel A. Estrada**
 
 


D.C. Circuit
 
 


5/9/01
 
 


9/26/02
 
 


1/30/03
Vote: 10-9
 


Filibuster
Withdrawn
9/4/03


John G. Roberts, Jr.**
 


D.C. Circuit
 


5/9/01
 


1/29/03
 


2/27/03
Vote: 14-3


5/8/03
UC


Edward Prado
 


5th Circuit
 


2/6/03
 


3/27/03
 


4/3/03
Vote: 19-0


5/1/03
Vote: 97-0


Steven M. Colloton
 


8th Circuit
 


2/12/03
 


7/22/03
 


7/31/03
UC


9/4/03
Vote: 94-1


Consuelo Maria Callahan


9th Circuit


2/12/03


5/7/03


5/8/03
Vote: 19-0


5/22/03
Vote: 99-0

Michael Chertoff


3rd Circuit


3/5/03


5/7/03


5/22/03
Vote: 13-0


6/9/03
Vote 88-1


Richard C. Wesley
 


2nd Circuit
 


3/5/03
 


5/22/03
 


6/5/03
Vote: 19-0


6/11/03
Vote: 96-0


William Pryor, Jr.
 
 
 


11th Circuit
 
 
 


4/9/03
 
 
 


6/11/03
 
 
 


7/23/03
Vote: 10-9
 
 


Recess
Appt. 2/20/04
Fillibuster;
Still pending


Carlos T. Bea
 


9th Circuit
 


4/11/03
 


9/3/03
 


9/25/03
Vote: 19-0


9/29/03
Vote: 86-0


Claude A. Allen
 


4th Circuit
 


4/28/03
 


10/28/03
 


9/9/04
Vote:


Allyson K. Duncan
 


4th Circuit
 


4/28/03
 


6/25/03
 


7/10/03
Vote: 19-0


7/17/03
Vote: 93-0


D. Michael Fisher
 
 


3rd Circuit
 
 


5/1/03
 
 


10/15/03
 
 


11/6/03
Vote: 12-0-7
present


12/9/03
UC
 


William Myers
 


9th Circuit
 


5/15/03
 


2/5/04
 


4/1/04
Vote: 10-9


Fillibuster
 


Janice Rogers Brown
 


D.C. Circuit
 


7/25/03
 


10/22/03
 


11/06/03
Vote: 10-9


Fillibuster
 


Brett Kavanaugh


D.C. Circuit


7/25/03


4/27/04


Raymond W. Gruender
 


8th Circuit
 


9/29/03
 


1/22/04
 


3/4/04
Vote: 19-0


5/20/04
Vote: 97-1


William James Haynes II
 
 


4th Circuit
 
 


9/29/03
 
 


11/19/03
 
 


3/11/04
Vote: 10-3-6
nv



Franklin S. Van Antwerpen
 


3rd Circuit
 


11/21/03
 


1/28/04
 


3/4/04
Vote: 19-0


5/2004
UC


Diane S. Sykes
 


7th Circuit
 


11/14/03
 


2/11/04
 


3/11/04
Vote: 14-5


6/24/04
Vote: 70-27


William D. Benton
 


8th Circuit
 


2/12/04
 


4/8/04
 


4/29/04
 


6/24/04
UC


Peter W. Hall
 


2nd Circuit
 


12/9/03
 


3/10/04
 


4/1/04
Vote: 19-0


6/24/04
UC


Thomas B. Griffith
 


D.C. Circuit
 


5/10/04
 


11/16/04
 




* 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


Nominee
.

Court

 
 Nomination 
Date
Hearing
Date
 Committee 
Vote
Confirmation
Date
Sandra J. Feuerstein**
 
Eastern District
of New York
 
7/26/02
 
 
7/22/03 
 
 
7/31/03
UC
 
9/17/03
Vote: 19-0
 
Richard J. Holwell**
 
Southern District of New York
 
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
 
3/12/03
 
 
Eastern District of North Carolina
 
5/22/02
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S. Maurice Hicks, Jr.**
 
District of
Louisiana
 
9/12/02
 
 
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
 
Thomas L. Ludington**
 
District of
Michigan
 
9/12/02
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John R. Adams**
 
Northern District of Ohio
 
10/10/02
 
 
1/29/03
 
 
2/6/03
Vote: 19-0
 
2/10/03
Vote: 91-0
 
Gregory L. Frost**
 
Southern District of Ohio
 
8/1/02
 
 
2/5/03
 
 
2/27/03
Vote: 19-0
 
3/10/03
Vote: 91-0
 
Thomas A. Varlan**
 
Eastern District of Tennessee
 
10/10/02
 
 
2/12/03
 
 
3/6/03
UC
 
3/13/03
Vote: 97-0
 
J. Daniel Breen**
 
Western District of Tennessee
 
10/10/02
 
 
2/12/03
 
 
3/6/03
UC
 
3/13/03
Vote: 92-0
 
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
 
4/7/03
Vote: 80-0
 
District of
Hawaii
 
1/23/02
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Withdrawn
5/6/04
 
Southern District of Alabama
 
10/9/01
 
 
2/12/03
 
 
3/6/03
UC
 
3/13/03
VV
 
Cecelia Altonaga
 
Southern District
of Florida
 
1/15/03
 
 
4/1/03
 
 
4/10/03
Vote: 19-0
 
 5/6/03
Vote: 91-0
 
Dee Drell
 
Western District of
Louisiana
 
1/15/03
 
 
3/27/03
 
 
4/3/03
19-0
 
4/9/03
99-0
 
Patricia Minaldi
 
Western District of Louisiana
 
1/15/03
 
 
4/1/03
 
 
5/1/03
UC
 
5/6/03
UC
 
J. Leon Holmes
 
Eastern District
of Arkansas
 
1/29/03
 
 
3/27/03
 
 
5/1/03
Vote: 10-9
(no rec.)
 
7/6/04
Vote: 51-46
James Selna
 
Central District
of California
 
1/29/03
 
 
3/12/03
 
 
3/20/03
UC
 
3/27/03
97-0
 
Philip Simon
 
Northern District of Indiana
 
1/29/03
 
 
3/12/03
 
 
3/20/03
UC
 
3/27/03
VV
 
Theresa Springman
 
Northern District of Indiana
 
1/29/03
 
 
3/12/03
 
 
3/20/03
UC
 
  3/31/03
Vote: 93-0
 
Richard Bennett
 
District of Maryland
 
1/29/03
 
 
3/27/03
 
 
4/3/03
Vote: 19-0
 
 4/9/03
Vote: 99-0
 
Louise Flanagan
 
Eastern District
of North Carolina
 
1/29/03
 
 
6/25/03
 
 
7/10/03
UC
 
7/17/03
VV
 
Kevin P. Castel
 
Southern District of New York
 
3/5/03
 
 
7/22/03
 
 
7/31/03
UC
 
9/17/03
UC
 
Samuel Der-Yeghiayan
 
Northern District of Illinois
 
3/5/03
 
 
6/25/03
 
 
7/10/03
UC
7/14/03
Vote: 89-0
Stephen C. Robinson
 
Southern District
of New York
 
3/5/03
 
 
7/22/03
 
 
 
7/31/03
UC
 
9/17/03
UC
 
David G. Campbell
 
District of Arizona
 
3/13/03
 
 
4/30/03
 
 
6/12/03
Vote 11-0
 
7/8/03
Vote 92-0
Mark Kravitz
 
District of Connecticut
 
3/27/03
 
 
5/22/03
 
 
6/5/03
UC
 
6/11/03
Vote: 97-0
 
John Woodcock, Jr.
 
District of Maine
 
3/27/03
 
 
5/22/03
 
 
6/5/03
UC
 
6/12/03
UC
 
Scott Coogler
 
Northern District of Alabama
 
3/27/03
 
 
5/7/03
 
 
5/15/03
Vote: 19-0
 
5/22/03
UC
 
Ronnie Greer
 
Eastern District
of Tennessee
 
4/9/03
 
 
5/22/03
 
6/5/03
Vote: 19-0
6/11/03
Vote: 97-0
 
Thomas Hardiman
 
Western District
of Pennsylvania
 
4/9/03
 
 
5/22/03
 
 
6/26/03
UC
 
10/22/03
UC
 
Robert Brack
 
District of
New Mexico
 
4/28/03
 
 
6/25/03
 
 
7/10/03
UC
7/14/03
UC
James Browning
 
District of
New Mexico
4/28/03
 
 
7/9/03
 
 
7/24/03
UC
7/31/03
UC
Glenn E. Conrad
 
Western District
of Virginia
 
4/28/03
 
 
7/30/03
 
 
9/4/03
Vote: 19-0
 
9/22/03
Vote: 89-0
 
Robert J. Conrad, Jr.
 
Western District
of North Carolina
 
4/28/03
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mark R. Filip
 
Northern District of Illinois
 
4/28/03
 
 
10/28/03
 
 
11/6/03
Vote: 19-0
 
 2/4/04
 Vote: 96-0
 
Kim R. Gibson
 
Western District of Pennsylvania
 
4/28/03
 
 
7/30/03
 
 
9/4/03
Vote: 19-0
 
9/23/03
Vote: 94-0
 
Dora L. Irizarry
 
Eastern District of New York
 
4/28/03
 
 
10/1/03
 
 
10/30/03
VV
 
6/24/04
UC
 
Brent H. McKnight
 
Western District of North Carolina
 
4/28/03
 
 
 7/22/03
 
 
7/24/03
Vote: 19-0
7/31/03
UC
Daniel P. Ryan
 
Eastern District of Michigan
 
4/28/03
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gary Sharpe
 
Northern District of New York
 
4/28/03
 
 
10/15/03
 
 
10/23/03
UC
 
1/28/04
Vote: 95-0
 
Lonnie R. Suko
 
Eastern District of Washington
 
4/28/03
 
 
6/25/03
 
 
7/10/03
UC
7/15/03
Vote: 94-0
Roger T. Benitez
 
Southern District of California
 
5/1/03
 
 
 2/25/04
 
 
4/1/04
VV
 
6/17/04
UC
Larry Allen Burns
 
Southern District of California
 
5/1/03
 
 
7/30/03
 
 
9/4/03
Vote: 19-0
 
9/24/03
Vote: 91-0
 
Kathleen Cardone
 
Western District
of Texas
 
5/1/03
 
 
 7/9/03
 
 
7/17/03
Vote: 19-0
7/28/03
UC
James Cohn
 
Southern District of Florida
 
5/1/03
 
 
7/9/03
 
 
7/17/03
Vote: 19-0
7/31/03
Vote: 96-0
Marcia Crone
 
Eastern District of Texas
 
5/1/03
 
 
9/3/03
 
 
9/25/03
Vote: 19-0
 
9/30/03
Vote: 91-0
 
Dales S. Fischer
 
Central District of California
 
5/1/03
 
 
10/15/03
 
 
10/23/03
UC
 
 10/27/03
  Vote: 86-0
 
William Q. Hayes
 
Southern District of California
 
5/1/03
 
 
9/3/03
 
 
9/25/03
Vote: 19-0
 
10/2/03
Vote: 98-0
 
John A. Houston
 
Southern District of California
 
5/1/03
 
 
9/3/03
 
 
9/25/03
Vote: 19-0
 
10/2/03
VV
 
Frank Montalvo
 
Western District of Texas
 
5/1/03
 
 
7/9/03
 
 
7/17/03
Vote: 19-0
7/31/03
Vote: 95-0
 
David R. Proctor
 
Northern District of Alabama
 
5/1/03
 
 
7/22/03
 
 
7/31/03
UC
 
9/17/03
Vote: 92-0
 
Xavier Rodriguez
 
Western District of Texas
 
5/1/03
 
 
7/9/03
 
 
7/17/03
Vote: 19-0
7/31/03
UC
Dana Makoto Sabraw
 
Southern District of California
 
5/1/03
 
 
7/30/03
 
 
9/4/03
Vote: 19-0
 
9/25/03
Vote: 95-0
 
Earl Leroy Yeakel III
 
Western District of Texas
 
5/1/03
 
 
6/25/03
 
 
7/10/03
UC
7/28/03
91-0
Michael W. Mosman
 
District of Oregon
 
5/12/03
 
 
7/30/03
 
 
9/4/03
Vote: 19-0
 
 9/25/03
Vote: 93-0
 
Ronald White
 
Eastern District of Oregon
 
5/15/03
 
 
 9/3/03
 
 
 9/25/03
Vote: 19-0
 
9/30/03
Vote: 93-0
 
Henry Floyd
 
District of
South Carolina
 
5/15/03
 
 
7/30/03
 
 
9/4/03
Vote: 19-0
 
9/22/03
Vote: 89-0
 
Philip S. Figa
 
District of
Colorado
 
6/9/03
 
 
 9/3/03
 
 
 9/25/03
Vote: 19-0
 
10/2/03
VV
 
Robert Clive Jones
 
District of
Nevada
 
6/9/03
 
 
 9/3/03
 
 
9/25/03
Vote: 19-0
 
10/2/03
VV
 
Roger W. Titus
 
District of
Maryland
 
6/18/03
 
 
9/17/03
 
 
10/2/03
UC
 
11/5/03
Vote: 97-0
 
Margaret C. Rodgers
 
Northern District
of Florida
 
7/14//03
 
 
9/17/03
 
 
 10/2/03
 UC
 
10/20/03
Vote: 82-0
 
Dennis F. Saylor IV
 
District of
Massachusetts
 
7/31/03
 
 
11/12/03
 
 
3/4/04
UC
 
6/1/04
Vote: 89-0
 
Sandra L. Townes
 
Eastern District
of New York
 
8/1/03
 
 
11/12/03
 
 
3/4/04
UC
 
6/3/04
Vote: 95-0
 
Kenneth M. Karas
 
Southern District of New York
 
9/18/03
 
 
11/19/03
 
 
3/4/04
UC
 
6/3/04
Vote: 95-0
 
Louis Guirola Jr.
 
Southern District
of Mississippi
 
9/23/03
 
 
11/19/03
 
 
3/4/04
UC
 
3/12/04
Vote: 92-0
 
Judith Herrera
 
District of
New Mexico
 
9/23/03
 
 
11/12/03
 
 
3/4/04
UC
 
6/3/04
Vote: 93-0
 
Virginia Hopkins
 
Northern District of Alabama
 
10/14/03
 
 
11/19/03
 
 
3/4/04
UC
 
6/15/04
Vote: 98-0
Ricardo S. Martinez
 
Western District of Washington
 
10/14/03
 
 
1/22/04
 
 
3/4/04
UC
 
6/15/04
Vote: 98-0
Neil Vincent Wake
 
District
of Arizona
 
10/22/03
 
 
1/22/04
 
 
3/4/04
UC
 
3/12/04
UC
 
Jane J. Boyle
 
Northern District of Texas
 
11/24/03
 
 
3/10/04
 
 
4/1/04
VV
 
6/17/04
UC
Marcia G. Cooke
 
Southern District of Florida
 
11/25/03
 
 
3/10/04
 
 
4/1/04
VV
 
5/18/04
Vote: 96-0
 
William S. Duffey, Jr.
 
Northern District of Georgia
 
11/5/03
 
 
2/5/04
 
 
3/4/04
UC
 
6/16/04
Vote: 97-0
Paul S. Diamond
 
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
 
1/20/03
 
 
3/24/04
 
 
4/1/04
VV
 
6/16/04
Vote: 97-0
Raymond L. Finch
 
District Court of the Virgin Islands
 
11/25/03
 
 
9/8/04
 
 
9/30/04
VV
 
11/21/04
VV
 
Curtis V. Gomez
 
District Court of the Virgin Islands
 
11/25/03
 
 
4/8/04
 
 
4/29/04
 
 
11/21/04
VV
 
Robert Bryan Harwell
 
District of South Carolina
 
1/20/04
 
 
4/8/04
 
4/29/04
 
 
6/24/04
UC
Walter D. Kelley, Jr.
 
Eastern District of Virginia
 
10/31/03
 
 
3/10/04
 
 
4/1/04
VV
 
6/23/04
Vote: 98-0
Gene E.K. Pratter
 
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
 
11/3/03
 
 
1/22/04
 
 
3/4/04
UC
 
6/15/04
Vote: 98-0
James L. Robart
 
Western District of Washington
 
12/9/03
 
 
2/11/04
 
 
3/11/04
VV
 
6/17/04
UC
Juan R. Sanchez
 
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
 
11/25/03
 
 
2/11/04
 
 
3/11/04
VV
 
6/23/04
Vote: 98-0
George P. Schiavelli
 
Central District of California
 
1/20/04
 
 
4/8/04
 
 
 4/29/04
 
 
6/24/04
UC
Peter G. Sheridan
 
District of New Jersey
 
11/5/03
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lawrence F. Stengel
 
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
 
11/6/03
 
 
2/5/04
 
 
3/11/04
VV
 
6/16/04
Vote: 97-0
Michael H. Watson
 
Southern District of Ohio
 
4/6/04
 
 
6/4/04
 
 
7/8/04
VV
 
9/7/04
VV
 
Virginia Hernandez Covington
 
Middle District of Florida
 
4/21/04
 
 
6/16/04
 
 
7/20/04
VV
 
9/7/04
Vote: 91-0
 
Michael H. Schneider
 
Eastern District of Texas
 
5/17/04
 
 
7/7/04
7/20/04
VV
 
7/20/04
Vote: 92-1
 
Micaela Alvarez
 
Southern District of Texas
 
6/17/04
 
 
9/8/04
 
 
9/30/04
VV
 
11/21/04
VV
 
Keith Starrett
 
Southern District of Mississippi
 
7/6/04
 
 
9/8/04
 
 
9/30/04
VV
 
11/21/04
VV
 
Paul A. Crotty
 
Southern District of New York
 
9/7/04
 
 
11/16/04

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Christopher A. Boyko
 
Northern District of Ohio
 
7/22/04
 
 
9/22/04
10/4/04
VV
11/21/04
VV
Sean F. Cox
 
Eastern District of Michigan
 
9/10/04
 
 

 
 

 

 

* 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.

*** William Steele was returned by the Senate at the end of the 107th Congress after being nominated by President George W. Bush to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. President Bush nominated him to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama on January 7, 2003.

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