D.W. Tunnage

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Nominee Information
	Name: D.W. Tunnage
	Court: Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Progress
	Confirmed 130 days after nomination.
	Nominated: September 30, 2021
	ABA Rating: N/A
	Questionnaire: Questionnaire
	Hearing: November 18, 2021
	Hearing Transcript: Hearing Transcript
	QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more)
	Reported: December 1, 2021
	Confirmed: February 7, 2022
	Vote: 54-39

D.W. Tunnage is a judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. He was nominated to the court by President Joe Biden (D) on September 30, 2021, and confirmed by the United States Senate on February 7, 2022, by a vote of 54-39.^[1]^[2] To see a full list of judges appointed by Joe Biden, click here.

The Superior Court of the District of Columbia is a trial court of general jurisdiction in Washington, D.C. To learn more about the court, click here.

Prior to his nomination, Tunnage was a criminal trial attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Superior Court of the District of Columbia (2022-present)

See also: Federal judges nominated by Joe Biden

On September 30, 2021, President Joe Biden (D) nominated Tunnage to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.^[1] He was confirmed by a 54-39 vote of the U.S. Senate on February 7, 2022.^[2] Tunnage received commission on February 25, 2022. To read more about the federal nominations process, click here.

Confirmation vote

The U.S. Senate confirmed Tunnage by a vote of 54-39 on February 7, 2022.^[2] To see a full breakdown of the vote on the official U.S. Senate website, click here.

Tunnage confirmation vote (February 7, 2022)
Party	Yea	Nay	No vote
Democratic	44	0	4
Republican	8	39	3
Independent	2	0	0
Total	54	39	7

Senate committee hearing

The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on Tunnage's nomination on November 18, 2021. The committee voted to advance Tunnage's nomination to the full Senate on December 1, 2021.

Nomination

On September 30, 2021, President Biden announced his intent to nominate Tunnage to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.^[1] The president officially nominated Tunnage on the same day.^[2]

Tunnage was nominated to replace Judge Russell F. Canan, who assumed senior status.^[2]

Biography

Education

Tunnage earned a B.A., magna cum laude, from Morehouse College in 1990, a J.D. from Duke University Law School in 1992, and an M.P.P. from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in 2000.^[1]

Professional career

2022-present: Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
2009-2022: Criminal trial attorney, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice
2000-2009: Civil trial attorney, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice
1993-1998: Assistant public defender, Office of the Public Defender, Miami, Florida^[1]

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