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Federal Vacancy Warning System: 2010
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In 2010, President Barack Obama nominated 49 judges to the federal courts: 1 to the Supreme Court of the United States, 8 to the Court of Appeals, 40 to the District Court, and 0 to special jurisdiction courts. Additionally, President Obama nominated 4 to the District of Columbia Courts.
Total vacancies
At the beginning of 2010, there were a total of 100 vacancies across the federal courts, the equivalent of 11.5%. That number decreased to 95 vacancies at the end of the year, or 10.9%.[1][2]
Confirmations
In 2011, the United States Senate confirmed 13 Circuit Court judges and 35 District Court judges. A total of 43 nominations were returned to the president. When looking at judicial confirmations, the most productive month of United States Senate was December, during which time 19 judges were confirmed. No judges were confirmed in October or November.[3]
Nominations/confirmations by month
December
In December 2010, 8 judges were nominated and 19 judges were confirmed.
November
In November 2010, 6 judges were nominated and no judges were confirmed.
October
In October 2010, no judges were nominated and no judges were confirmed.
September
In September 2010, 9 judges were nominated and one judge was confirmed.
August
In August 2010, no judges were nominated and five judges were confirmed.
July
In July 2010, 10 judges was nominated and 1 judge was confirmed.
Note: This month, Maribeth Raffinan was nominated to the District of Columbia Superior Court.
June
In June 2010, 3 judges were nominated and 10 judges were confirmed.
May
In May 2010, 7 judges was nominated and 5 judges were confirmed.
April
In April 2010, 10 judges were nominated and 2 judges were confirmed.
March
In March 2010, 10 judges were nominated and 3 judges were confirmed.
Note: This month, two judges were nominated to the District of Columbia Superior Court.
February
In February 2010, 7 judges were nominated and 1 judge was confirmed.
January
In January 2010, 6 judges were nominated and 2 judges were confirmed.
Noted: This month, Milton C. Lee was nominated to the District of Columbia Superior Court.
Footnotes
2010 nominations
Judges on this tab were nominated by President Obama in 2010; judges may have been confirmed in later years.
For judges nominated in 2010, the average time between nomination and confirmation was 233 days.
December
Eight nominations were announced in December 2010.
Name | Court | Date nominated | Date confirmed | Nomination returned | Renominated | Time between nomination and confirmation |
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Bernice B. Donald | Sixth Circuit | 12/1/2010 | 9/6/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 269 days |
John A. Ross | Eastern District of Missouri | 12/1/2010 | 9/20/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 239 days |
Robert David Mariani | Middle District of Pennsylvania | 12/1/2010 | 10/19/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 322 days |
Mark Raymond Hornak | Western District of Pennsylvania | 12/1/2010 | 10/19/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 322 days |
Esther Salas | District of New Jersey | 12/1/2010 | 6/14/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 195 days |
Claire Cecchi | District of New Jersey | 12/1/2010 | 6/14/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 195 days |
Michael Urbanski | Western District of Virginia | 12/1/2010 | 5/12/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 162 days |
Arenda L. Wright Allen | Eastern District of Virginia | 12/1/2010 | 5/11/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 161 days |
November
Six nominations were announced in November 2010.
Name | Court | Date nominated | Date confirmed | Nomination returned | Renominated | Time between nomination and confirmation |
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Kevin Hunter Sharp | Middle District of Tennessee | 11/17/2010 | 5/2/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 166 days |
John A. Kronstadt | Central District of California | 11/17/2010 | 4/12/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 146 days |
Sara Lynn Darrow | Central District of Illinois | 11/17/2010 | 8/2/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 258 days |
Roy Bale Dalton, Jr. | Middle District of Florida | 11/17/2010 | 5/2/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 166 days |
Vincent L. Briccetti | Southern District of New York | 11/17/2010 | 4/12/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 146 days |
Cathy Bissoon | Western District of Pennsylvania | 11/17/2010 | 10/17/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 334 days |
October
There were no nominations in October 2010.
September
Nine nominations were announced in September 2010.
Name | Court | Date nominated | Date confirmed | Nomination returned | Renominated | Time between nomination and confirmation |
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Jimmie V. Reyna | Federal Circuit | 9/29/2010 | 4/4/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 187 days |
Caitlin J. Halligan | United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | 9/29/2010 | ![]() |
Yes | 1/5/2011 | ![]() |
R. Brooke Jackson | District of Colorado | 9/29/2010 | 8/2/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 307 days |
Mae A. D'Agostino | Northern District of New York | 9/29/2010 | 3/28/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 284 days |
Goodwin Liu | Ninth Circuit | 9/13/2010 | ![]() |
Yes | 1/5/2011 | ![]() |
Edward Chen | Northern District of California | 9/13/2010 | 5/10/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 651 days |
Robert Chatigny | Second Circuit | 9/13/2010 | ![]() |
No | ![]() | |
John McConnell | District of Rhode Island | 9/13/2010 | 5/4/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 432 days |
Louis B. Butler, Jr. | Western District of Wisconsin | 9/13/2010 | ![]() |
Yes | 1/5/2011 | ![]() |
August
There were no nominations in August 2010.
July
Eleven nominations were announced in July 2010.
Name | Court | Date nominated | Date confirmed | Nomination returned | Renominated | Time between nomination and confirmation |
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Marina Marmolejo | Southern District of Texas | 7/28/2010 | 10/3/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 432 days |
Maribeth Raffinan | District of Columbia Superior Court | 7/28/2010 | 9/29/2010 | 63 days | ||
Kathleen M. Williams | Southern District of Florida | 7/21/2010 | 8/2/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 377 days |
Charles Day | District of Maryland | 7/21/2010 | ![]() |
Yes | 1/5/2011 | ![]() |
Victoria F. Nourse | Seventh Circuit | 7/14/2010 | ![]() |
Yes | 1/5/2011 | ![]() |
Michael H. Simon | District of Oregon | 7/14/2010 | 6/21/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 342 days |
Diana Saldana | Southern District of Texas | 7/14/2010 | 2/7/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 208 days |
Sue E. Myerscough | Central District of Illinois | 7/14/2010 | 3/7/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 236 days |
Steve C. Jones | Northern District of Georgia | 7/14/2010 | 2/28/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 229 days |
Marco A. Hernandez | District of Oregon | 7/14/2010 | 2/7/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 208 days |
Beryl A. Howell | United States District Court for the District of Columbia | 7/14/2010 | 12/22/2010 | 161 days |
June
Three nominations were announced in June 2010.
Name | Court | Date nominated | Date confirmed | Nomination returned | Renominated | Time between nomination and confirmation |
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Amy B. Jackson | United States District Court for the District of Columbia | 6/17/2010 | 3/17/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 273 days |
James Boasberg | United States District Court for the District of Columbia | 6/17/2010 | 3/14/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 270 days |
James Graves | Fifth Circuit | 6/10/2010 | 2/14/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 249 days |
May
Seven nominations were announced in May 2010.
Name | Court | Date nominated | Date confirmed | Nomination returned | Renominated | Time between nomination and confirmation |
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James E. Shadid | Central District of Illinois | 5/27/2010 | 3/7/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 284 days |
Max Cogburn | Western District of North Carolina | 5/27/2010 | 3/10/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 287 days |
Edward J. Davila | Northern District of California | 5/20/2010 | 2/14/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 270 days |
Anthony J. Battaglia | Southern District of California | 5/20/2010 | 3/7/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 291 days |
Robert Leon Wilkins | United States District Court for the District of Columbia | 5/20/2010 | 12/22/2010 | 216 days | ||
Susan L. Carney | Second Circuit | 5/20/2010 | 5/17/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 362 days |
Elena Kagan | Supreme Court of the United States | 5/10/2010 | 8/5/2010 | No | 87 days |
April
Ten nominations were announced in April 2010.
Name | Court | Date nominated | Date confirmed | Nomination returned | Renominated | Time between nomination and confirmation |
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Carlton W. Reeves | Southern District of Mississippi | 4/29/2010 | 12/19/2010 | 234 days | ||
Denise Casper | District of Massachusetts | 4/29/2010 | 12/17/2010 | 232 days | ||
Paul K. Holmes | Western District of Arkansas | 4/28/2010 | 2/7/2011 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 285 days |
Leslie Kobayashi | District of Hawaii | 4/21/2010 | 12/18/2010 | 241 days | ||
Ellen Hollander | District of Maryland | 4/21/2010 | 12/18/2010 | 241 days | ||
Susan Richard Nelson | District of Minnesota | 4/21/2010 | 12/17/2010 | 240 days | ||
Edmond E. Chang | Northern District of Illinois | 4/21/2010 | 12/18/2010 | 241 days | ||
James Bredar | District of Maryland | 4/21/2010 | 12/16/2010 | 239 days | ||
Edward C. DuMont | Federal Circuit | 4/14/2010 | ![]() |
Yes | 1/5/2011 | ![]() |
John A. Gibney | Eastern District of Virginia | 4/14/2010 | 12/16/2010 | 232 days |
March
Name | Court | Date nominated | Date confirmed | Nomination returned | Renominated | Time between nomination and confirmation |
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Mary Murguia | Ninth Circuit | 3/25/2010 | 12/22/2010 | 272 days | ||
Todd E. Edelman | District of Columbia Superior Court | 3/25/2010 | 6/22/2010 | 89 days | ||
Judith A. Smith | District of Columbia Superior Court | 3/25/2010 | 6/22/2010 | 89 days | ||
Amy Totenberg | Northern District of Georgia | 3/17/2010 | 12/22/2010 | Yes | 1/5/2011 | 348 days |
Leonard Stark | District of Delaware | 3/17/2010 | 8/5/2010 | 141 days | ||
Kathleen M. O'Malley | Federal Circuit | 3/10/2010 | 12/22/2010 | 287 days | ||
Raymond Lohier | Second Circuit | 3/10/2010 | 12/19/2010 | 284 days | ||
Kimberly Mueller | Eastern District of California | 3/10/2010 | 12/16/2010 | 281 days | ||
Catherine Eagles | Middle District of North Carolina | 3/10/2010 | 12/16/2010 | 281 days | ||
Scott Matheson | Tenth Circuit | 3/3/2010 | 12/22/2010 | 294 days |
February
Seven nominations were nominated in February 2010.
Name | Court | Date nominated | Date confirmed | Nomination returned | Renominated | Time between nomination and confirmation |
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William J. Martinez | District of Colorado | 2/24/2010 | 12/21/2010 | 300 days | ||
Gary Feinerman | Northern District of Illinois | 2/24/2010 | 6/28/2010 | 124 days | ||
Sharon Coleman | Northern District of Illinois | 2/24/2010 | 7/12/2010 | 138 days | ||
Mark A. Goldsmith | Eastern District of Michigan | 2/4/2010 | 6/21/2010 | 137 days | ||
Elizabeth Erny Foote | Western District of Louisiana | 2/4/2010 | 6/15/2010 | 131 days | ||
Josephine S. Tucker | Central District of California | 2/4/2010 | 6/21/2010 | 137 days | ||
Marc Thomas Treadwell | Middle District of Georgia | 2/4/2010 | 6/21/2010 | 137 days |
January
Six nominations were announced in January 2010.
Name | Court | Date nominated | Date confirmed | Nomination returned | Renominated | Time between nomination and confirmation |
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Audrey Fleissig | Eastern District of Missouri | 1/20/2010 | 6/7/2010 | 138 days | ||
Jane Magnus-Stinson | Southern District of Indiana | 1/20/2010 | 6/7/2010 | 138 days | ||
Tanya Walton Pratt | Southern District of Indiana | 1/20/2010 | 6/15/2010 | 146 days | ||
Jon E. DeGuilio | Northern District of Indiana | 1/20/2010 | 5/11/2010 | 111 days | ||
Lucy Koh | Northern District of California | 1/20/2010 | 6/7/2010 | 138 days | ||
Milton C. Lee | District of Columbia Superior Court | 1/2010 | 6/2010 |
Returned nominations
December
Bernice B. Donald to the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Donald was originally nominated in December 2010 and the nomination was returned to President Obama without consideration at the end of the 111th Congress. She was later renominated and confirmed.[1]
Jimmie V. Reyna to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Reyna was originally nominated in September 2010 and the nomination was returned to President Obama at the end of the 111th Congress. He was later renominated and confirmed.[2]
Caitlin J. Halligan to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
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Date nominated: 9/19/2012 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 and 12/17/2011 |
Halligan was originally nominated to the District of Columbia Circuit in September 2010. In December of 2011, following a renomination in January 2011, the nomination was the object of a filibuster on the Senate floor. In March 2013, President Obama withdrew Halligan's nomination per her request.
Opposition to Halligan's nomination came from Senate Republicans, who considered the nominee too liberal for the District of Columbia Circuit Court. Opponents pointed to her work on lawsuits regarding gun manufacturers and illegal immigrants as evidence. In addition to Halligan's specific nomination, at the time there was significant opposition to filling any of the four vacancies on the D.C. Circuit. This revolved around the disagreement over the necessary number of seats by caseload, in addition to the difficulty of finding politically agreeable members for the court, which hears mostly appeals regarding federal agencies and constitutional challenges.[3]
Goodwin Liu to the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 8/5/2010 and 12/22/2010 |
Liu was originally nominated to the Ninth Circuit in February 2010. In August of that year, the Senate returned the nomination to the President; Liu was renominated in September 2010 and January 2011. Because he was deemed too liberal, Senate Republicans filibustered Liu's nomination in May 2011. Later that month, Liu asked President Obama to withdraw his nomination to the Ninth Circuit. Goodwin Liu was later appointed to the California Supreme Court.[4]
Robert Chatigny to the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
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Date nominated: 9/13/2010 Nomination returned to President: 8/5/2010 & 12/22/2010 |
Chatigny was originally nominated on in February 2010, but during the confirmation process criticism of how a previous case was handled doomed the confirmation. Though the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the nomination, the full Senate returned the nomination to the President in August 2010. Chatigny was renominated the next month, but the Senate again returned the nomination at the end of the 111th Congress.[5]
The President did not renominate Chatigny, and it is understood that Chatigny withdrew his name from consideration for the Second Circuit.[6]
Victoria F. Nourse to the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 and 12/17/2011 |
Nourse's nomination never received a vote in committee, but was simply returned to President Obama in December of 2010 and 2011. Opposition to the nomination came from Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin. Though senators from the nominee's state are deferred to during the nomination process, Nourse's original nomination preceded Johnson's election to the Senate.[7]
Senator Johnson opposed the nomination on the basis that Nourse was not well-known enough in the legal community. He said, "Victoria Nourse really has very little connection to the state of Wisconsin, and nobody in the legal community in Wisconsin knows anything about her."[7] However, a group of legal academics wrote to the Senate Judiciary Committee to express dissatisfaction with the situation. In a letter, they said, "Typically new senators have no power to countermand completed presidential nominations."[7]
James Graves to the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
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Date nominated: 1/5/20111 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Graves was nominated in June 2010 and approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee on December 1, 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a vote in the full Senate. The President renominated Graves in January 2011 and he was confirmed February 14, 2011.[8]
Susan L. Carney to the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Carney was nominated in May 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a vote in the full Senate. The President renominated Carney in January 2011 and she was confirmed May 17, 2011.
Edward C. DuMont to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 and 11/10/2011 |
DuMont was nominated to the Federal Circuit twice and both times his nomination was returned to the President. Though DuMont asked Obama to withdraw his nomination, some individuals were not satisfied with the explanation of "opposition of the Committee minority" as a reason for doing so.[9] Because the Senate Judiciary Committee never scheduled a hearing, some suggested that there must have been an issue with the background investigation. Others though that DuMont's sexuality, which would have made him the nation's first openly gay appellate judge, was the issue.[10]
John A. Ross to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Ross was originally nominated by President Obama on December 1, 2010. After opposition from Missouri Congressman Lacy Clay, the nomination was returned to the President at the end of the 111th Congress. Ross was renominated on January 5, 2011 and confirmed by the Senate on September 20, 2011.[11]
Robert David Mariani to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Mariani was nominated in December 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The President renominated Mariani in January 2011 and he was confirmed October 19, 2011.[12]
Mark Raymond Hornak to the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Hornak was nominated in December 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The President renominated Hornak in January 2011 and he was confirmed October 19, 2011.[13]
Esther Salas to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Salas was nominated in December 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The President renominated Salas in January 2011 and she was confirmed October 19, 2011.[14]
Claire Cecchi to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Cecchi was nominated in December 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The President renominated Cecchi in January 2011 and she was confirmed June 14, 2011.[15]
Michael Urbanski to the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Urbanki was nominated in December 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The President renominated Urbanski in January 2011 and he was confirmed May 12, 2011.[16]
Arenda L. Wright Allen to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Allen was nominated in December 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The President renominated Allen in January 2011 and she was confirmed May 11, 2011.[17]
Kevin Hunter Sharp to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Sharp was nominated in November 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The President renominated Sharp in January 2011 and she was confirmed May 2, 2011.[18]
John A. Kronstadt to the United States District Court for the Central District of California
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Kronstadt was nominated in November 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The President renominated Kronstadt in January 2011 and he was confirmed April 12, 2011.[19]
Sara Lynn Darrow to the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Darrow was nominated in November 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The President renominated Darrow in January 2011 and she was confirmed August 2, 2011.[20]
Roy Bale Dalton, Jr. to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Dalton was nominated in November 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The President renominated Dalton in January 2011 and he was confirmed May 2, 2011.[21]
Vincent L. Briccetti to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Briccetti was nominated in November 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The President renominated Briccetti in January 2011 and he was confirmed April 12, 2011.[22]
Cathy Bissoon to the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Bissoon was nominated in November 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The President renominated Bissoon in January 2011 and she was confirmed October 17, 2011.[23]
R. Brooke Jackson to the United States District Court for the District of Colorado
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Jackson was nominated in September 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The President renominated Jackson in January 2011 and he was confirmed August 2, 2011.[24]
Mae A. D'Agostino to the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
D'Agostino was nominated in September 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The President renominated D'Agostino in January 2011 and he was confirmed March 28, 2011.[25]
John McConnell to the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
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Date nominated: 9/13/2010 Nomination returned to President: 8/5/2010 & 12/22/2010 |
McConnell was originally nominated in March 2010, but opposition based on his work as a trial lawyer caused the Senate to return the nomination to the President in September 2010. Obama renominated McConnell later that month and the nomination was returned to the President for a second time at the end of the 111th Congress.
McConnell's nomination was resubmitted in January 2011 and he was confirmed on May 4, 2011.[26]
Edward Chen to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
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Date nominated: 9/13/2010 Nomination returned to President: 12/24/2009, 8/5/2010 & 12/22/2010 |
Chen was originally nominated in August 2009 and after his nomination was returned to the President three times, confirmed on May 10, 2011. Opposition to the nomination came from Republicans, who believed that Chen's work with the ACLU and statements reflected judicial activism.[27]
Louis Butler to the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/24/2009, 8/5/2010, 12/22/2010, 12/17/2011 |
Butler was nominated to the Western District of Wisconsin four times and each time the nomination was returned to the President. He faced a hearing in November 2009, during which Republican senators were concerned about his judicial activism on the bench. The Judiciary Committee recommended Butler's nomination for a vote in the full Senate multiple times, though a vote never occurred. The nomination was returned to President Obama on December 17, 2011 and was never resubmitted.[28]
Marina Marmolejo to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Marmolejo was nominated in July 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The President renominated Marmolejo in January 2011 and she was confirmed October 3, 2011.[29]
Kathleen M. Williams to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
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Date nominated: 7/21/2010 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Williams was nominated in July 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The President renominated Williams in January 2011 and she was confirmed August 2, 2011.[30]
Charles Day to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 and 10/31/2011 |
Day's nomination was returned to President Obama twice without a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee, despite having served as a magistrate of the court for fourteen years and a rating of "Unanimously Well Qualified" by the American Bar Association. President Obama withdrew the nomination on October 31, 2011, with no explanation.[31]
Michael H. Simon to the United States District Court for the District of Oregon
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Simon was nominated in July 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a vote in the full Senate. The President renominated Simon in January 2011 and he was confirmed June 21, 2011.[32]
Diana Saldana to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Saldana was nominated in July 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a vote in the full Senate. The President renominated Saldana in January 2011 and she was confirmed February 7, 2011.[33]
Sue E. Myerscough to the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Myerscough was nominated in July 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a vote in the full Senate. The President renominated Myerscough in January 2011 and she was confirmed March 7, 2011.[34]
Steve C. Jones to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Jones was nominated in July 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a vote in the full Senate. The President renominated Jones in January 2011 and he was confirmed February 28, 2011.[35]
Marco A. Hernandez to the United States District Court for the District of Oregon
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Hernandez was nominated in July 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a vote in the full Senate. The President renominated Hernandez in January 2011 and he was confirmed February 7, 2011.[36]
Amy B. Jackson to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Jackson was nominated in June 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a vote in the full Senate. The President renominated Jackson in January 2011 and she was confirmed March 17, 2011.[37]
James E. Boasberg to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Boasberg was nominated in June 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a vote in the full Senate. The President renominated Boasberg in January 2011 and he was confirmed March 14, 2011.[38]
James E. Shadid to the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Shadid was nominated in May 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a vote in the full Senate. The President renominated Shadid in January 2011 and he was confirmed March 7, 2011.[39]
Max O. Cogburn, Jr. to the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Cogburn was nominated in May 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a vote in the full Senate. The President renominated Cogburn in January 2011 and he was confirmed March 10, 2011.[40]
Edward J. Davila to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Davila was nominated in May 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a vote in the full Senate. The President renominated Davila in January 2011 and he was confirmed February 14, 2011.[41]
Anthony J. Battaglia to the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Battaglia was nominated in May 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a vote in the full Senate. The President renominated Battaglia in January 2011 and he was confirmed March 7, 2011.[42]
Paul K. Holmes to the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Holmes was nominated in April 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a vote in the full Senate. The President renominated Holmes in January 2011 and he was confirmed February 7, 2011.[43]
Amy Totenberg to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
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Date nominated: 1/5/2011 Nomination returned to President: 12/22/2010 |
Totenberg was nominated in March 2010. At the end of the 111th Congress, the nomination was returned to President Obama without a vote in the full Senate. The President renominated Totenberg in January 2011 and she was confirmed February 28, 2011.[44]
- ↑ Bernice B. Donald
- ↑ Jimmie V. Reyna
- ↑ Huff Post Politics, "Caitlin Halligan, Appeals Court Nominee, Blocked By GOP Amid Opposition From Gun Industry," March 6, 2013
- ↑ Goodwin Liu
- ↑ Robert Chatigny
- ↑ The Wall Street Journal, "Why Wasn't Robert Chatigny Re-Nominated?" January 6, 2011
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, "Johnson's block of UW judicial nominee draws criticism," July 18, 2011
- ↑ James Graves
- ↑ National Review Online, Federal Circuit Nominee Edward DuMont's Withdrawal," November 10, 2011
- ↑ http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2011/11/edward-dumont-is-out-dumont-requests-that-president-obama-withdraw-his-federal-circuit-nomination.html Patently O Blog, "Edward DuMont is Out: DuMont Requests that President Obama Withdraw his Federal Circuit Nomination," November 10, 2011]
- ↑ John A. Ross
- ↑ Robert David Mariani
- ↑ Mark Raymond Hornak
- ↑ Esther Salas
- ↑ Claire Cecchi
- ↑ Michael Urbanski
- ↑ Arenda Wright Allen
- ↑ Kevin Hunter Sharp
- ↑ John A. Kronstadt
- ↑ Sara Lynn Darrow
- ↑ Roy Bale Dalton, Jr.
- ↑ Vincent L. Briccetti
- ↑ Cathy Bissoon
- ↑ R. Brooke Jackson
- ↑ R. Brooke Jackson
- ↑ John McConnell
- ↑ Edward Chen
- ↑ Louis Butler
- ↑ Marina Marmolejo
- ↑ Kathleen M. Williams
- ↑ Charles Day
- ↑ Michael H. Simon
- ↑ Diana Saldana
- ↑ Sue E. Myerscough
- ↑ Steve C. Jones
- ↑ Marco A. Hernandez
- ↑ Amy B. Jackson
- ↑ James E. Boasberg
- ↑ James E. Shadid
- ↑ Max O. Cogburn, Jr.
- ↑ Edward J. Davila
- ↑ Anthony J. Battaglia
- ↑ Paul K. Holmes
- ↑ Amy Totenberg
- ↑ Senate Judiciary Committee, Judicial Nomination Materials: 111th Congress