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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
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
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
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 DefeatedA Yes 1/5/2011 DefeatedA
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 DefeatedA Yes 1/5/2011 DefeatedA
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 DefeatedA No DefeatedA
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 DefeatedA Yes 1/5/2011 DefeatedA

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
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 DefeatedA Yes 1/5/2011 DefeatedA
Victoria F. Nourse Seventh Circuit 7/14/2010 DefeatedA Yes 1/5/2011 DefeatedA
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
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
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
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 DefeatedA Yes 1/5/2011 DefeatedA
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
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
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
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

[45]


  1. Bernice B. Donald
  2. Jimmie V. Reyna
  3. Huff Post Politics, "Caitlin Halligan, Appeals Court Nominee, Blocked By GOP Amid Opposition From Gun Industry," March 6, 2013
  4. Goodwin Liu
  5. Robert Chatigny
  6. The Wall Street Journal, "Why Wasn't Robert Chatigny Re-Nominated?" January 6, 2011
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, "Johnson's block of UW judicial nominee draws criticism," July 18, 2011
  8. James Graves
  9. National Review Online, Federal Circuit Nominee Edward DuMont's Withdrawal," November 10, 2011
  10. 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]
  11. John A. Ross
  12. Robert David Mariani
  13. Mark Raymond Hornak
  14. Esther Salas
  15. Claire Cecchi
  16. Michael Urbanski
  17. Arenda Wright Allen
  18. Kevin Hunter Sharp
  19. John A. Kronstadt
  20. Sara Lynn Darrow
  21. Roy Bale Dalton, Jr.
  22. Vincent L. Briccetti
  23. Cathy Bissoon
  24. R. Brooke Jackson
  25. R. Brooke Jackson
  26. John McConnell
  27. Edward Chen
  28. Louis Butler
  29. Marina Marmolejo
  30. Kathleen M. Williams
  31. Charles Day
  32. Michael H. Simon
  33. Diana Saldana
  34. Sue E. Myerscough
  35. Steve C. Jones
  36. Marco A. Hernandez
  37. Amy B. Jackson
  38. James E. Boasberg
  39. James E. Shadid
  40. Max O. Cogburn, Jr.
  41. Edward J. Davila
  42. Anthony J. Battaglia
  43. Paul K. Holmes
  44. Amy Totenberg
  45. Senate Judiciary Committee, Judicial Nomination Materials: 111th Congress