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Judicial Confirmations for October 2018
| Nominee | Nomination Date | Confirmation Date | Court | Incumbent | Vacancy Reason | Vacancy Date |
| Dooley,Kari A. | 12/20/2017 | 09/06/2018 | 02 - CT | Chatigny,Robert N. | Senior | 01/01/2017 |
| Bibas,Stephanos | 06/19/2017 | 11/02/2017 | 03 - CCA | Rendell,Marjorie O. | Senior | 07/01/2015 |
| Connolly,Colm F. | 12/20/2017 | 08/01/2018 | 03 - DE | Robinson,Sue L. | Senior | 02/03/2017 |
| Noreika,Maryellen | 12/20/2017 | 08/01/2018 | 03 - DE | Sleet,Gregory M. | Senior | 05/01/2017 |
| Baxter,Susan Paradise | 12/20/2017 | 08/28/2018 | 03 - PAW | McLaughlin,Sean J. | Resigned | 08/16/2013 |
| Horan,Marilyn Jean | 12/20/2017 | 09/06/2018 | 03 - PAW | Lancaster,Gary L. | Deceased | 04/24/2013 |
| Quattlebaum Jr.,A. Marvin | 05/07/2018 | 08/16/2018 | 04 - CCA | Traxler Jr.,William B. | Senior | 08/31/2018 |
| Richardson,Julius Ness | 05/07/2018 | 08/16/2018 | 04 - CCA | Shedd,Dennis W. | Senior | 01/30/2018 |
| Coggins Jr.,Donald C. | 08/03/2017 | 11/16/2017 | 04 - SC | Anderson Jr.,Joseph F. | Senior | 11/16/2014 |
| Quattlebaum Jr.,A. Marvin | 08/03/2017 | 03/01/2018 | 04 - SC | Currie,Cameron McGowan | Senior | 10/03/2013 |
| Duncan,Stuart Kyle | 01/08/2018 | 04/24/2018 | 05 - CCA | Davis,W. Eugene | Senior | 12/31/2016 |
| Engelhardt,Kurt D. | 01/08/2018 | 05/09/2018 | 05 - CCA | Clement,Edith Brown | Senior | 05/09/2018 |
| Ho,James C. | 10/16/2017 | 12/14/2017 | 05 - CCA | King,Carolyn Dineen | Senior | 12/31/2013 |
| Oldham,Andrew S. | 02/15/2018 | 07/18/2018 | 05 - CCA | Prado,Edward C. | Retired | 04/02/2018 |
| Willett,Don R. | 10/03/2017 | 12/13/2017 | 05 - CCA | Garza,Emilio M. | Senior | 08/01/2012 |
| Ashe,Barry W. | 01/08/2018 | 08/28/2018 | 05 - LAE | Lemelle,Ivan L. | Senior | 06/29/2015 |
| Doughty,Terry A. | 08/03/2017 | 03/06/2018 | 05 - LAW | James,Robert G. | Senior | 05/31/2016 |
| Summerhays,Robert R. | 01/24/2018 | 09/06/2018 | 05 - LAW | Doherty,Rebecca F. | Senior | 06/05/2017 |
| Scholer,Karen Gren | 09/07/2017 | 03/05/2018 | 05 - TXN | Solis,Jorge A. | Retired | 05/01/2016 |
| Rodriguez Jr.,Fernando | 09/07/2017 | 06/05/2018 | 05 - TXS | Costa,Gregg Jeffrey | Elevated | 05/20/2014 |
| Albright,Alan D. | 01/24/2018 | 09/06/2018 | 05 - TXW | Smith Jr.,Walter S. | Retired | 09/14/2016 |
| Counts III,Walter David | 09/11/2017 | 01/11/2018 | 05 - TXW | Junell,Robert A. | Senior | 02/13/2015 |
| Bush,John Kenneth | 05/08/2017 | 07/20/2017 | 06 - CCA | Boggs,Danny J. | Senior | 02/28/2017 |
| Larsen,Joan Louise | 05/08/2017 | 11/01/2017 | 06 - CCA | McKeague,David W. | Senior | 11/01/2017 |
| Nalbandian,John B. | 01/24/2018 | 05/15/2018 | 06 - CCA | Rogers,John M. | Senior | 05/15/2018 |
| Thapar,Amul Roger | 03/21/2017 | 05/25/2017 | 06 - CCA | Martin Jr.,Boyce F. | Retired | 08/16/2013 |
| Boom,Claria Horn | 06/12/2017 | 04/10/2018 | 06 - KYE | Coffman,Jennifer B. | Retired | 01/08/2013 |
| Wier,Robert Earl | 08/03/2017 | 06/05/2018 | 06 - KYE | Thapar,Amul R. | Elevated | 05/25/2017 |
| Jennings,Rebecca Grady | 09/07/2017 | 04/12/2018 | 06 - KYW | Heyburn II,John G. | Senior | 04/01/2014 |
| Campbell Jr.,William L. | 07/13/2017 | 01/09/2018 | 06 - TNM | Sharp,Kevin Hunter | Resigned | 04/15/2017 |
| Parker,Thomas Lee Robinson | 07/13/2017 | 01/10/2018 | 06 - TNW | Mays Jr.,Samuel H. | Senior | 07/01/2015 |
| Barrett,Amy Coney | 05/08/2017 | 10/31/2017 | 07 - CCA | Tinder,John Daniel | Senior | 02/18/2015 |
| Brennan,Michael B. | 01/08/2018 | 05/10/2018 | 07 - CCA | Evans,Terence T. | Senior | 01/07/2010 |
| Scudder,Michael Y. | 02/15/2018 | 05/14/2018 | 07 - CCA | Posner,Richard A. | Retired | 09/02/2017 |
| St. Eve,Amy J. | 02/15/2018 | 05/14/2018 | 07 - CCA | Williams,Ann C. | Senior | 06/05/2017 |
| Sweeney II,James R. | 11/01/2017 | 08/28/2018 | 07 - INS | Barker,Sarah Evans | Senior | 06/30/2014 |
| Erickson,Ralph R. | 06/07/2017 | 09/28/2017 | 08 - CCA | Bye,Kermit Edward | Senior | 04/22/2015 |
| Grasz,Leonard Steven | 08/03/2017 | 12/12/2017 | 08 - CCA | Riley,William Jay | Senior | 06/30/2017 |
| Stras,David Ryan | 01/08/2018 | 01/30/2018 | 08 - CCA | Murphy,Diana E. | Senior | 11/29/2016 |
| Williams,Charles J. | 02/15/2018 | 09/06/2018 | 08 - IAN | Reade,Linda R. | Senior | 10/01/2017 |
| Brasel,Nancy E. | 02/15/2018 | 08/28/2018 | 08 - MN | Montgomery,Ann D. | Senior | 05/31/2016 |
| Tostrud,Eric C. | 02/15/2018 | 09/06/2018 | 08 - MN | Frank,Donovan W. | Senior | 10/31/2016 |
| Lanza,Dominic W. | 01/24/2018 | 09/06/2018 | 09 - AZ | Bolton,Susan R. | Senior | 09/01/2016 |
| Bennett,Mark Jeremy | 02/15/2018 | 07/10/2018 | 09 - CCA | Clifton,Richard R. | Senior | 12/31/2016 |
| Otake,Jill Aiko | 12/21/2017 | 08/01/2018 | 09 - HI | Mollway,Susan Oki | Senior | 11/06/2015 |
| Nye,David C. | 05/08/2017 | 07/12/2017 | 09 - ID | Lodge,Edward J. | Senior | 07/03/2015 |
| Carson III,Joel M. | 12/20/2017 | 05/15/2018 | 10 - CCA | Kelly Jr.,Paul J. | Senior | 12/31/2017 |
| Eid,Allison H. | 06/07/2017 | 11/02/2017 | 10 - CCA | Gorsuch,Neil M. | Elevated | 04/07/2017 |
| Broomes,John Wesley | 09/07/2017 | 04/12/2018 | 10 - KS | Marten,John Thomas | Senior | 05/01/2017 |
| Teeter,Holly Lou | 01/08/2018 | 08/01/2018 | 10 - KS | Vratil,Kathryn H. | Senior | 04/22/2014 |
| Goodwin,Charles Barnes | 01/08/2018 | 08/28/2018 | 10 - OKW | Cauthron,Robin J. | Senior | 07/14/2015 |
| Palk,Scott L. | 05/08/2017 | 10/26/2017 | 10 - OKW | Friot,Stephen P. | Senior | 12/01/2014 |
| Marks,Emily Coody | 01/08/2018 | 08/01/2018 | 11 - ALM | Thompson,Myron H. | Senior | 08/22/2013 |
| Axon,Annemarie Carney | 01/08/2018 | 06/06/2018 | 11 - ALN | Blackburn,Sharon Lovelace | Senior | 05/08/2015 |
| Beaverstock,Jeffrey Uhlman | 01/08/2018 | 08/01/2018 | 11 - ALS | Granade,Callie V.S. | Senior | 03/07/2016 |
| Moorer,Terry Fitzgerald | 01/08/2018 | 08/28/2018 | 11 - ALS | Steele,William H. | Senior | 06/08/2017 |
| Branch,Elizabeth L. | 01/08/2018 | 02/27/2018 | 11 - CCA | Hull,Frank Mays | Senior | 12/31/2017 |
| Grant,Britt Cagle | 04/10/2018 | 07/31/2018 | 11 - CCA | Carnes,Julie E. | Senior | 06/18/2018 |
| Newsom,Kevin Christopher | 05/08/2017 | 08/01/2017 | 11 - CCA | Dubina,Joel F. | Senior | 10/26/2013 |
| Jung,William F. | 12/21/2017 | 09/06/2018 | 11 - FLM | Conway,Anne C. | Senior | 08/01/2015 |
| Self III,Tilman Eugene | 07/13/2017 | 03/05/2018 | 11 - GAM | Royal,Charles Ashley | Senior | 09/01/2016 |
| Brown,Michael Lawrence | 07/13/2017 | 01/11/2018 | 11 - GAN | Carnes,Julie E. | Elevated | 07/21/2014 |
| Baker,R. Stan | 09/07/2017 | 08/28/2018 | 11 - GAS | Moore Jr.,William T. | Senior | 02/28/2017 |
| Katsas,Gregory G. | 09/07/2017 | 11/28/2017 | DC - CCA | Brown,Janice Rogers | Retired | 08/31/2017 |
| Friedrich,Dabney Langhorne | 06/07/2017 | 11/27/2017 | DC - DC | Walton,Reggie B. | Senior | 12/31/2015 |
| Kelly,Timothy J. | 06/07/2017 | 09/05/2017 | DC - DC | Collyer,Rosemary M. | Senior | 05/18/2016 |
| McFadden,Trevor N. | 06/07/2017 | 10/30/2017 | DC - DC | Leon,Richard J. | Senior | 12/31/2016 |
| Gorsuch,Neil M. | 02/01/2017 | 04/07/2017 | SC | Scalia,Antonin | Deceased | 02/13/2016 |