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Judicial Confirmations for October 2020

Judicial Confirmations

116th Congress

Last updated on10/01/2020

Total Confirmations:140

Nominee	Nomination Date	Confirmation Date	Court	Incumbent	Vacancy Reason	Vacancy Date
Arias-Marxuach,Raul M.	01/23/2019	05/02/2019	01 - PR	Fuste,Jose Antonio	Retired	06/01/2016
Carreño-Coll,Silvia	10/15/2019	02/25/2020	01 - PR	Garcia-Gregory,Jay A.	Senior	09/30/2018
McElroy,Mary Susan	05/21/2019	09/11/2019	01 - RI	Lisi,Mary M.	Senior	10/01/2015
Bianco,Joseph F.	01/23/2019	05/08/2019	02 - CCA	Raggi,Reena	Senior	08/31/2018
Menashi,Steven J.	09/09/2019	11/14/2019	02 - CCA	Jacobs,Dennis	Senior	05/31/2019
Nardini,William Joseph	09/19/2019	11/07/2019	02 - CCA	Droney,Christopher F.	Senior	06/30/2019
Park,Michael H.	01/23/2019	05/09/2019	02 - CCA	Lynch,Gerard E.	Senior	09/05/2016
Brown,Gary Richard	05/21/2019	12/19/2019	02 - NYE	Feuerstein,Sandra J.	Senior	01/21/2015
Gujarati,Diane	05/21/2019	09/10/2020	02 - NYE	Gleeson,John	Resigned	03/09/2016
Komitee,Eric Ross	05/21/2019	12/03/2019	02 - NYE	Vitaliano,Eric N.	Senior	02/28/2017
Kovner,Rachel Peter	05/21/2019	10/16/2019	02 - NYE	Amon,Carol Bagley	Senior	11/30/2016
Cronan,John Peter	02/27/2020	08/06/2020	02 - NYS	Pauley III,William H.	Senior	03/01/2018
Halpern,Philip M.	01/23/2019	02/12/2020	02 - NYS	Castel,P. Kevin	Senior	08/05/2017
Liman,Lewis J.	05/21/2019	12/19/2019	02 - NYS	Crotty,Paul A.	Senior	08/01/2015
Vyskocil,Mary Kay	05/21/2019	12/19/2019	02 - NYS	Preska,Loretta A.	Senior	03/01/2017
Sinatra Jr.,John L.	05/21/2019	12/04/2019	02 - NYW	Skretny,William M.	Senior	03/08/2015
Matey,Paul B.	01/23/2019	03/12/2019	03 - CCA	Fuentes,Julio M.	Senior	07/18/2016
Phipps,Peter Joseph	05/13/2019	07/16/2019	03 - CCA	Vanaskie,Thomas I.	Senior	11/30/2018
Gallagher,John M.	10/15/2019	12/19/2019	03 - PAE	Slomsky,Joel H.	Senior	10/09/2018
Marston,Karen Spencer	09/09/2019	12/19/2019	03 - PAE	Davis,Legrome D.	Senior	09/28/2017
Wolson,Joshua	01/23/2019	05/02/2019	03 - PAE	Gardner,James Knoll	Senior	04/03/2017
Younge,John Milton	01/23/2019	07/31/2019	03 - PAE	McLaughlin,Mary A.	Senior	11/18/2013
Wilson,Jennifer Philpott	05/13/2019	11/07/2019	03 - PAM	Kane,Yvette	Senior	10/11/2018
Colville,Robert John	03/05/2019	12/19/2019	03 - PAW	Schwab,Arthur J.	Senior	01/01/2018
Haines,Stephanie L.	03/05/2019	09/11/2019	03 - PAW	Cercone,David Stewart	Senior	11/24/2017
Hardy,William Scott	01/06/2020	07/27/2020	03 - PAW	Fischer,Nora Barry	Senior	06/13/2019
Ranjan,J. Nicholas	01/23/2019	07/10/2019	03 - PAW	Gibson,Kim R.	Senior	06/03/2016
Stickman IV,William Shaw	05/13/2019	07/31/2019	03 - PAW	Conti,Joy Flowers	Senior	12/06/2018
Wiegand,Christy Criswell	02/12/2020	09/09/2020	03 - PAW	Phipps,Peter J.	Elevated	07/16/2019
Molloy,Robert Anthony	06/12/2019	02/25/2020	03 - VI	Gomez,Curtis V.	Expired	02/25/2020
Rushing,Allison Jones	01/23/2019	03/05/2019	04 - CCA	Duncan,Allyson Kay	Senior	03/05/2019
Gallagher,Stephanie Agli	05/21/2019	09/11/2019	04 - MD	Quarles Jr.,William D.	Retired	02/01/2016
Myers II,Richard Ernest	09/09/2019	12/05/2019	04 - NCE	Howard,Malcolm J.	Senior	12/31/2005
Bell,Kenneth D.	01/23/2019	05/22/2019	04 - NCW	Voorhees,Richard L.	Senior	08/31/2017
Lydon,Sherri A.	10/15/2019	12/05/2019	04 - SC	Quattlebaum Jr.,A. Marvin	Elevated	08/16/2018
Alston Jr.,Rossie David	01/23/2019	06/10/2019	04 - VAE	Lee,Gerald Bruce	Retired	09/30/2017
Novak,David John	03/26/2019	10/16/2019	04 - VAE	Hudson,Henry E.	Senior	06/01/2018
Young,Roderick C.	05/21/2020	09/24/2020	04 - VAE	Smith,Rebecca Beach	Senior	08/01/2019
Cullen,Thomas T.	02/04/2020	09/10/2020	04 - VAW	Conrad,Glen E.	Senior	12/11/2017
Volk,Frank William	04/04/2019	10/16/2019	04 - WVS	Copenhaver Jr.,John T.	Senior	11/01/2018
Wilson,Cory T.	05/04/2020	06/24/2020	05 - CCA	Jolly,E. Grady	Senior	10/03/2017
Guidry,Greg Gerard	01/17/2019	06/19/2019	05 - LAE	Engelhardt,Kurt D.	Elevated	05/09/2018
Vitter,Wendy	01/23/2019	05/16/2019	05 - LAE	Berrigan,Helen G.	Senior	08/23/2016
Cain Jr.,James David	01/23/2019	06/19/2019	05 - LAW	Minaldi,Patricia H.	Senior	07/31/2017
Joseph,David Cleveland	01/06/2020	07/28/2020	05 - LAW	Drell,Dee D.	Senior	11/30/2017
Barker,J. Campbell	01/23/2019	05/01/2019	05 - TXE	Davis,Leonard E.	Retired	05/15/2015
Jordan,Sean D.	01/17/2019	07/30/2019	05 - TXE	Schell,Richard A.	Senior	03/10/2015
Truncale,Michael J.	01/23/2019	05/14/2019	05 - TXE	Clark,Ron	Senior	02/28/2018
Brown,Ada E.	03/26/2019	09/11/2019	05 - TXN	Means,Terry	Senior	07/03/2013
Hendrix,James Wesley	01/17/2019	07/30/2019	05 - TXN	Cummings,Samuel Ray	Senior	12/31/2014
Kacsmaryk,Matthew J.	01/23/2019	06/19/2019	05 - TXN	Robinson,Mary Lou	Senior	02/03/2016
Pittman,Mark T.	01/17/2019	07/31/2019	05 - TXN	McBryde,John H.	Senior	10/09/2018
Starr,Brantley	03/11/2019	07/31/2019	05 - TXN	Fitzwater,Sidney A.	Senior	09/22/2018
Brown,Jeffrey Vincent	03/11/2019	07/31/2019	05 - TXS	Harmon,Melinda	Senior	03/31/2018
Eskridge III,Charles R.	05/13/2019	10/16/2019	05 - TXS	Miller,Gray H.	Senior	12/09/2018
Morales,David Steven	01/23/2019	04/10/2019	05 - TXS	Jack,Janis Graham	Senior	06/01/2011
Tipton,Drew B.	02/04/2020	06/03/2020	05 - TXS	Lake III,Simeon Timothy	Senior	07/05/2019
Pulliam,Jason K.	03/05/2019	07/31/2019	05 - TXW	Sparks,Sam	Senior	12/31/2017
Murphy,Eric E.	01/23/2019	03/07/2019	06 - CCA	Batchelder,Alice M.	Senior	03/07/2019
Readler,Chad A.	01/23/2019	03/06/2019	06 - CCA	Cook,Deborah L.	Senior	03/06/2019
Walker,Justin Reed	06/24/2019	10/24/2019	06 - KYW	McKinley Jr.,Joseph H.	Senior	06/09/2019
Davis,Stephanie Dawkins	03/11/2019	12/19/2019	06 - MIE	Rosen,Gerald E.	Senior	10/26/2016
Jarbou,Hala Y.	03/18/2020	09/10/2020	06 - MIW	Bell,Robert Holmes	Senior	01/31/2017
Barker,Pamela A.	01/23/2019	06/12/2019	06 - OHN	Nugent,Donald C.	Senior	01/01/2017
Cole,Douglas Russell	05/13/2019	12/04/2019	06 - OHS	Dlott,Susan J.	Senior	05/31/2018
McFarland,Matthew Walden	01/23/2019	12/18/2019	06 - OHS	Rose,Thomas M.	Senior	06/30/2017
Morrison,Sarah Daggett	01/23/2019	06/11/2019	06 - OHS	Frost,Gregory L.	Retired	05/02/2016
Corker,Clifton L.	01/23/2019	07/18/2019	06 - TNE	Greer,J. Ronnie	Senior	06/30/2018
Johnston,Iain D.	02/12/2020	09/17/2020	07 - ILN	Kapala,Frederick J.	Senior	05/10/2019
Kness,John Fitzgerald	06/24/2019	02/12/2020	07 - ILN	Der-Yeghiayan,Samuel	Retired	02/17/2018
Pacold,Martha Maria	05/21/2019	07/31/2019	07 - ILN	Darrah,John W.	Senior	03/01/2017
Rowland,Mary M.	05/21/2019	07/31/2019	07 - ILN	St. Eve,Amy J.	Elevated	05/14/2018
Seeger,Steven C.	05/21/2019	09/11/2019	07 - ILN	Zagel,James B.	Senior	10/21/2016
Valderrama,Franklin Ulyses	02/12/2020	09/17/2020	07 - ILN	Castillo,Ruben	Retired	09/27/2019
Dugan,David W.	02/12/2020	09/16/2020	07 - ILS	Herndon,David R.	Retired	01/07/2019
McGlynn,Stephen P.	02/04/2020	09/16/2020	07 - ILS	Reagan,Michael J.	Retired	03/31/2019
Brady,Holly A.	01/23/2019	04/10/2019	07 - INN	Van Bokkelen,Joseph S	Senior	09/29/2017
Leichty,Damon Ray	01/23/2019	07/10/2019	07 - INN	Miller Jr.,Robert L.	Senior	01/11/2016
Ludwig,Brett H.	03/03/2020	09/09/2020	07 - WIE	Randa,Rudolph T.	Senior	02/05/2016
Rudofsky,Lee Philip	07/08/2019	11/07/2019	08 - ARE	Holmes,J. Leon	Senior	03/31/2018
Clark Sr.,Stephen R.	01/23/2019	05/22/2019	08 - MOE	Jackson,Carol E.	Retired	08/31/2017
Pitlyk,Sarah E.	09/09/2019	12/04/2019	08 - MOE	Perry,Catherine D.	Senior	12/31/2018
Schelp,Matthew Thomas	01/03/2020	02/12/2020	08 - MOE	Limbaugh Jr.,Stephen N.	Senior	08/01/2020
Traynor,Daniel Mack	09/19/2019	12/19/2019	08 - ND	Hovland,Daniel L.	Senior	11/10/2019
Welte,Peter D.	01/17/2019	07/30/2019	08 - ND	Erickson,Ralph R.	Elevated	09/28/2017
Buescher,Brian C.	01/23/2019	07/24/2019	08 - NE	Smith Camp,Laurie	Senior	12/01/2018
Kindred,Joshua M.	01/03/2020	02/12/2020	09 - AK	Beistline,Ralph R.	Senior	12/31/2015
Hinderaker,John Charles	12/02/2019	09/23/2020	09 - AZ	Collins,Raner	Senior	03/04/2019
Liburdi,Michael T.	01/17/2019	07/30/2019	09 - AZ	Campbell,David G.	Senior	07/31/2018
Rash,Scott Hugh	10/15/2019	05/19/2020	09 - AZ	Jorgenson,Cindy K.	Senior	04/06/2018
Blumenfeld,Jr.,Stanley	01/09/2020	09/15/2020	09 - CAC	Collins,Audrey B.	Retired	08/01/2014
Holcomb,John W.	02/13/2020	09/15/2020	09 - CAC	Pregerson,Dean D.	Senior	01/28/2016
Scarsi,Mark C.	01/09/2020	09/15/2020	09 - CAC	King,George H.	Retired	01/06/2017
Robinson,Todd Wallace	02/13/2020	09/16/2020	09 - CAS	Huff,Marilyn L.	Senior	09/30/2016
Bade,Bridget S.	01/23/2019	03/26/2019	09 - CCA	Silverman,Barry G.	Senior	10/11/2016
Bress,Daniel Aaron	02/06/2019	07/09/2019	09 - CCA	Kozinski,Alex	Retired	12/18/2017
Bumatay,Patrick Joseph	10/15/2019	12/10/2019	09 - CCA	Bea,Carlos	Senior	12/12/2019
Collins,Daniel Paul	02/06/2019	05/21/2019	09 - CCA	Pregerson,Harry	Senior	12/11/2015
Hunsaker,Danielle J.	09/19/2019	11/06/2019	09 - CCA	O'Scannlain,Diarmuid F.	Senior	12/31/2016
Lee,Kenneth Kiyul	02/06/2019	05/15/2019	09 - CCA	Reinhardt,Stephen	Deceased	03/29/2018
Miller,Eric D.	01/23/2019	02/26/2019	09 - CCA	Tallman,Richard C.	Senior	03/03/2018
VanDyke,Lawrence J.C.	10/15/2019	12/11/2019	09 - CCA	Bybee,Jay S.	Senior	12/31/2019
Immergut,Karin J.	01/23/2019	07/31/2019	09 - OR	Brown,Anna J.	Senior	07/27/2017
Domenico,Daniel Desmond	01/23/2019	04/09/2019	10 - CO	Blackburn,Robert E.	Senior	04/12/2016
Riggs,Kea Whetzal	05/13/2019	12/19/2019	10 - NM	Armijo,M. Christina	Senior	02/07/2018
Heil III,John F.	01/06/2020	05/20/2020	10 - OKE	Payne,James H.	Senior	08/01/2017
Dishman,Jodi W.	09/09/2019	12/19/2019	10 - OKW	Miles-LaGrange,Vicki	Senior	11/05/2018
Jones,II,Bernard Maurice	10/17/2019	12/19/2019	10 - OKW	Heaton,Joe L.	Senior	07/01/2019
Wyrick,Patrick R.	01/23/2019	04/09/2019	10 - OKW	Russell,David L.	Senior	07/07/2013
Barlow,David B.	06/12/2019	12/04/2019	10 - UT	Waddoups,Clark	Senior	01/31/2019
Nielson Jr.,Howard C.	01/23/2019	05/22/2019	10 - UT	Stewart,Brian T.	Senior	09/01/2014
Brasher,Andrew Lynn	01/23/2019	05/01/2019	11 - ALM	Fuller,Mark E.	Resigned	08/01/2015
Huffaker Jr.,R. Austin	07/08/2019	12/04/2019	11 - ALM	Watkins,W. Keith	Senior	01/31/2019
Manasco,Anna M.	02/04/2020	05/20/2020	11 - ALN	Bowdre,Karon O.	Senior	04/25/2020
Maze,Corey Landon	01/23/2019	06/12/2019	11 - ALN	Hopkins,Virginia Emerson	Senior	06/22/2018
Brasher,Andrew Lynn	01/03/2020	02/11/2020	11 - CCA	Carnes,Edward E.	Senior	06/30/2020
Lagoa,Barbara	10/15/2019	11/20/2019	11 - CCA	Marcus,Stanley	Senior	12/05/2019
Luck,Robert J.	10/15/2019	11/19/2019	11 - CCA	Tjoflat,Gerald B.	Senior	11/19/2019
Badalamenti,John Leonard	02/04/2020	06/01/2020	11 - FLM	Kovachevich,Elizabeth A.	Senior	12/14/2018
Barber,Thomas P.	01/23/2019	06/12/2019	11 - FLM	Whittemore,James D.	Senior	08/29/2017
Berger,Wendy Williams	01/23/2019	07/24/2019	11 - FLM	Steele,John E.	Senior	06/03/2015
Wetherell II,T. Kent	01/23/2019	07/10/2019	11 - FLN	Smoak,Richard	Senior	12/31/2015
Winsor,Allen Cothrel	01/23/2019	06/19/2019	11 - FLN	Hinkle,Robert L.	Senior	11/07/2016
Altman,Roy Kalman	01/23/2019	04/04/2019	11 - FLS	Lenard,Joan A.	Senior	07/01/2017
Ruiz II,Rodolfo Armando	01/23/2019	05/02/2019	11 - FLS	Zloch,William J.	Senior	01/31/2017
Singhal,Anuraag	09/09/2019	12/19/2019	11 - FLS	Cohn,James I.	Senior	08/05/2016
Smith,Rodney	01/23/2019	06/12/2019	11 - FLS	Rosenbaum,Robin S.	Elevated	05/12/2014
Boulee,Jean-Paul	01/23/2019	06/12/2019	11 - GAN	Duffey Jr.,William S.	Retired	07/01/2018
Grimberg,Steven D.	04/04/2019	09/11/2019	11 - GAN	Story,Richard W.	Senior	12/01/2018
Hertling,Richard A.	01/23/2019	06/10/2019	CL	Miller,George W.	Retired	08/06/2013
Holte,Ryan T.	01/23/2019	06/10/2019	CL	Firestone,Nancy B.	Senior	10/21/2013
Meyers,Edward Hulvey	01/06/2020	09/22/2020	CL	Block,Lawrence J.	Retired	01/08/2016
Roumel,Eleni Maria	06/24/2019	01/08/2020	CL	Williams,Mary Ellen Coster	Senior	07/13/2018
Solomson,Matthew H.	03/05/2019	01/08/2020	CL	Hewitt,Emily C.	Retired	10/21/2013
Tapp,David Austin	03/05/2019	11/05/2019	CL	Bush,Lynn J.	Senior	10/21/2013
Rao,Neomi J.	01/23/2019	03/13/2019	DC - CCA	Kavanaugh,Brett M.	Elevated	10/06/2018
Walker,Justin Reed	05/04/2020	06/18/2020	DC - CCA	Griffith,Thomas B.	Retired	09/01/2020
Nichols,Carl J.	01/23/2019	05/22/2019	DC - DC	Roberts,Richard W.	Senior	03/16/2016
Baker,M. Miller	01/23/2019	08/01/2019	IT	Pogue,Donald C.	Senior	07/01/2014
Reif,Timothy M.	01/23/2019	08/01/2019	IT	Eaton,Richard K.	Senior	08/22/2014

Total Confirmations:140

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