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Judicial Confirmations for December 2023

Judicial Confirmations

118th Congress

Last updated on12/01/2023

Total Confirmations:63

Nominee	Nomination Date	Confirmation Date	Court	Incumbent	Vacancy Reason	Vacancy Date
Rikelman,Julie	01/03/2023	06/20/2023	01 - CCA	Lynch,Sandra L.	Senior	12/31/2022
Guzman,Margaret R.	01/03/2023	03/01/2023	01 - MA	Hillman,Timothy S.	Senior	07/01/2022
Joun,Myong J.	01/23/2023	07/12/2023	01 - MA	O'Toole Jr.,George A.	Senior	01/01/2018
Kobick,Julia E.	01/23/2023	11/07/2023	01 - MA	Young,William G.	Senior	07/01/2021
Mendez-Miro,Gina R.	01/03/2023	02/14/2023	01 - PR	Cerezo,Carmen Consuelo	Retired	02/28/2021
Kahn,Maria Araujo	01/03/2023	03/09/2023	02 - CCA	Cabranes,Jose A.	Senior	03/09/2023
Oliver,Vernon D.	05/04/2023	09/19/2023	02 - CT	Underhill,Stefan R.	Senior	11/01/2022
Choudhury,Nusrat Jahan	01/03/2023	06/15/2023	02 - NYE	Bianco,Joseph F.	Elevated	05/08/2019
Merchant,Orelia Eleta	01/23/2023	05/03/2023	02 - NYE	Kuntz II,William Francis	Senior	01/01/2022
Merle,Natasha C.	01/03/2023	06/21/2023	02 - NYE		New Position	02/01/2021
Reyes Jr.,Ramon Ernesto	01/23/2023	11/08/2023	02 - NYE	Matsumoto,Kiyo A.	Senior	07/23/2022
Clarke,Jessica G. L.	01/03/2023	03/16/2023	02 - NYS	McMahon,Colleen	Senior	04/10/2021
Garnett,Margaret M.	07/11/2023	11/28/2023	02 - NYS	Briccetti,Vincent L.	Senior	04/21/2023
Ho,Dale E.	01/03/2023	06/14/2023	02 - NYS	Forrest,Katherine B.	Resigned	09/11/2018
Subramanian,Arun	01/23/2023	03/07/2023	02 - NYS	Nathan,Alison J.	Elevated	03/23/2022
Chung,Cindy K.	01/03/2023	02/13/2023	03 - CCA	Smith,D. Brooks	Senior	12/04/2021
Hall,Jennifer L.	07/11/2023	10/17/2023	03 - DE	Andrews,Richard G.	Senior	12/31/2023
Farbiarz,Michael	01/03/2023	05/02/2023	03 - NJ	Hillman,Noel Lawrence	Senior	04/04/2022
Kirsch,Robert	01/03/2023	05/02/2023	03 - NJ	Wolfson,Freda L.	Retired	02/01/2023
Semper,Jamel	09/18/2023	11/29/2023	03 - NJ	Vazquez,John Michael	Resigned	09/08/2023
Munley,Julia Kathleen	05/04/2023	10/17/2023	03 - PAM	Mariani,Robert D.	Senior	09/30/2022
Benjamin,DeAndrea Gist	01/03/2023	02/09/2023	04 - CCA	Floyd,Henry F.	Senior	12/31/2021
Hurson,Brendan Abell	03/21/2023	10/04/2023	04 - MD	Hazel,George Jarrod	Resigned	02/24/2023
Maddox,Matthew James	03/21/2023	10/31/2023	04 - MD	Grimm,Paul W.	Senior	12/11/2022
Walker,Jamar K.	01/03/2023	02/28/2023	04 - VAE	Jackson,Raymond Alvin	Senior	11/23/2021
Ballou,Robert Stewart	01/23/2023	03/07/2023	04 - VAW	Jones,James P.	Senior	08/30/2021
Papillion,Darrel James	03/21/2023	05/30/2023	05 - LAE	Barbier,Carl J.	Senior	01/01/2023
Bloomekatz,Rachel	01/03/2023	07/18/2023	06 - CCA	Cole Jr.,Ransey Guy	Senior	01/09/2023
DeClercq,Susan Kim	05/04/2023	10/04/2023	06 - MIE	Davis,Stephanie Dawkins	Elevated	05/24/2022
Grey,Jonathan James Canada	01/23/2023	03/02/2023	06 - MIE	Hood,Denise Page	Senior	05/01/2022
McMillion,Brandy R.	07/11/2023	11/09/2023	06 - MIE	Drain,Gershwin A.	Senior	08/13/2022
Lawless,Colleen R.	01/23/2023	03/02/2023	07 - ILC	Myerscough,Sue E.	Senior	03/02/2023
Cummings,Jeffrey Irvine	01/31/2023	09/12/2023	07 - ILN		New Position	12/05/2022
Daniel,Jeremy C.	03/21/2023	05/17/2023	07 - ILN	Feinerman,Gary	Resigned	12/31/2022
Hunt,LaShonda A.	01/31/2023	05/04/2023	07 - ILN	Norgle Sr.,Charles R.	Senior	10/04/2022
Jenkins,Lindsay C.	01/03/2023	02/14/2023	07 - ILN	Lee,John Z.	Elevated	09/07/2022
Brookman,Matthew P.	01/03/2023	03/29/2023	07 - INS	Young,Richard L.	Senior	03/29/2023
Bryan,Jeffrey M.	07/27/2023	11/28/2023	08 - MN	Tunheim,John R.	Senior	11/28/2023
Almadani,Monica Ramirez	01/23/2023	11/09/2023	09 - CAC	Kronstadt,John A.	Senior	04/01/2022
Hsu,Wesley L.	01/23/2023	05/03/2023	09 - CAC	Phillips,Virginia Anne	Senior	02/14/2022
Kato,Kenly Kiya	01/03/2023	11/07/2023	09 - CAC	O'Connell,Beverly Reid	Deceased	10/08/2017
Vera,Hernan D.	01/03/2023	06/13/2023	09 - CAC	Morrow,Margaret M.	Senior	10/29/2015
Calabretta,Daniel J.	01/03/2023	02/16/2023	09 - CAE	Mendez,John A.	Senior	04/17/2022
Lin,Rita F.	01/23/2023	09/19/2023	09 - CAN	Chen,Edward M.	Senior	05/17/2022
Martinez-Olguin,Araceli	01/03/2023	02/28/2023	09 - CAN	White,Jeffrey Steven	Senior	02/01/2021
Pitts,P. Casey	01/23/2023	06/14/2023	09 - CAN	Koh,Lucy H.	Elevated	12/13/2021
Schopler,Andrew G.	01/23/2023	03/07/2023	09 - CAS	Burns,Larry A.	Senior	01/22/2021
Simmons Jr.,James Edward	01/23/2023	03/09/2023	09 - CAS	Battaglia,Anthony J.	Senior	03/31/2021
Johnstone,Anthony Devos	01/03/2023	05/01/2023	09 - CCA	Thomas,Sidney R.	Senior	05/01/2023
de Alba,Ana	04/17/2023	11/13/2023	09 - CCA	Watford,Paul J.	Resigned	05/31/2023
Smith,Micah W.J.	09/11/2023	11/29/2023	09 - HI	Seabright,J. Michael	Senior	01/30/2024
Brailsford,Amanda K.	01/31/2023	05/04/2023	09 - ID	Winmill,Barry Lynn	Senior	08/16/2021
Nelson,Adrienne C.	01/03/2023	02/15/2023	09 - OR	Mosman,Michael W.	Senior	12/27/2021
Cartwright,Tiffany M.	01/03/2023	07/12/2023	09 - WAW	Settle,Benjamin Hale	Senior	01/01/2020
Evanson,Kymberly Kathryn	01/23/2023	07/11/2023	09 - WAW	Martinez,Ricardo S.	Senior	09/05/2022
Whitehead,Jamal N.	01/03/2023	02/28/2023	09 - WAW	Jones,Richard A.	Senior	09/05/2022
Gallagher,Gordon P.	01/23/2023	03/22/2023	10 - CO	Martinez,William Joseph	Senior	02/10/2023
Garcia,Matthew L.	01/03/2023	02/14/2023	10 - NM	Herrera,Judith C.	Senior	07/01/2019
Abudu,Nancy G.	01/03/2023	05/18/2023	11 - CCA	Martin,Beverly B.	Retired	09/30/2021
Hadji,Philip S.	06/08/2023	09/21/2023	CL	Griggsby,Lydia Kay	Elevated	06/16/2021
Silfen,Molly R.	02/27/2023	06/08/2023	CL	Braden,Susan G.	Senior	07/13/2018
Garcia,Bradley N.	01/03/2023	05/15/2023	DC - CCA	Rogers,Judith W.	Senior	09/01/2022
Reyes,Ana C.	01/03/2023	02/15/2023	DC - DC	Kollar-Kotelly,Colleen	Senior	02/15/2023

Total Confirmations:63

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