OLP works with the Attorney General in advising the President on nominations for Article III judgeships. After the President has submitted a nomination to the Senate, OLP works with the White House and the Senate Judiciary Committee in securing the nominee's confirmation. The data on this site provide an overview of the nomination and confirmation activity relating to each Congress since the 107th.
108th Congress
Court of Appeals
Nominee |
|
Judicial Emergency* |
Nomination Date |
Hearing Date |
Confirmation Date |
District
of Columbia Circuit |
Roberts, John |
|
No |
5/9/01** |
1/29/03 4/30/03 |
5/8/03 |
Estrada, Miguel |
|
No |
5/9/01** |
9/26/02 |
Withdrawn 9/4/03 |
Kavanaugh, Brett |
|
No |
7/25/03 |
4/27/04 |
|
Brown, Janice |
|
No |
7/25/03 |
10/22/03 |
|
Griffith, Thomas |
|
No |
5/10/04 |
11/16/04 |
|
|
First
Circuit |
None |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Second
Circuit |
Wesley, Richard |
|
No |
3/5/03 |
5/22/03 |
6/11/03 |
Hall, Peter |
|
Yes |
12/9/03 |
3/10/04 |
6/24/04 |
|
Third
Circuit |
Chertoff, Michael |
|
Yes |
3/5/03 |
5/7/03 |
6/9/03 |
Fisher, D. Michael |
|
Yes |
5/1/03 |
10/15/03 |
12/9/03 |
Van Antwerpen, Franklin |
|
No |
11/21/03 |
1/28/04 |
5/20/04 |
|
Fourth
Circuit |
Boyle, Terrence |
|
Yes |
5/9/01** |
|
|
Duncan, Allyson |
|
Yes |
4/28/03 |
6/25/03 |
7/17/03 |
Allen, Claude |
|
Yes |
4/28/03 |
10/28/03 |
|
Haynes, William |
|
No |
9/29/03 |
11/19/03 |
|
|
Fifth
Circuit |
Owen, Priscilla |
|
Yes |
5/9/01** |
7/23/02 3/13/03 |
|
Pickering, Charles |
|
Yes |
5/25/01** |
10/18/01 2/7/02 |
Recess 1/16/04 |
Prado, Edward |
|
Yes |
2/6/03 |
3/27/03 |
5/1/03 |
|
Sixth
Circuit |
Cook, Deborah |
|
Yes |
5/9/01** |
1/29/03 |
5/5/03 |
Sutton, Jeff |
|
Yes |
5/9/01** |
1/29/03 |
4/29/03 |
McKeague, David |
|
Yes |
11/8/01** |
6/16/04 |
|
Neilson, Susan |
|
Yes |
11/8/01** |
9/8/04 |
|
Saad, Henry |
|
Yes |
11/8/01** |
7/30/03 |
|
Griffin, Richard |
|
Yes |
6/26/02** |
6/16/04 |
|
|
Seventh
Circuit |
Sykes, Diane |
|
No |
11/14/03 |
2/11/04 |
6/24/04 |
|
Eighth
Circuit |
Colloton, Steven |
|
No |
2/12/03 |
7/22/03 |
9/4/03 |
Gruender, Raymond |
|
No |
9/29/03 |
1/22/04 |
5/20/04 |
Benton, William |
|
No |
2/12/04 |
04/08/04 |
6/24/04 |
|
Ninth
Circuit |
Kuhl, Carolyn |
|
Yes |
6/22/01** |
4/1/03 |
|
Bybee, Jay |
|
Yes |
5/22/02** |
2/5/03 |
3/13/03 |
Callahan, Consuelo |
|
Yes |
2/12/03 |
5/7/03 |
5/22/03 |
Bea, Carlos |
|
Yes |
4/11/03 |
9/3/03 |
9/29/03 |
Myers, William |
|
No |
5/15/03 |
2/5/04 |
|
|
Tenth
Circuit |
Tymkovich, Timothy |
|
No |
5/25/01** |
2/12/03 |
4/1/03 |
|
Eleventh
Circuit |
Pryor, William H. |
|
Yes |
4/9/03 |
6/11/03 |
Recess 2/20/04 |
|
Federal
Circuit |
None |
|
|
|
|
|
|
* "Yes" indicates that this individual
has been nominated to fill a vacancy that has been designated by the National
Judicial Conference as a "Judicial
Emergency."
** Date of original nomination during the 107th Congress. This nominee was
renominated on 1/7/03, at the beginning of the 108th Congress.
District Court
Nominee |
|
Judicial Emergency* |
Nomination Date |
Hearing Date |
Confirmation Date |
Northern
District of Alabama |
Coogler, Scott |
|
Yes |
3/27/03 |
5/7/03 |
5/22/03 |
Proctor, R. David |
|
No |
5/1/03 |
7/22/03 |
9/17/03 |
Hopkins, Virginia |
|
No |
10/14/03 |
11/19/03 |
6/15/04 |
|
Southern
District of Alabama |
Steele, William |
|
Yes |
10/9/01** |
2/12/03 |
3/13/03 |
|
District
of Arizona |
Campbell, David |
|
No |
3/13/03 |
4/30/03 |
7/8/03 |
Wake, Neil Vincent |
|
No |
10/22/03 |
1/22/04 |
3/12/04 |
|
Eastern
District of Arkansas |
Holmes, J. Leon |
|
No |
1/29/03 |
3/27/03 |
7/6/04 |
|
Central
District of California |
Otero, S. James |
|
Yes |
7/18/02** |
1/29/03 |
2/10/03 |
Carney, Cormac |
|
Yes |
10/10/02** |
3/12/03 |
4/7/03 |
Selna, James |
|
Yes |
1/29/03 |
3/12/03 |
3/27/03 |
Fischer, Dale |
|
No |
5/1/03 |
10/15/03 |
10/27/03 |
Schiavelli, George |
|
No |
1/20/04 |
04/08/04 |
6/24/04 |
|
Southern
District of California |
Benitez, Roger |
|
Yes |
5/1/03 |
2/25/04 |
6/17/04 |
Burns, Larry |
|
Yes |
5/1/03 |
7/30/03 |
9/25/03 |
Hayes, William |
|
Yes |
5/1/03 |
9/3/03 |
10/2/03 |
Houston, John |
|
Yes |
5/1/03 |
9/3/03 |
10/2/03 |
Sabraw, Dana |
|
Yes |
5/1/03 |
7/30/03 |
9/25/03 |
|
District
of Colorado |
Figa, Phillip |
|
No |
6/9/03 |
9/3/03 |
10/2/03 |
|
District
of Connecticut |
Kravitz, Mark |
|
No |
3/27/03 |
5/22/03 |
6/11/03 |
|
Middle
District of Florida |
Covington, Virginia Hernandez |
|
No |
4/21/04 |
6/16/04 |
9/7/04 |
|
Northern
District of Florida |
Rodgers, Margaret |
|
No |
7/14/03 |
9/17/03 |
10/20/03 |
|
Southern
District of Florida |
Altonaga, Cecilia |
|
Yes |
1/15/03 |
4/1/03 |
5/6/03 |
Cohn, James |
|
Yes |
5/1/03 |
7/9/03 |
7/31/03 |
Cooke, Marcia |
|
Yes |
11/25/03 |
3/10/04 |
5/18/04 |
|
Northern
District of Georgia |
Duffey, William |
|
No |
11/5/03 |
2/5/04 |
6/16/04 |
|
District
of Hawaii |
Rohlfing, Frederick |
|
Yes |
1/23/02** |
withdrawn |
5/6/04 |
Seabright, J. Michael |
|
Yes |
9/15/04 |
11/16/04 |
|
|
Northern
District of Illinois |
Der-Yeghiayan, Samuel |
|
No |
3/5/03 |
6/25/03 |
7/14/03 |
Filip, Mark |
|
Yes |
4/28/03 |
10/28/03 |
2/4/04 |
|
Northern
District of Indiana |
Simon, Philip |
|
No |
1/29/03 |
3/12/03 |
3/27/03 |
Springmann, Theresa |
|
No |
1/29/03 |
3/12/03 |
3/31/03 |
|
Western
District of Louisiana |
Hicks, S. Maurice |
|
No |
9/12/02** |
4/30/03 |
5/6/03 |
Drell, Dee |
|
No |
1/15/03 |
3/27/03 |
4/9/03 |
Minaldi, Patricia |
|
No |
1/15/03 |
4/1/03 |
5/6/03 |
|
District
of Maine |
Woodcock, John |
|
No |
3/27/03 |
5/22/03 |
6/12/03 |
|
District
of Maryland |
Quarles, William |
|
No |
9/12/02** |
2/5/03 |
3/12/03 |
Bennett, Richard |
|
No |
1/29/03 |
3/27/03 |
4/9/03 |
Titus, Roger |
|
No |
6/18/03 |
9/17/03 |
11/5/03 |
|
District
of Massachusetts |
Saylor, F. Dennis |
|
No |
7/30/03 |
11/12/03 |
6/1/04 |
|
Eastern
District of Michigan |
Ludington, Thomas |
|
No |
9/12/02** |
|
|
Ryan, Dan |
|
No |
4/28/03
| |
|
|
Cox, Sean F. |
|
No |
9/10/04
| |
|
|
|
Southern
District of Mississippi |
Guirola, Louis |
|
No |
9/23/03 |
11/19/03 |
3/12/04 |
Starrett, Keith |
|
No |
7/6/04 |
9/8/04 |
11/20/04 |
|
District
of Nevada |
Jones, Robert |
|
No |
6/9/03 |
9/3/03 |
10/2/03 |
|
District
of New Jersey |
Sheridan, Peter |
|
No |
11/5/03 |
|
|
|
District
of New Mexico |
Browning, James |
|
No |
4/28/03 |
7/9/03 |
7/31/03 |
Brack, Robert |
|
No |
4/28/03
| 6/25/03 |
7/14/03 |
Herrera, Judith |
|
Yes |
9/23/03
| 11/12/03 |
6/4/04 |
|
Eastern
District of New York |
Feuerstein, Sandra |
|
Yes |
7/26/02** |
7/22/03 |
9/17/03 |
Irizarry, Dora |
|
Yes |
4/28/03 |
10/1/03 |
6/24/04 |
Townes, Sandra |
|
Yes |
8/5/03 |
11/12/03 |
6/3/04 |
|
Northern
District of New York |
Sharpe, Gary |
|
No |
4/28/03 |
10/15/03 |
1/28/04 |
|
Southern
District of New York |
Holwell, Richard |
|
No |
8/1/02** |
7/22/03 |
9/17/03 |
Castel, P. Kevin |
|
No |
3/5/03 |
7/22/03 |
9/17/03 |
Robinson, Stephen |
|
No |
3/5/03 |
7/22/03 |
9/17/03 |
Karas, Kenneth |
|
No |
9/18/03 |
11/19/03 |
6/3/04 |
Crotty, Paul A. |
|
No |
9/07/04 |
11/16/04 |
|
|
Eastern
District of North Carolina |
Dever, James |
|
Yes |
5/22/02** |
|
|
Flanagan, Louise |
|
Yes |
1/29/03 |
6/25/03 |
7/17/03 |
|
Western
District of North Carolina |
Conrad, Robert |
|
No |
4/28/03 |
|
|
McKnight, Brent |
|
No |
4/28/03 |
7/22/03 |
7/31/03 |
|
District
of North Dakota |
Erickson, Ralph |
|
Yes |
9/12/02** |
2/5/03 |
3/12/03 |
|
Northern
District of Ohio |
Adams, John |
|
Yes |
10/10/02** |
1/29/03 |
2/10/03 |
Boyko, Christopher A. |
|
No |
7/22/04 |
9/22/04 |
11/20/04 |
|
Southern
District of Ohio |
Frost, Gregory |
|
No |
8/1/02** |
2/5/03 |
3/10/03 |
Watson, Michael |
|
No |
4/6/04 |
6/4/04 |
9/7/04 |
|
Eastern
District of Oklahoma |
White, Ronald |
|
No |
5/15/03 |
9/3/03 |
9/30/03 |
|
District
of Oregon |
Mosman, Michael |
|
Yes |
5/12/03 |
7/30/03 |
9/25/03 |
|
Eastern
District of Pennsylvania |
Pratter, Gene |
|
Yes |
11/3/03 |
1/22/04 |
6/15/04 |
Stengel, Lawrence |
|
Yes |
11/7/03 |
2/5/04 |
6/16/04 |
Sanchez, Juan |
|
Yes |
11/25/03 |
4/8/04 |
6/23/04 |
Diamond, Paul |
|
Yes |
1/20/04 |
3/24/04 |
6/16/04 |
|
Western
District of Pennsylvania |
Hardiman, Thomas |
|
No |
4/9/03 |
5/22/03 |
10/22/03 |
Gibson, Kim |
|
No |
4/28/03 |
7/30/03 |
9/23/03 |
|
District
of South Carolina |
Floyd, Henry |
|
No |
5/15/03 |
7/30/03 |
9/22/03 |
Harwell, Robert |
|
No |
1/20/04 |
4/8/04 |
6/24/03 |
|
Eastern
District of Tennessee |
Varlan, Thomas |
|
No |
10/10/02** |
2/12/03 |
3/13/03 |
Greer, J. Ronnie |
|
No |
4/9/03 |
5/22/03 |
6/11/03 |
|
Western
District of Tennessee |
Breen, J. Daniel |
|
No |
10/10/02** |
2/12/03 |
3/13/03 |
|
Eastern
District of Texas |
Crone, Marcia |
|
No |
5/1/03 |
9/3/03 |
9/30/03 |
Schneider, Michael |
|
No |
5/17/04 |
7/7/04 |
9/7/04 |
|
Northern
District of Texas |
Boyle, Jane |
|
No |
11/24/03 |
3/10/04 |
6/17/04 |
|
Southern
District of Texas |
Alvarez, Micaela |
|
No |
6/16/04 |
9/8/04 |
11/20/04 |
|
Western
District of Texas |
Junell, Robert |
|
Yes |
7/18/02** |
1/29/03 |
2/10/03 |
Cardone, Kathleen |
|
Yes |
5/1/03 |
7/9/03 |
7/28/03 |
Montalvo, Frank |
|
Yes |
5/1/03 |
7/9/03 |
7/31/03 |
Rodriguez, Xavier |
|
Yes |
5/1/03 |
7/9/03 |
7/31/03 |
Yeakel, Earl |
|
Yes |
5/1/03 |
6/25/03 |
7/28/03 |
|
Eastern
District of Virginia |
Kelley, Walter |
|
Yes |
10/31/03 |
3/10/04 |
6/23/04 |
|
Western
District of Virginia |
Conrad, Glen |
|
Yes |
4/28/03 |
7/30/03 |
9/22/03 |
|
District
of the Virgin Islands |
Gomez, Curtis |
|
No
| 11/25/03 |
4/28/04 |
11/20/04 |
Finch, Raymond |
|
No
| 2/2/04 |
9/8/04 |
11/20/04 |
|
Eastern
District of Washington |
Suko, Lonny |
|
No |
4/28/03 |
6/25/03 |
7/15/03 |
|
Western
District of Washington |
Martinez, Ricardo |
|
Yes |
10/14/03 |
1/22/04 |
6/15/04 |
Robart, James |
|
Yes |
12/9/03 |
2/11/04 |
6/17/04 |
|
* "Yes" indicates that this individual
has been nominated to fill a vacancy that has been designated by the National
Judicial Conference as a "Judicial
Emergency."
** Date of original nomination during the 107th Congress. This nominee was
renominated on 1/7/03, at the beginning of the 108th Congress.
Federal Claims
Nominee |
|
Judicial Emergency |
Nomination Date |
Hearing Date |
Confirmation Date |
United
States Court of Federal Claims |
Williams, Mary Ellen |
|
N/A |
6/21/01** |
3/12/03 |
7/9/03 |
Horn, Marian |
|
N/A |
8/1/01** |
2/12/03 |
3/5/03 |
Lettow, Charles |
|
N/A |
8/1/01** |
3/27/03 |
7/9/03 |
Braden, Susan |
|
N/A |
5/1/02** |
3/27/03 |
7/9/03 |
Wolski, Victor |
|
N/A |
9/12/02** |
3/12/03 |
7/9/03 |
Miller, George |
|
N/A |
7/30/03 |
9/17/03 |
12/9/03 |
|
** Date of original nomination during the 107th Congress. This nominee was
renominated on 1/7/03, at the beginning of the 108th Congress.
International Trade
Nominee |
|
Judicial Emergency |
Nomination Date |
Hearing Date |
Confirmation Date |
United
States Court of International Trade |
Stanceu, Timothy |
|
N/A |
12/19/01** |
2/12/03 |
3/6/03 |
|
** Date of original nomination during the 107th Congress. This nominee was
renominated on 1/7/03, at the beginning of the 108th Congress.
|