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Supreme Court of the United States
No nominations this session
Circuit Court of Appeals
| Name | Title | Circuit Court of Appeals | Nominated On | Confirmed on | Sworn In Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Bianco | Circuit Judge | Second Circuit | 1/22/2019 | 5/8/2019 | 5/13/2019 |
| Michael H. Park | Circuit Judge | Second Circuit | 1/22/2019 | 5/9/2019 | 5/13/2019 |
| Paul Matey | Circuit Judge | Third Circuit | 1/22/2019 | 3/12/2019 | 3/18/2019 |
| Allison Jones Rushing | Circuit Judge | Fourth Circuit | 1/22/2019 | 3/5/2019 | 3/21/2019 |
| Eric E. Murphy | Circuit Judge | Sixth Circuit | 1/22/2019 | 3/7/2019 | 3/11/2019 |
| Chad Readler | Circuit Judge | Sixth Circuit | 1/22/2019 | 3/6/2019 | 3/7/2019 |
| Bridget S. Bade | Circuit Judge | Ninth Circuit | 1/22/2019 | 3/26/2019 | 4/4/2019 |
| Eric D. Miller | Circuit Judge | Ninth Circuit | 1/22/2019 | 2/26/2019 | 3/4/2019 |
| Neomi J. Rao | Circuit Judge | District of Columbia | 1/22/2019 | 3/13/2019 | 3/18/2019 |
| Daniel A. Bress | Circuit Judge | Ninth Circuit | 1/30/2019 | 7/9/2019 | |
| Daniel P. Collins | Circuit Judge | Ninth Circuit | 1/30/2019 | 5/21/2019 | 5/22/2019 |
| Kenneth Kiyul Lee | Circuit Judge | Ninth Circuit | 1/30/2019 | 5/15/2019 | 6/12/2019 |
| Peter J. Phipps | Circuit Judge | Third Circuit | 5/3/2019 | 7/16/2019 | 7/22/2019 |
| Halil Suleyman Ozerden | Circuit Judge | Fifth Circuit | 6/24/2019 |
District Courts
| Name | Title | District Court | Nominated on | Confirmed on | Sworn In Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Guidry | District Judge | Eastern District of Louisiana | 1/17/2019 | 6/19/2019 | 6/28/2019 |
| James Hendrix | District Judge | Northern District of Texas | 1/17/2019 | 7/30/2019 | |
| Sean Jordan | District Judge | Eastern District of Texas | 1/17/2019 | ||
| Michael T. Liburdi | District Judge | District of Arizona | 1/17/2019 | 7/30/2019 | |
| Mark T. Pittman | District Judge | Northern District of Texas | 1/17/2019 | 7/31/2019 | |
| Peter D. Welte | District Judge | District of North Dakota | 1/17/2019 | 7/30/2019 | |
| Rossie Alston Jr. | District Judge | Eastern District of Virginia | 1/22/2018 | 6/10/2019 | 6/25/2019 |
| Roy K. Altman | District Judge | Southern District of Florida | 1/22/2018 | 4/4/2019 | 4/9/2019 |
| Raul M. Arias-Marxuach | District Judge | District of Puerto Rico | 1/22/2018 | 5/2/2019 | 5/16/2019 |
| Thomas P. Barber | District Judge | Middle District of Florida | 1/22/2019 | 6/12/2019 | 7/11/2019 |
| Pamela A. Barker | District Judge | Northern District of Ohio | 1/22/2019 | 6/12/2019 | 6/19/2019 |
| J. Campbell Barker | District Judge | Eastern District of Texas | 1/22/2019 | 5/1/2019 | 5/3/2019 |
| Kenneth D. Bell | District Judge | Western District of North Carolina | 1/22/2019 | 5/22/2019 | 5/26/2019 |
| Wendy Williams Berger | District Judge | Middle District of Florida | 1/22/2019 | 7/24/2019 | |
| Jean-Paul Boulee | District Judge | Northern District of Georgia | 1/22/2019 | 6/12/2019 | 6/19/2019 |
| Holly A. Brady | District Judge | Northern District of Indiana | 1/22/2019 | 4/10/2019 | 4/23/2019 |
| Andrew Lynn Brasher | District Judge | Middle District of Alabama | 1/22/2019 | 5/1/2019 | 5/7/2019 |
| Brian Buescher | District Judge | District of Nebraska | 1/22/2019 | 7/24/2019 | |
| James David Cain Jr. | District Judge | Western District of Louisiana | 1/22/2019 | 6/19/2019 | 6/25/2019 |
| Stephen R. Clark Sr. | District Judge | Eastern District of Missouri | 1/22/2019 | 5/22/2019 | 6/14/2019 |
| Clifton Corker | District Judge | Eastern District of Tennessee | 1/22/2019 | 7/18/2019 | 7/22/2019 |
| Daniel Desmond Domenico | District Judge | District of Colorado | 1/22/2019 | 4/9/2019 | 5/16/2019 |
| Phillip Halpern | District Judge | Southern District of New York | 1/22/2019 | ||
| Karin J. Immergut | District Judge | District of Oregon | 1/22/2019 | 7/31/2019 | |
| Matthew J. Kacsmaryk | District Judge | Northern District of Texas | 1/22/2019 | 6/19/2019 | 6/21/2019 |
| Damon Leichty | District Judge | Northern District of Indiana | 1/22/2019 | 7/10/2019 | |
| Thomas Marcelle | District Judge | Northern District of New York | 1/22/2019 | ||
| Corey Landon Maze | District Judge | Northern District of Alabama | 1/22/2019 | 6/12/2019 | 6/18/2019 |
| Matthew McFarland | District Judge | Southern District of Ohio | 1/22/2019 | ||
| David Morales | District Judge | Southern District of Texas | 1/22/2019 | 4/10/2019 | 4/25/2019 |
| Sarah Daggett Morrison | District Judge | Southern District of Ohio | 1/22/2019 | 6/11/2019 | 6/14/2019 |
| Carl J. Nichols | District Judge | District of Columbia | 1/22/2019 | 5/22/2019 | 6/25/2019 |
| Howard C. Nielson Jr. | District Judge | District of Utah | 1/22/2019 | 5/22/2019 | 6/12/2019 |
| J. Nicholas Ranjan | District Judge | Western District of Pennsylvania | 1/22/2019 | 7/10/2019 | 7/12/2019 |
| Rodolfo Ruiz II | District Judge | Southern District of Florida | 1/22/2019 | 5/1/2019 | 5/3/2019 |
| Rodney Smith | District Judge | Southern District of Florida | 1/22/2019 | 6/12/2019 | 6/14/2019 |
| Michael J. Truncale | District Judge | Eastern District of Texas | 1/22/2019 | 5/14/2019 | 5/16/2019 |
| Wendy Vitter | District Judge | Eastern District of Louisiana | 1/22/2019 | 5/16/2019 | 5/29/2019 |
| T. Kent Wetherell | District Judge | Northern District of Florida | 1/22/2019 | 7/10/2019 | 7/12/2019 |
| Allen Cothrel Winsor | District Judge | Northern District of Florida | 1/22/2019 | 6/19/2019 | 6/21/2019 |
| Joshua Wolson | District Judge | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 1/22/2019 | 5/2/2019 | 5/28/2019 |
| Patrick Wolson | District Judge | Western District of Oklahoma | 1/22/2019 | ||
| John Milton Younge | District Judge | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 1/22/2019 | 7/31/2019 | |
| Stanley Blumenfeld | District Judge | Central District of California | 1/30/2019 | ||
| Patrick Bumatay | District Judge | Southern District of California | 1/30/2019 | ||
| Jeremy B. Rosen | District Judge | Central District of California | 1/30/2019 | ||
| Mark C. Scarsi | District Judge | Central District of California | 1/30/2019 | ||
| Patrick Wyrick | District Judge | Western District of Oklahoma | 2/7/2019 | 4/9/2019 | 4/10/2019 |
| Robert J. Colville | District Judge | Western District of Pennsylvania | 3/5/2019 | ||
| Stephanie L. Haines | District Judge | Western District of Pennsylvania | 3/5/2019 | ||
| Jason K. Pulliam | District Judge | Western District of Texas | 3/5/2019 | 7/31/2019 | |
| Michael S. Bogren | District Judge | Western District of Texas | 3/11/2019 | ||
| Jeffrey Vincent Brown | District Judge | Southern District of Texas | 3/11/2019 | 7/31/2019 | |
| Stephanie Dawkins Davis | District Judge | Eastern District of Michigan | 3/11/2019 | ||
| Brantley Starr | District Judge | Northern District of Texas | 3/11/2019 | 7/31/2019 | |
| Ada E. Brown | District Judge | Northern District of Texas | 3/15/2019 | ||
| David J. Novak | District Judge | Eastern District of Virginia | 3/15/2019 | ||
| Steven D. Grimberg | District Judge | Northern District of Georgia | 4/2/2019 | ||
| Frank W. Volk | District Judge | Southern District of Virginia | 4/2/2019 | ||
| Gary R. Brown | District Judge | Eastern District of New York | 4/8/2019 | ||
| Stephanie Gallagher | District Judge | District of Maryland | 4/8/2019 | ||
| Diane Gujarati | District Judge | Eastern District of New York | 4/8/2019 | ||
| Lewis Liman | District Judge | Southern District of New York | 4/8/2019 | ||
| Eric R. Komitee | District Judge | Eastern District of New York | 4/8/2019 | ||
| Rachel P. Kovner | District Judge | Eastern District of New York | 4/8/2019 | ||
| Mary E. McElroy | District Judge | District of Rhode Island | 4/8/2019 | ||
| Martha Pacold | District Judge | Northern District of Illinois | 4/8/2019 | 7/31/2019 | |
| Mary M. Rowland | District Judge | Northern District of Illinois | 4/8/2019 | 7/31/2019 | |
| Steven C. Seeger | District Judge | Northern District of Illinois | 4/8/2019 | ||
| John L. Sinatra | District Judge | Western District of New York | 4/8/2019 | ||
| Mary Kay Vyskocil | District Judge | Southern District of New York | 4/8/2019 | ||
| Douglas R. Cole | District Judge | Southern District of Ohio | 5/3/2019 | ||
| Charles R. Eskridge III | District Judge | Southern District of Texas | 5/3/2019 | ||
| Kea W. Riggs | District Judge | District of New Mexico | 5/3/2019 | ||
| William Shaw Stickman IV | District Judge | Western District of Pennsylvania | 5/3/2019 | 7/31/2019 | |
| Jennifer Philpott Wilson | District Judge | Middle District of Pennsylvania | 5/3/2019 | ||
| David B. Barlow | District Judge | District of Utah | 6/12/2019 | ||
| Robert Anthony Molloy | Judge | District of the Virgin Islands | 6/12/2019 | ||
| Kevin Ray Sweazea | District Judge | District of New Mexico | 6/12/2019 | ||
| John Fitzgerald Kness | District Judge | Northern District of Illinois | 6/24/2019 | ||
| Justin R. Walker | District Judge | Western District of Kentucky | 6/24/2019 | ||
| Lee Philip Rudofsky | District Judge | Eastern District of Arkansas | 7/8/2019 | ||
| R. Austin Huffaker, Jr. | District Judge | Middle District of Alabama | 7/8/2019 |
Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
| Name | Title | Courts of Limited Jurisdiction | Nominated On | Confirmed on | Sworn in Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Miller Baker | Judge | Court of International Trade | 1/22/2019 | 8/1/2019 | |
| Timothy Reif | Judge | Court of International Trade | 1/22/2019 | 8/1/2019 | |
| Ryan T. Holte | Judge | Court of Federal Claims | 1/22/2019 | 6/10/2019 | 7/11/2019 |
| Richard A. Hertling | Judge | Court of Federal Claims | 1/22/2019 | 6/10/2019 | 6/12/2019 |
| Emin Toro | Judge | United States Tax Court | 2/6/2019 | 8/1/2019 | |
| Courtney Dunbar Jones | Judge | United States Tax Court | 2/6/2019 | 8/1/2019 | |
| David A. Tapp | Judge | Court of Federal Claims | 3/5/2019 | ||
| Matthew H. Solomson | Judge | Court of Federal Claims | 3/5/2019 | ||
| Daniel Z. Epstein | Judge | Court of Federal Claims | 6/24/2019 | ||
| Eleni M. Roumel | Judge | Court of Federal Claims | 6/24/2019 |
