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Judicial Nominations

01/07/2026

Alexander C. Van Hook, of Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, vice Elizabeth Erny Foote, retired.

Nomination Number: PN615-2-119

Received Date: 10/21/2025

Last Action: By unanimous consent agreement, debate and vote 1/8/2026.

01/05/2026

David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, vice Paul Kinloch Holmes III, retired.

Nomination Number: PN726-5-119

Received Date: 01/05/2026

Last Action: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

01/05/2026

Aaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, vice Timothy Mark Burgess, retired.

Nomination Number: PN726-12-119

Received Date: 01/05/2026

Last Action: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

01/05/2026

Brian Charles Lea, of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, vice John Thomas Fowlkes, Jr., retired.

Nomination Number: PN726-9-119

Received Date: 01/05/2026

Last Action: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

01/05/2026

Megan Blair Benton, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, vice M. Douglas Harpool, retiring.

Nomination Number: PN726-2-119

Received Date: 01/05/2026

Last Action: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

01/05/2026

Nicholas Jon Ganjei, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, vice Lynn N. Hughes, retired.

Nomination Number: PN726-6-119

Received Date: 01/05/2026

Last Action: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

01/05/2026

Justin R. Olson, of Indiana, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, vice Jane E. Magnus-Stinson, retired.

Nomination Number: PN726-11-119

Received Date: 01/05/2026

Last Action: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

01/03/2026

Brian Charles Lea, of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, vice John Thomas Fowlkes, Jr., retired.

Nomination Number: PN673-3-119

Received Date: 12/01/2025

Last Action: Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

01/03/2026

Megan Blair Benton, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, vice M. Douglas Harpool, retiring.

Nomination Number: PN673-1-119

Received Date: 12/01/2025

Last Action: Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

01/03/2026

Justin R. Olson, of Indiana, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, vice Jane E. Magnus-Stinson, retired.

Nomination Number: PN673-4-119

Received Date: 12/01/2025

Last Action: Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

01/03/2026

David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, vice Paul Kinloch Holmes, III, retired.

Nomination Number: PN655-1-119

Received Date: 11/18/2025

Last Action: Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

01/03/2026

Nicholas Jon Ganjei, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, vice Lynn H. Hughes, retired.

Nomination Number: PN655-2-119

Received Date: 11/18/2025

Last Action: Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

01/03/2026

John M. Guard, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, vice Timothy J. Corrigan, retired.

Nomination Number: PN346-4-119

Received Date: 06/16/2025

Last Action: Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

01/03/2026

Aaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, vice Timothy Mark Burgess, retired.

Nomination Number: PN655-3-119

Received Date: 11/18/2025

Last Action: Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.

12/09/2025

William J. Crain, of Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, vice Eldon E. Fallon, retired.

Nomination Number: PN615-1-119

Received Date: 10/21/2025

Last Action: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 46. Record Vote Number: 638.

12/09/2025

James D. Maxwell II, of Mississippi, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi, vice Michael P. Mills, retired.

Nomination Number: PN466-5-119

Received Date: 09/02/2025

Last Action: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 46. Record Vote Number: 640.

12/09/2025

Robert P. Chamberlin, of Mississippi, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi, vice Sharion Aycock, retired.

Nomination Number: PN466-1-119

Received Date: 09/02/2025

Last Action: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 46. Record Vote Number: 636.

12/04/2025

Susan Courtwright Rodriguez, of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, vice Frank D. Whitney, retired.

Nomination Number: PN520-4-119

Received Date: 09/15/2025

Last Action: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 32. Record Vote Number: 634.

12/03/2025

Matthew E. Orso, of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, vice Robert J. Conrad, Jr., retired.

Nomination Number: PN520-3-119

Received Date: 09/15/2025

Last Action: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 41. Record Vote Number: 629.

12/02/2025

David A. Bragdon, of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, vice Loretta Copeland Biggs, retired.

Nomination Number: PN520-1-119

Received Date: 09/15/2025

Last Action: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 45. Record Vote Number: 625.