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Judicial Nominations

10/26/2017

Scott L. Palk, of Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, vice Stephen P. Friot, retired.

Nomination Number: PN374-115

Received Date: 05/08/2017

Last Action: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 79 - 16. Record Vote Number: 251.

09/28/2017

Ralph R. Erickson, of North Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, vice Kermit E. Bye, retired.

Nomination Number: PN586-115

Received Date: 06/07/2017

Last Action: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 95 - 1. Record Vote Number: 207.

09/11/2017

Matthew Spencer Petersen, of Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, vice Richard W. Roberts, retired.

Nomination Number: PN1117-115

Received Date: 09/11/2017

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

09/05/2017

Timothy J. Kelly, of the District of Columbia, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, vice Rosemary M. Collyer, retired.

Nomination Number: PN588-115

Received Date: 06/07/2017

Last Action: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 94 - 2. Record Vote Number: 188.

08/01/2017

Kevin Christopher Newsom, of Alabama, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, vice Joel F. Dubina, retired.

Nomination Number: PN372-115

Received Date: 05/08/2017

Last Action: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 66 - 31. Record Vote Number: 182.

07/20/2017

John Kenneth Bush, of Kentucky, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice Danny J. Boggs, retired.

Nomination Number: PN370-115

Received Date: 05/08/2017

Last Action: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 164.

07/12/2017

David C. Nye, of Idaho, to be United States District Judge for the District of Idaho, vice Edward J. Lodge, retired.

Nomination Number: PN373-115

Received Date: 05/08/2017

Last Action: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 100 - 0. Record Vote Number: 158.

05/25/2017

Amul R. Thapar, of Kentucky, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice Boyce F. Martin Jr., retired.

Nomination Number: PN105-115

Received Date: 03/21/2017

Last Action: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 44. Record Vote Number: 137.

04/07/2017

Neil M. Gorsuch, of Colorado, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, vice Antonin Scalia, deceased.

Nomination Number: PN55-115

Received Date: 02/01/2017

Last Action: Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 45. Record Vote Number: 111.

01/03/2017

Ronald G. Russell, of Utah, to be United States District Judge for the District of Utah, vice Brian Theadore Stewart, retired.

Nomination Number: PN1037-114

Received Date: 12/16/2015

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

01/03/2017

Robert John Colville, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, vice Gary L. Lancaster, deceased.

Nomination Number: PN751-114

Received Date: 07/30/2015

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

01/03/2017

Scott L. Palk, of Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, vice Stephen P. Friot, retired.

Nomination Number: PN1036-114

Received Date: 12/16/2015

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

01/03/2017

Patricia D. Barksdale, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, vice John E. Steele, retired.

Nomination Number: PN1398-114

Received Date: 04/28/2016

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

01/03/2017

Kathleen M. O'Sullivan, of Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, vice Marsha J. Pechman, retired.

Nomination Number: PN1369-114

Received Date: 04/14/2016

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

01/03/2017

Frances Marie Tydingco-Gatewood, of Guam, to be Judge for the District Court of Guam for the term of ten years. (Reappointment)

Nomination Number: PN1462-114

Received Date: 05/18/2016

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

01/03/2017

Mary S. McElroy, of Rhode Island, to be United States District Judge for the District of Rhode Island, vice Mary M. Lisi, retiring.

Nomination Number: PN775-114

Received Date: 09/08/2015

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

01/03/2017

Edward L. Stanton III, of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, vice Samuel H. Mays, Jr., retiring.

Nomination Number: PN515-114

Received Date: 05/21/2015

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

01/03/2017

Nancy B. Firestone, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years. (Reappointment)

Nomination Number: PN7-114

Received Date: 01/07/2015

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

01/03/2017

Clare E. Connors, of Hawaii, to be United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii, vice Susan Oki Mollway, retiring.

Nomination Number: PN773-114

Received Date: 09/08/2015

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

01/03/2017

Inga S. Bernstein, of Massachusetts, to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, vice Douglas P. Woodlock, retired.

Nomination Number: PN749-114

Received Date: 07/30/2015

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