Weekly Judicial Update - December 23, 2024

Judicial Update reports each week on activity during the previous week in new federal court vacancies, court nominations and confirmations of Article III (lifetime tenure) judges. For a masterlist of confirmations and judicial vacancies and nominees to fill these vacancies plus judicial nominee biographies, see Federal Section of NationsCourts.com.

The following table shows vacancies and nominations pending as of Friday, December 20, 2024 (the table includes future vacancies for which nominees have been named; see vacancies and nominations).

 
New Vacancies:
During the previous week (Dec 16 - Dec 20), there were no new vacancies in the appellate or district courts.

For masterlist of court vacancies in the federal appellate and district courts and nominations to fill these vacancies, click here. 

New Nominees:
During the previous week, there were no new nominations to the appellate or district courts.

For biographical information on those nominated thus far by the Biden administration, click here. 

New Confirmations:
During the previous week, there were 2 new confirmations, both to the district courts:

   December 20, 2024
   Benjamin J. Cheeks (49-to-47)
      Southern District of California. Nominated 11/18/24.
   Serena Raquel Murillo (49-to-47)
      Central District of California. Nominated 11/18/24.

 For masterlist of confirmations thus far, click here.

Senate Judiciary Committee:
For upcoming schedule of the committee, click here.

Biden - Trump Judiciary Scorecards:
As the above chart indicates, there are currently 39 Article III (lifetime tenure) vacancies in the federal courts, including 3 in the appellate courts and 36 in district courts. (These figures include future vacancies for which nominees have been named; see vacancies and nominations.)

There are currently 9 nominations to fill these vacancies: 3 in the appellate courts and 6 in the district courts. For masterlist of court vacancies and nominations, click here.

Thus far (through Dec 23, '24), President Biden has had 235 of his judicial nominations confirmed, 1 to the Supreme Court, 45 to the appellate courts, 187 to the district courts, and 2 to the U.S. Court of Int'l Trade. For a complete confirmation listing, click here.

During President-elect Trump's first four years in office (2017-21), the U.S. Senate confirmed 234 Article III (lifetime tenure) federal judges that he nominated, including 3 Supreme Court justices; 54 judges to the appellate courts; 174 judges to the district courts; and 3 judges to the Court of Int'l Trade.

The following table shows current composition of U.S. appeals courts based on Republican and Democratic Presidential judicial appointments:

 

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