Weekly Judicial Update - June 2, 2025

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 Saturday, May 31, 2025 (see vacancies and nominations).

 
New Vacancies:
During the previous week (May 26 - May 31), there was 1 new vacancy in the district courts:

   Nathaniel M. Gorton, District of Massachusetts, assuming senior status, 5/31/25.

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 in the appellate or district courts.

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

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

For masterlist of confirmations, click here.

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

Vacancies, Nominations, Confirmations:
Currently (as of June 4, '25), there are 50 Article III (lifetime tenure) vacancies in the federal courts, including 4 in the appellate courts and 46 in the district courts. There have been 5 nominees to fill these vacancies, 1 in the appellate courts and 4 in the district courts. There have been no confirmations.

NationsCourts.com will note court vacancies, judicial nominations, and confirmations (or rejections) as they occur. See court nominations and confirmations included herein.

Trump - Biden Judiciary Scorecards:
President Biden during his four years as president (2021-2025) 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.

During President Trump's first four years in office (2017-21), the U.S. Senate confirmed 234 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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