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Trump nominated 15 more federal judges yesterday

President Donald J. Trump (above) applauds newly confirmed Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, his wife, and daughters.

President Donald J. Trump nominated 15 more federal judges yesterday.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-eighteenth-wave-judicial-nominees-eighteenth-wave-united-states-attorney-nominees-thirteenth-wave-united-states-marshal-nominees/

They are to fill positions in New York, Ohio, Tennessee, California, Rhodes Island, and Nebraska. There are 146 federal judgeship vacancies left for the President to fill.

Yesterday’s nominees are:

  • Joseph F. Bianco of New York, to serve as a Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

  • Michael H. Park of New York, to serve as a Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

  • Patrick J. Bumatay of California, to serve as a Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

  • Daniel P. Collins of California, to serve as a Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

  • Kenneth Kiyul Lee of California, to serve as a Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

  • Stanley Blumenfeld of California, to serve as District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

  • Brian C. Buescher of Nebraska, to serve as District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

  • Clifton L. Corker of Tennessee, to serve as District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

  • Philip M. Halpern of New York, to serve as District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

  • Thomas Marcelle of New York, to serve as a District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

  • Matthew W. McFarland of Ohio, to serve as District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

  • Jeremy B. Rosen of California, to serve as District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

  • Mark C. Scarsi of California, to serve as District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

  • Aaron L. Weisman of Rhode Island, to serve as the United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island

  • Gary B. Burman of Kentucky, to serve as the United States Marshal for the Western District of Kentucky

http://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships/judicial-vacancies

According to the U.S. Courts, they are:

  • 146 vacancies

  • 71 pending nominees

  • four pending for future vacancies and

  • 890 authorized judgeships


The chart below is taken by the court website:

http://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships/judicial-vacancies