The following is a list of Presidential nominations to the federal courts. All appointments require Senate confirmation.
Following nomination, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary holds a hearing for nominees before they can be confirmed.
All names will appear in the Judicial Yellow Book after the judge is sworn in. The listings below follow the order in which
courts appear in the Judicial Yellow Book: Circuit Court of Appeals, District Courts, and Courts of Limited Jurisdiction.
Name |
Title |
Supreme Court
of the United States |
Nominated on |
Confirmed On |
Sworn in Date |
Sonia Sotomayor |
Associate Judge |
Supreme Court |
5/26/2009 |
8/6/2009 |
8/8/2009 |
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Name |
Title |
Circuit Court of Appeals |
Nominated on |
Confirmed On |
Sworn in Date |
Andre M. Davis |
Circuit Judge |
Fourth Circuit |
4/2/2009 |
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David F. Hamilton |
Circuit Judge |
Seventh Circuit |
3/17/2009 |
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Gerard E. Lynch |
Circuit Judge |
Second Circuit |
4/2/2009 |
9/17/2009 |
9/21/2009 |
Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr. |
Circuit Judge |
Third Circuit |
6/19/2009 |
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Beverly Balwin Martin |
Circuit Judge |
Eleventh Circuit |
6/19/2009 |
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Thomas I. Vanaskie |
Circuit Judge |
Third Circuit |
8/6/2009 |
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Jane Branstetter Stranch |
Circuit Judge |
Sixth Circuit |
8/6/2009 |
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Barbara Milano Keenan |
Circuit Judge |
Fourth Circuit |
9/14/2009 |
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Denny Chin |
Circuit Judge |
Second Circuit |
10/6/2009 |
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O. Rogeriee Thompson |
Circuit Judge |
First Circuit |
10/6/2009 |
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Name |
Title |
District Courts |
Nominated on |
Confirmed On |
Sworn in Date |
Charlene Honeywell |
District Judge |
Middle District of Florida |
6/25/2009 |
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Jeffrey Viken |
District Judge |
District of South Dakota |
6/25/2009 |
9/29/2009 |
9/30/2009 |
Irene Berger |
District Judge |
Southern District of West Virginia |
7/8/2009 |
10/27/2009 |
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Roberto Lange |
District Judge |
District of South Dakota |
7/8/2009 |
10/21/2009 |
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Abdul K. Kallon |
District Judge |
Northern District of Alabama |
7/31/2009 |
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Jacquline H. Nguyen |
District Judge |
Central District of California |
7/31/2009 |
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Richard Seeborg |
District Judge |
Northern District of California |
8/6/2009 |
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Dolly M. Gee |
District Judge |
Northern District of California |
8/6/2009 |
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Edward Milton Chen |
District Judge |
Northern District of California |
8/6/2009 |
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Louis B. Butler Jr. |
District Judge |
Western District of Wisconsin |
10/1/2009 |
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Rosanna Peterson |
District Judge |
Eastern District of Washington |
10/13/2009 |
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Christina Reiss |
District Judge |
District of Vermont |
10/13/2009 |
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Brian Jackson |
District Judge |
Middle District of Louisiana |
10/29/2009 |
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William Conley |
District Judge |
Western District of Wisconsin |
10/29/2009 |
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