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 |
Elena Kagan |
Associate Justice |
Supreme Court |
5/10/2010 |
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Name |
Title |
Circuit Court of Appeals |
Nominated on |
Confirmed On |
Sworn in Date |
Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr. |
Circuit Judge |
Third Circuit |
6/19/2009 |
2/9/2010 |
2/12/2010 |
Beverly Baldwin Martin |
Circuit Judge |
Eleventh Circuit |
6/19/2009 |
1/20/2010 |
1/28/2010 |
Thomas I. Vanaskie |
Circuit Judge |
Third Circuit |
8/6/2009 |
4/21/2010 |
4/28/2010 |
Jane Branstetter Stranch |
Circuit Judge |
Sixth Circuit |
8/6/2009 |
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Barbara Milano Keenan |
Circuit Judge |
Fourth Circuit |
9/14/2009 |
3/2/2010 |
3/9/2010 |
Denny Chin |
Circuit Judge |
Second Circuit |
10/6/2009 |
4/22/2010 |
4/26/2010 |
O. Rogeriee Thompson |
Circuit Judge |
First Circuit |
10/6/2009 |
3/17/2010 |
4/1/2010 |
Albert Diaz |
Circuit Judge |
Fourth Circuit |
11/4/2009 |
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Denny Chin |
Circuit Judge |
Fourth Circuit |
11/4/2009 |
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Circuit Judge |
Ninth Circuit |
2/24/2010 |
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Robert Neil Chatigny |
Circuit Judge |
Second Circuit |
2/24/2010 |
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Scott M. Matheson, Jr. |
Circuit Judge |
Tenth Circuit |
3/3/2010 |
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Raymond J. Lohier, Jr. |
Circuit Judge |
Second Circuit |
3/10/2010 |
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Kathleen M. O'Malley |
Circuit Judge |
Federal Circuit |
3/10/2010 |
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Mary Helen Murguia |
Circuit Judge |
Ninth Circuit |
3/25/2010 |
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Edward Carroll DuMont |
Circuit Judge |
Federal Circuit |
4/14/2010 |
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Susan L. Carney |
Circuit Judge |
Second Circuit |
5/20/2010 |
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James E. Graves, Jr. |
Circuit Judge |
Fifth Circuit |
6/10/2010 |
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Victoria Nourse |
Circuit Judge |
Seventh Circuit |
7/14/2010 |
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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 |
11/9/2009 |
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Edward Milton Chen |
District Judge |
Northern District of California |
1/20/2010 |
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Lousi B. Butler, Jr. |
District Judge |
Western District of Washington |
1/20/2010 |
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Rosanna Peterson |
District Judge |
Eastern District of Washington |
10/13/2009 |
1/25/2010 |
1/26/2010 |
Brian Jackson |
District Judge |
Middle District of Louisiana |
10/29/2009 |
6/15/2010 |
6/18/2010 |
William Conley |
District Judge |
Western District of Wisconsin |
10/29/2009 |
3/4/2010 |
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Nancy D. Freudenthal |
District Judge |
District of Wyoming |
12/3/2009 |
5/5/2010 |
6/24/2010 |
Denzil Price Marshall, Jr. |
District Judge |
Eastern District of Arkansas |
12/3/2009 |
5/5/2010 |
5/14/2010 |
Benita Y. Pearson |
District Judge |
Northern District of Ohio |
12/3/2009 |
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J. Michelle Childs |
District Judge |
District of South Carolina |
12/22/2009 |
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Richard Mark Gergel |
District Judge |
District of South Carolina |
12/22/2009 |
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Gloria M. Navarro |
District Judge |
District of Nevada |
12/24/2009 |
5/5/2010 |
7/6/2010 |
Timothy S. Black |
District Judge |
Southern District of Ohio |
12/24/2009 |
5/11/2010 |
6/21/2010 |
Lucy H. Koh |
District Judge |
Northern District of California |
1/20/2010 |
6/7/2010 |
6/11/2010 |
Jane E. Magnus-Stinson |
District Judge |
Southern District of Indiana |
1/20/2010 |
6/7/2010 |
6/14/2010 |
Tanya W. Pratt |
District Judge |
Southern District of Indiana |
1/20/2010 |
6/15/2010 |
6/25/2010 |
Audrey G. Fleissig |
District Judge |
Eastern District of Missouri |
1/20/2010 |
6/7/2010 |
6/11/2010 |
Jon E. DeGuilio |
District Judge |
Northern District of Indiana |
1/20/2010 |
5/11/2010 |
5/20/2010 |
Elizabeth Erny Foote |
District Judge |
Western District of Louisiana |
2/4/2010 |
6/15/2010 |
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Mark A. Goldsmith |
District Judge |
Eastern District of Michigan |
2/4/2010 |
6/21/2010 |
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Marc Thomas Treadwell |
District Judge |
Middle District of Georgia |
2/4/2010 |
6/21/2010 |
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Josephine Staton Tucker |
District Judge |
Central District of California |
2/4/2010 |
6/21/2010 |
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Gary Scott Feinerman |
District Judge |
Northern District of Illinois |
2/24/2010 |
6/28/2010 |
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Sharon Johnson Coleman |
District Judge |
Northern District of Illinois |
2/24/2010 |
7/12/2010 |
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William Joseph Martinez |
District Judge |
District of Colorado |
2/24/2010 |
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Catherine C. Eagles |
District Judge |
Middle District of North Carolina |
3/10/2010 |
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Kimberly J. Mueller |
District Judge |
Eastern District of California |
3/10/2010 |
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John J. McConnell Jr. |
District Judge |
District of Rhode Island |
3/10/2010 |
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Amy Totenberg |
District Judge |
Northern District of Georgia |
3/17/2010 |
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Leonard P. Stark |
District Judge |
District of Delaware |
3/17/2010 |
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John A. Gibney Jr. |
District Judge |
Eastern District of Virginia |
4/14/2010 |
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James K. Bredar |
District Judge |
District of Maryland |
4/21/2010 |
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Edmond E-Min Chang |
District Judge |
Northern District of Illinois |
4/21/2010 |
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Ellen Lipton Hollander |
District Judge |
District of Maryland |
4/21/2010 |
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Leslie E. Kobayashi |
District Judge |
District of Hawaii |
4/21/2010 |
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Susan Richard Nelson |
District Judge |
District of Minnesota |
4/21/2010 |
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Denise Jefferson Casper |
District Judge |
District of Massachusetts |
4/28/2010 |
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Paul K. Homes, III |
District Judge |
Western District of Arkansas |
4/28/2010 |
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Carlton W. Reeves |
District Judge |
Southern District of Mississippi |
4/28/2010 |
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Robert L. Wilkins |
District Judge |
District of Columbia |
5/20/2010 |
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Edward J. Davila |
District Judge |
Northern District of California |
5/20/2010 |
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Anthony J. Battaglia |
District Judge |
Southern District of California |
5/20/2010 |
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James E. Shadid |
District Judge |
Central District of Illinois |
5/27/2010 |
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Max O. Cogburn, Jr. |
District Judge |
Western District of North Carolina |
5/27/2010 |
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Sue E. Myerscough |
District Judge |
Central District of Illinois |
6/17/2010 |
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Amy Berman Jackson |
District Judge |
District of Columbia |
6/17/2010 |
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James Boasberg |
District Judge |
District of Columbia |
6/17/2010 |
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Michael H. Simon |
District Judge |
District of Oregon |
7/14/2010 |
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Diana Saldana |
District Judge |
Southern District of Texas |
7/14/2010 |
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Steve C. Jones |
District Judge |
Northern District of Georgia |
7/14/2010 |
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Beryl Howell |
District Judge |
District of Columbia |
7/14/2010 |
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Marco A. Hernandez |
District Judge |
District of Oregon |
7/14/2010 |
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Kathleen M. Williams |
District Judge |
Southern District of Florida |
7/21/2010 |
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Charles Bernard Day |
District Judge |
District of Maryland |
7/21/2010 |
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