President Joe Biden (D) nominated eight individuals to Article III judgeships with lifetime terms on Jan. 19:
- Arianna Freeman, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- Tiffany Cartwright, to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
- Ana de Alba, to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
- Nusrat Choudhury, to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- Robert Huie, to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
- Natasha Merle, to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- Jennifer Rearden, to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- Nina Y. Wang, to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
To date, Biden has nominated 81 individuals to federal judgeships. Forty-one of the nominees have been confirmed.
As of his inauguration in January 2021, Biden inherited 46 Article III vacancies: two vacancies in the U.S. courts of appeal, 43 vacancies in the U.S. district courts, and one vacancy on the U.S. Court of International Trade. Biden announced his first federal judicial nominees on March 30.
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