As the 118th Congress began Tuesday President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. re-nominated numerous candidates for the federal bench.
The nominees include eight potential new federal court of appeals judges and twenty prospective U.S. District Court judges.
All of the nominations had been considered by the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary during the last Congress.
Here is a list of the nominees:
Nancy G. Abudu, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
DeAndrea Gist Benjamin, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Rachel Bloomekatz, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Cindy K. Chung, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Bradley N. Garcia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Anthony D. Johnstone, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Maria Araujo Kahn, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Julie Rikelman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Matthew P. Brookman, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
Daniel J. Calabretta, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
Tiffany M. Cartwright, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Nusrat J. Choudhury, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Jessica G. L. Clarke, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Michael Farbiarz, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Matthew L. Garcia, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
Margaret R. Guzman, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Dale E. Ho, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Lindsay C. Jenkins, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Kenly K. Kato, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Robert Kirsch, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Araceli Martinez-Olguin, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Natasha C. Merle, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Gina R. Mendez-Miro, U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
Adrienne C. Nelson, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon
Ana C. Reyes, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Hernan D. Vera, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Jamar K. Walker, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Jamal N. Whitehead, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington