Potential Obama judicial appointments during the 112th congress

Obama has picked up the pace of judicial nominations so far during the 112th congress, including two recent appeals courts nominees. Since Republicans have regularly been delaying appeals courts nominees for up to a year or more, any other appeals courts nominees that hope to stand a chance of being confirmed before the 2012 election will have to be nominated sometime in the next few months.

Alaska:
o 9th Cir: Heather Kendall-Miller (would be first Native American appeals court judge), Alaska Supreme Court Justice Morgan Christen (she's a Sarah Palin appointee...)
o http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202463876409

Arkansas:
o ED Ark: Amelia Mosley "Amy" Russell, Christopher J. Heller, Denise Reid Hoggard
o http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2011/04/06/obama-nominates-susan-hickey-for-federal-judgeship

Arizona:
o D Ariz:
o D Ariz:
o D Ariz:

California:
o 9th Cir ("California seat" vacated by Stephen Trott, although Sens. Michael Crapo and Jim Risch are trying to claim this seat for Idaho): Professor Christopher David Ruiz Cameron
o CD Cal:
o SD Cal:
o http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202463876409

District of Columbia:
o DC Cir:
o DDC:

Florida:
o 11th Cir:
o SD Fl:

Georgia:
o 11th Cir: Daisy Hurst Floyd
o http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/senate-approves-totenberg-jones-856301.html

Illinois:
o ND Ill: Susan Cox, Thomas Durkin, Mary Rowland, Maria Valdez
o ND Ill:
o ND Ill: Republican Sen. Mark Kirk gets to recommend a name, per an agreement with Dick Durbin
o http://durbin.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=b50679ba-b83a-47a1-a8ee-6e9d6989f1ca

Kansas:
o D Kan:

Louisiana:
o ED La: Stephen J. Herman, Susie Morgan, Allan Kanner, Gerald Meunier
o http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/01/senator_mary_landrieu_suggests.html

Michigan:
o ED Mich:
o ED Mich:
o http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2011/03/one_of_two_new_federal_court_j.html

Missouri:
o WD Mo:

New York:
o SDNY: Magistrate Judge Andrew L. Carter, Jr.
o SDNY: Jesse M. Furman
o SDNY: Ronnie Abrams
o EDNY: Margo Brodie
o EDNY:
o http://schumer.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=331189 ; http://schumer.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=331991 ; http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20110428/INS/110429870

North Carolina:
o EDNC: Allen Cobb, Jennifer May-Parker, Quentin Sumner
o http://hagan.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=229

Oklahoma:
o 10th Cir: Janet K. Levit, Miles Tolbert, former Attorney General Michael Turpen, Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Williams, Magistrate Judge Robert Bacharach
o http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=16&articleid=20110109_16_A15_ULNSbv759183 ; http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleid=20100523_16_A1_WASHIN822076

Pennsylvania:
o ED Pa:
o ED Pa:
o ED Pa:
o MD Pa: Judge Terrence R. Nealon (51 yo)
o MD Pa: Judge Carmen D. Minora (57 yo Republican; friend of Specter's)
o http://citizensvoice.com/news/sources-nealon-minora-mariani-to-be-submitted-for-nomination-to-federal-bench-1.881276#axzz1MMyeQ6Fk

Texas:
o ED Tex: Eric M. Albritton (Democratic recommendation), Magistrate Judge Chad Everingham (Democratic recommendation), J. Rodney Gilstrap (Democratic recommendation)
o SD Tex: Judge Nelva Gonzalez Ramos (43 yo; Democratic recommendation, nominated January 26, 2011), Justice Dori Contreras Garza (52 yo; Democratic recommendation), Judge Nanette Hassette (49 yo; Democratic recommendation)
o WD Tex: Karen Pozza (being vetted), Sonia Rodriguez (Democratic recommendation), Catherine Torres-Stahl (Democratic recommendation was dropped from consideration after losing Texas judicial election), Robert Valdez (Republican suggestion)
o WD Tex: Javier Alvarez (bipartisan support)
o http://texaslawyer.typepad.com/texas_lawyer_blog/2010/06/democrats-send-white-house-a-list-of-judicial-candidates-for-edtx-and-sdtx.html ; http://www.caller.com/news/2010/jun/09/democrats-select-three-finalists-federal-judgeship/ ; http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/politics/article/Judge-Pozza-might-be-first-woman-on-federal-bench-1374274.php ; http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/6988308.html

Utah:
o D Utah:
o D Utah:

Washington:
o ED Wash: Stanley A. Bastian (52 yo), Thomas O. Rice, Leslie R. "Les" Weatherhead
o http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/sirens/tags/robert-whaley/

West Virginia:
o ND W Va: Judge Gina Marie Groh
o http://www.wvrecord.com/news/233785-groh-suggested-for-federal-judgeship