Habeas Corpus - New SDNY Nominee

One thing that I really wasn't able to follow much over the past six weeks was the status of the district court nominations. 

I looked into it and saw that two of the SDNY nominees were confirmed --  Paul Engelmayer and J. Paul Oetken.  Congratulations to them.

And two weeks ago, Obama nominated Ronnie Abrams to the final open seat in SDNY.  Abrams has extensive background in criminal law, having spent years as an AUSA.  I don't see any defense-side work, but it's possible that she saw something of this sort in her current position as Special Counsel for Pro Bono at Davis Polk.

Here is the current chart of district court nominees.  I haven't done the research to see whether any of these nominees have passed committee and been sent to the floor.  So the links are to the White House press release announcing the nomination (where available):

SDNY

• Alison J. Nathan (3/31/11)
• Katherine B. Forrest (5/4/11)
• Edgardo Ramos (5/4/11)
• MJ Andrew L. Carter (5/19/11)
• Jesse M. Furman (6/8/11)
• Ronnie Abrams (7/29/11)

EDNY

• William Kuntz II (3/8/11)
• Margo Brodie (6/8/11)

WDNY

• Mike Green (1/27/11)

NDNY

• No pending nominations