40 Federal Judges Confirmed in 2021; Biden Nominates 2 More

Judge J. Michelle Childs, who was nominated by President Barack Obama to the U.S. District Court, listens during her nomination hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 16, 2010. Charles Dharapak/AP Photo

WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden on Thursday made two final nominations to the federal bench this year as he caps his first year in office with 40 judges confirmed, the most since Ronald Reagan was president.

Nancy Gbana Abudu is Biden’s nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in the deep South. The circuit covers Alabama, Georgia, and Florida.