On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee reported out five nominees: Goodwin Liu, nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on a party-line vote; Esther Salas, nominee to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on a unanimous voice vote; J. Paul Oetken and Paul A. Engelmayer, nominees to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on unanimous voice votes; and Ramona V. Manglona, nominee to the United States District Court for Northern Mariana Islands on a unanimous voice vote.The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing for next Wednesday on four judicial nominees: Henry Floyd to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; Nelva G. Ramos to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas; Richard B. Jackson to the United States District Court for the District of Colorado; and Sara L. Darrow to the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois.
