Ronald Reagan Judicial Appointment Controversies - List of Failed Nominees

List of Failed Nominees

• United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • New York seat - Stuart A. Summit (judgeship later filled by George H. W. Bush nominee John M. Walker, Jr.)

• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • Louisiana seat - David C. Treen (judgeship later filled by Reagan nominee John Malcolm Duhé, Jr.)
  • Louisiana seat - Jacques L. Wiener, Jr. (judgeship later filled by George H. W. Bush nominee Jacques L. Wiener, Jr.; he was renominated for the seat by Bush)
  • Texas seat - Lino Graglia (judgeship later filled by Reagan nominee Jerry Edwin Smith)

• United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • Indiana seat - William F. Harvey (judgeship later filled by Reagan nominee Kenneth Ripple)

• United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • California seat - Bernard Siegan (judgeship later filled by George H. W. Bush nominee Ferdinand Francis Fernandez)
  • California seat - Ferdinand Francis Fernandez (judgeship later filled by George H. W. Bush nominee Ferdinand Francis Fernandez; he was renominated for the seat by Bush)
  • California seat - Pamela Ann Rymer (judgeship later filled by George H. W. Bush nominee Pamela Ann Rymer; she was renominated for the seat by Bush)
  • Idaho seat - Guy G. Hurlbutt (judgeship later filled by George H. W. Bush nominee Thomas G. Nelson)

• United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
  • Seat - Judith Richards Hope (judgeship later filled by George H. W. Bush nominee Clarence Thomas)

• United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • Seat - Susan Liebeler (judgeship later filled by George H. W. Bush nominee S. Jay Plager)
  • Seat - Sherman Unger (judgeship later filled by Reagan nominee Jean Galloway Bissell)