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Caitlin Halligan

D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
Returned to President December 17, 2011

President Obama nominated Caitlin Halligan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on September 29, 2010, and renominated her on January 5, 2011.  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy delivered a supportive Statement at her February 2nd hearing.  A March 4 joint letter from Miguel Estrada and 20 other prominent attorneys expressed "enthusiastic support,“ and on March 10, 2011 the Committee approved her nomination on a 10-8 vote.  
 

 On December 6, a majority of the Senate voted 54-45 (short of the 60 votes needed) to end a filibuster of Halligan's nomination to one of three empty seats on the 11 judge D.C. Circuit.

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