Rift Signal

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Circuit 8 — Bench Pressure

Heat: Watch (29)

Active nominations1

Awaiting vote0

Avg days pending56

Oldest pending56

Active nominations

2026-05-12Daniel Mack Traynor, of North Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, vice Ralph R. Erickson, retiring. (Hearing)

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