In a much needed and welcome move, the Trump Administration announced the nominations of 11 candidates to fill vacancies on U.S. District Courts.  The nominees are:

Annemarie Carney Axon, a Birmingham attorney, and Judge Liles C. Burke of the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals were nominated for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

Judge Tripp Self III of the Georgia Court of Appeals was nominated for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.

Michael Lawrence Brown, a partner in the Atlanta office of Alston & Bird LLP, and Judge Billy McCrary Ray II of the Georgia Court of Appeals, were nominated for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Judge Charles Barnes Goodwin, a federal magistrate judge, was nominated for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.

Thomas Alvin Farr, a Raleigh attorney, was nominated for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.  Farr had previously been nominated to fill the same vacancy during the Bush Administration.

Chip Campbell Jr. and Eli Richardson, both Nashville attorneys in private practice, were nominated for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.

Mark Norris, the currently serving Tennessee Senate Majority Leader, and Thomas Lee Robinson Parker, a Memphis attorney, were nominated for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.