Happy Friday from Avalon and Brad, and welcome to another roundup of the week’s news about the judiciary. This week, we take a look at a few of President Biden’s longest pending nominees–and why their waiting may be coming to an end soon. Plus, the D.C. Circuit published a new “decorum policy” this week. We’ll be out the next two weeks for the holidays, so this will be the last Bench Report of 2023. See you next year!

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Dale Ho testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, on Wednesday, December 1, 2021. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM

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