Brett Kavanaugh hasn’t been spending much time lately in Washington’s federal appeals court.

As President Donald Trump’s pick to succeed U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, Kavanaugh’s dialed back his work on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Since his nomination on July 9, Kavanaugh has instead been meeting with U.S. senators and preparing for what promises to be a contentious confirmation hearing.