President Joe Biden issued his thirteenth round of judicial nominees this week, and again, the eight new nominations are among the most diverse in personal and professional experiences ever elevated to the federal judiciary. That includes “the first Bangladeshi-American, the first Muslim-American woman, and only the second Muslim-American person to serve as a federal judge,” should they be confirmed.

That comes with the Senate’s confirmation Thursday of Holly Thomas to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the fourth Biden pick to be added to that court. She is only the second Black woman to serve on this court, and the first Black woman from California. She’s worked as a civil rights attorney, a prosecutor, a litigator, a criminal law attorney, a civil law attorney, a state law practitioner, and a federal law practitioner.

That confirmation made history: Biden has now named more appellate court judges his first year in office than any other president. Thirteen, to be exact. 

There are more to come, including 11 district and circuit nominees currently being considered in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Three of those have received deadlocked votes from the committee: Dale Ho, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Voting Rights Project, Charlotte Sweeney for the District of Colorado, and Hernan Vera for the Central District of California. That’s going to take an additional procedural vote to discharge their nominations from the committee to the floor. 

In the meantime, nine more nominees made it out of committee this week, including Manhattan-based U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan, a nominee to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. She had a busy month, serving as the judge in the sex trafficking case in which British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty.

When the Senate returns on Jan. 31, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has a slate of 10 judicial nominations waiting for them.