In a voice vote Thursday, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved the nomination of Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Tilman “Tripp” Self to the Middle District of Georgia bench and sent his name to the Senate floor for final confirmation.

Self's nomination was approved in a block vote along with four other judicial nominees from Texas and South Carolina.

Four other nominees—Allison H. Eid for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Colorado; Stephanos Bibas for the Third Circuit; Liles Clifton Burke for the Northern District of Alabama; and Michael Joseph Juneau for the Western District of Louisiana—were also sent to the Senate floor after roll call votes split along party lines.