Not a true filibuster. There have been cloture votes as a Senate management device but not a true filibuster. There has never been a true filibuster used against a circuit court of appeals nominee, no, and certainly not against a circuit court of appeals nominee to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
Discussing the use of filibusters in relation to circuit court of appeals nominees.
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