Updated as of April 16, 2021.
Federal Vacancy Overview
Includes current and announced vacancies.
For a breakdown of current nominees, click here.
13
Circuit Court
85
District Court
3
Federal Claims
2
International Trade
Circuit Court Vacancies
Includes current and announced vacancies.
13
D.C. Circuit
Federal Circuit
First Circuit
Second Circuit
Third Circuit
Fourth Circuit
Fifth Circuit
2
1
1
3
0
1
0
Sixth Circuit
Seventh Circuit
Eighth Circuit
Ninth Circuit
Tenth Circuit
Eleventh Circuit
0
1
0
2
2
0
Vacancy Details
Judges who have taken senior status, retired, or died.
JUDGE | CIRCUIT | PRESIDENT | EFFECTIVE |
---|---|---|---|
Merrick Garland | D.C. | Clinton | 3/10/2021 |
David S. Tatel | D.C. | Clinton | TBD |
Evan Wallach | Federal | Obama | 5/31/2021 |
Juan R. Torruella | 1st (PR) | Reagan | 10/26/2020 |
Robert A. Katzmann | 2nd (NY) | Clinton | 1/21/2021 |
Peter W. Hall | 2nd (VT) | W. Bush | 3/4/2021 |
Denny Chin | 2nd (NY) | Clinton | 6/1/2021 |
Barbara Milano Keenan | 4th (VA) | Obama | 8/31/2021 |
Joel M. Flaum | 7th (IL) | Reagan | 11/30/2020 |
Susan P. Graber | 9th (OR) | Clinton | TBD |
Marsha Berzon | 9th (CA) | Clinton | TBD |
Carlos F. Lucero | 10th (CO) | Clinton | 2/1/2021 |
Mary Beck Briscoe | 10th (KS) | Clinton | 3/15/2021 |

District Court Vacancies
Includes current and announced vacancies.
85
Alabama 1
Middle District
1
Alaska
Arizona
0
0
Arkansas 1
Western District
1
California 18
Eastern District
Central District
Northern District
Southern District
2
7
3
6
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
D.C.
2
3
0
1
Florida 2
Southern District
2
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
2
0
1
0
Indiana 1
Northern District
1
Iowa 1
Southern District
1
Kansas
Kentucky
1
0
Louisiana 1
Western District
1
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
0
3
3
Michigan 2
Eastern District
Western District
1
1
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
1
0
0
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
0
0
2
1
6
2
New York 8
Eastern District
Northern District
Southern District
4
1
3
North Carolina
North Dakota
0
0
Ohio 3
Northern District
3
Oklahoma
Oregon
0
1
Pennsylvania 4
Eastern District
4
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
1
0
0
1
0
Texas 2
Southern District
Western District
1
1
Utah
Vermont
1
0
Virginia 2
Eastern District
Western District
1
1
Washington 6
Eastern District
Western District
1
5
West Virginia
0
Wisconsin 1
Eastern District
1
Wyoming
0
Vacancy Details
Judges who have taken senior status, retired, or died.
JUDGE | DISTRICT | PRESIDENT | EFFECTIVE |
---|---|---|---|
Andrew Lynn Brasher | Middle District of Alabama | Trump | 2/11/2020 |
Paul Kinloch Holmes III | Western District of Arkansas | Obama | 11/10/2021 |
Lawrence J. O’Neill | Eastern District of California | W. Bush | 2/2/2020 |
Morrison C. England Jr. | Eastern District of California | W. Bush | 12/17/2019 |
Margaret M. Morrow | Central District of California | Clinton | 10/29/2015 |
Andrew J. Guilford | Central District of California | W. Bush | 7/5/2019 |
Christina A. Snyder | Central District of California | Clinton | 11/23/2016 |
James V. Selna | Central District of California | W. Bush | 3/3/2020 |
Beverly Reid O’Connell | Central District of California | Obama | 10/8/2017 |
Manuel L. Real | Central District of California | Johnson | 11/4/2018 |
Virginia Anne Phillips | Central District of California | Clinton | 2/14/2022 |
Jeffrey Steven White | Northern District of California | W. Bush | 2/1/2021 |
Phyllis J. Hamilton | Northern District of California | Clinton | 2/1/2021 |
William Haskell Alsup | Northern District of California | Clinton | 1/21/2021 |
Barry Ted Moskowitz | Southern District of California | Clinton | 1/23/2019 |
Roger T. Benitez | Southern District of California | W. Bush | 12/31/2017 |
John A. Houston | Southern District of California | W. Bush | 2/6/2018 |
Larry A. Burns | Southern District of California | W. Bush | 1/22/2021 |
Michael M. Anello | Southern District of California | W. Bush | 10/31/2018 |
Anthony J. Battaglia | Southern District of California | Obama | 3/31/2021 |
Marcia S. Kreiger | District of Colorado | W. Bush | 3/3/2019 |
Richard Brooke Jackson | District of Colorado | Obama | 9/30/2021 |
Alvin W. Thompson | District of Connecticut | Clinton | 8/31/2018 |
Janet C. Hall | District of Connecticut | Clinton | 1/21/2021 |
Vanessa Lynne Bryant | District of Connecticut | W. Bush | 2/1/2021 |
Emmet G. Sullivan | District of D.C. | Clinton | 4/3/2021 |
Federico A. Moreno | Southern District of Florida | H.W. Bush | 7/17/2020 |
Ursula Ungaro | Southern District of Florida | H.W. Bush | 5/2/2021 |
Thomas W. Thrash Jr. | Northern District of Georgia | Clinton | 5/8/2021 |
Amy Totenberg | Northern District of Georgia | Obama | 4/4/2021 |
B. Lynn Winmill | District of Idaho | Clinton | 8/16/2021 |
Theresa L. Springmann | Northern District of Indiana | W. Bush | 1/23/2021 |
John A. Jarvey | Southern District of Iowa | W. Bush | 3/18/2022 |
Julie A. Robinson | District of Kansas | W. Bush | 1/14/2022 |
Elizabeth E. Foote | Western District of Louisiana | Obama | 1/21/2022 |
Richard D. Bennett | District of Maryland | W. Bush | TBD |
Ellen Lipton Hollander | District of Maryland | Obama | TBD |
Catherine C. Blake | District of Maryland | Clinton | 4/2/2021 |
George A. O’Toole Jr. | District of Massachusetts | Clinton | 1/1/2018 |
Douglas P. Woodlock | District of Massachusetts | Reagan | 6/1/2015 |
William G. Young | District of Massachusetts | Reagan | 7/1/2021 |
Victoria A. Roberts | Eastern District of Michigan | Clinton | 2/24/2021 |
Janet T. Neff | Western District of Michigan | W. Bush | 3/1/2021 |
Joan N. Ericksen | District of Minnesota | W. Bush | 10/15/2019 |
Robert Clive Jones | District of Nevada | W. Bush | 2/1/2016 |
James C. Mahan | District of Nevada | W. Bush | 6/29/2018 |
Paul J. Barbadoro | District of New Hampshire | H.W. Bush | 3/1/2021 |
Robert B. Kugler | District of New Jersey | W. Bush | 11/2/2018 |
William J. Martini | District of New Jersey | W. Bush | 2/10/2015 |
Peter G. Sheridan | District of New Jersey | W. Bush | 6/14/2018 |
Faith S. Hochberg | District of New Jersey | Clinton | 3/6/2015 |
Jerome B. Simandle | District of New Jersey | H.W. Bush | 5/31/2017 |
Jose L. Linares | District of New Jersey | W. Bush | 5/16/2019 |
Robert Brack | District of New Mexico | W. Bush | 7/25/2018 |
Judith C. Herrera | District of New Mexico | W. Bush | 7/1/2019 |
Joseph F. Bianco | Eastern District of New York | W. Bush | 5/8/2019 |
Brian M. Cogan | Eastern District of New York | W. Bush | 6/12/2020 |
Dora L. Irizarry | Eastern District of New York | W. Bush | 1/26/2020 |
Position Open (New Seat) | Eastern District of New York | N/A | 2/1/2021 |
Gary L. Sharpe | Northern District of New York | W. Bush | 1/1/2016 |
Katherine B. Forrest | Southern District of New York | Obama | 9/11/2018 |
Richard J. Sullivan | Southern District of New York | W. Bush | 10/11/2018 |
George B. Daniels | Southern District of New York | Clinton | 5/1/2021 |
Dan A. Polster | Northern District of Ohio | Clinton | 1/31/2021 |
James S. Gwin | Northern District of Ohio | Clinton | 1/31/2021 |
Solomon Oliver Jr. | Northern District of Ohio | Clinton | 2/15/2021 |
Michael W. Mosman | District of Oregon | W. Bush | 12/27/2021 |
Timothy J. Savage | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | W. Bush | 3/1/2021 |
Lawrence F. Stengel | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | W. Bush | 8/31/2018 |
C. Darnell Jones II | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | W. Bush | 3/15/2021 |
Petrese Tucker | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Clinton | 6/1/2021 |
Carmen Consuelo Cerezo | District of Puerto Rico | Carter | 2/28/2021 |
Jeffrey L. Viken | District of South Dakota | Obama | 10/1/2021 |
Philip R. Martinez | Western District of Texas | W. Bush | 2/26/2021 |
Vanessa D. Gilmore | Southern District of Texas | Clinton | 1/2/2022 |
David O. Nuffer | District of Utah | Obama | 4/2/2022 |
Liam O’Grady | Eastern District of Virginia | W. Bush | 5/1/2020 |
James P. Jones | Western District of Virginia | Clinton | 8/30/2021 |
Marsha J. Pechman | Western District of Washington | Clinton | 2/6/2016 |
James L. Robart | Western District of Washington | W. Bush | 6/28/2016 |
Benjamin Hale Settle | Western District of Washington | W. Bush | 1/1/2020 |
Ronald B. Leighton | Western District of Washington | W. Bush | 2/28/2019 |
Robert S. Lasnick | Western District of Washington | Clinton | 1/27/2016 |
Rosanna Malouf Peterson | Eastern District of Washington | Obama | 10/1/2021 |
William C. Griesbach | Eastern District of Wisconsin | W. Bush | 12/31/2019 |