Updated as of September 23, 2023
Federal Vacancy Overview
Includes current and announced vacancies.
For a breakdown of current nominees, click here.
Circuit Court
District Court
Federal Claims
International Trade
Circuit Court Vacancies
Includes current and announced vacancies.
8
D.C. Circuit
Federal Circuit
First Circuit
Second Circuit
Third Circuit
Fourth Circuit
Fifth Circuit
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
Sixth Circuit
Seventh Circuit
Eighth Circuit
Ninth Circuit
Tenth Circuit
Eleventh Circuit
1
1
0
1
1
0
Vacancy Details
Judges who have taken senior status, retired, or died.
JUDGE | CIRCUIT | PRESIDENT | EFFECTIVE |
---|---|---|---|
Jeffrey R. Howard | 1st (NH) | W. Bush | 3/31/2022 |
Joseph Greenway | 3rd (NJ) | Obama | 6/15/2023 |
Diana Gribbon Motz | 4th (MD) | Clinton | TBD |
Gregg Jeffrey Costa | 5th (TX) | Obama | 8/31/2022 |
Julia Smith Gibbons | 6th (TN) | Reagan | TBD |
Michael S. Kanne | 7th (IN) | Reagan | 6/16/2022 |
Paul Watford | 9th (CA) | Obama | 5/31/2023 |
Mary Beck Briscoe | 10th (KS) | Clinton | 3/15/2021 |

District Court Vacancies
Includes current and announced vacancies.
83
Alabama 2
Middle District
Northern District
1
1
Alaska
Arizona
1
2
Arkansas 1
Western District
1
California 6
Eastern District
Central District
Northern District
Southern District
1
1
2
2
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
D.C.
1
2
1
3
Florida 7
Southern District
Middle District
4
3
Georgia 0
Middle District
Northern District
Southern District
0
0
0
Hawaii
Idaho
2
0
Illinois 1
Northern District
Central District
1
0
Indiana 3
Northern District
Southern District
2
1
Iowa 0
Kansas
1
Kentucky 0
Eastern District
Western District
0
0
Louisiana 3
Eastern District
Western District
1
2
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
1
2
1
Michigan 3
Eastern District
Western District
3
0
Minnesota
1
Mississippi 1
Northern District
Southern District
1
0
Missouri 3
Eastern District
Western District
3
0
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
1
1
0
0
2
0
New York 4
Eastern District
Northern District
Southern District
Western District
1
0
2
1
North Carolina 1
Western District
1
North Dakota
0
Ohio 0
Northern District
Southern District
0
0
Oklahoma 2
Northern District
2
Oregon
2
Pennsylvania 3
Eastern District
Middle District
1
2
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
0
1
1
2
Tennessee 1
Western District
1
Texas 8
Eastern District
Northern District
Southern District
Western District
0
1
3
4
Utah
Vermont
1
1
Virginia 1
Eastern District
Western District
0
1
Washington 1
Eastern District
Western District
1
0
West Virginia
0
Wisconsin 1
Eastern District
Western District
1
0
Wyoming
1
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 |
Abdul Kallon | Northern District of Alabama | Obama | 8/31/2022 |
Timothy M. Burgess | District of Alaska | W. Bush | 12/31/2021 |
James Alan Soto | District of Arizona | Obama | 7/1/2024 |
Judge Douglas Rayes | District of Arizona | Obama | 7/1/2024 |
Paul Kinloch Holmes III | Western District of Arkansas | Obama | 11/10/2021 |
George Wu | Central District of California | W. Bush | 11/3/2023 |
Ana de Alba | Eastern District of California | Biden | TBD |
Edward Chen | Northern District of California | Obama | 5/17/2022 |
William Orrick | Northern District of California | Obama | 5/17/2023 |
William Q. Hayes | Southern District of California | W. Bush | 8/1/2021 |
Gonzalo P. Curiel | Southern District of California | Obama | 3/23/2022 |
William J. Martinez | District of Colorado | Obama | 2/10/2023 |
Raymond P. Moore | District of Colorado | Obama | 6/20/2023 |
Sarah A.L. Merriam | District of Connecticut | Biden | TBD |
Stefan R. Underhill | District of Connecticut | Clinton | 11/1/2022 |
Florence Y. Pan | District of D.C. | Biden | TBD |
Amy Berman Jackson | District of D.C. | Obama | 5/31/2022 |
Beryl Howell | District of D.C. | Obama | 2/1/2024 |
Richard Andrews | District of Delaware | Obama | 12/31/2023 |
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 |
Robert N. Scola, Jr. | Southern District of Florida | Obama | 10/31/2023 |
Marcia G. Cooke | Southern District of Florida | W. Bush | 7/15/2022 |
Roy B. Dalton, Jr. | Middle District of Florida | Obama | 7/9/2022 |
Brian Davis | Middle District of Florida | Obama | 12/30/2023 |
Charlene Edwards-Honeywell | Middle District of Florida | Obama | 12/4/2023 |
Michael Seabright | District of Hawai’i | W. Bush | 1/30/2024 |
Leslie Kobayshi | District of Hawai’i | Obama | 10/9/2024 |
Thomas Durkin | Northern District of Illinois | Obama | 12/26/2023 |
Theresa L. Springmann | Northern District of Indiana | W. Bush | 1/23/2021 |
John DeGuilio | Northern District of Indiana | Clinton | 7/17/2023 |
Jane Magnus-Stinson | Southern District of Indiana | Obama | 7/1/2024 |
Julie A. Robinson | District of Kansas | W. Bush | 1/14/2022 |
Karen K. Caldwell | Eastern District of Kentucky | W. Bush | TBD |
Martin L.C. Feldman | Eastern District of Louisiana | Reagan | 1/27/2022 |
Elizabeth E. Foote | Western District of Louisiana | Obama | 1/21/2022 |
Michael Juneau | Western District of Louisiana | Trump | 2/1/2022 |
Jon Levy | District of Maine | Obama | 5/6/2024 |
Paul W. Grimm | District of Maryland | Obama | 12/11/2022 |
George Hazel | District of Maryland | Obama | 2/24/2023 |
William G. Young | District of Massachusetts | Reagan | 7/1/2021 |
Gershwin A. Drain | Eastern District of Michigan | Obama | 8/13/2022 |
Stephanie D. Davis | Eastern District of Michigan | Trump | TBD |
Paul Borman | Eastern District of Michigan | Clinton | 8/1/2023 |
John Tunheim | District of Minnesota | Clinton | TBD |
Michael P. Mills | Northern District of Mississippi | W. Bush | 11/1/2021 |
Rodney W. Sippel | Eastern District of Missouri | Clinton | TBD |
Audrey G. Fleissig | Eastern District of Missouri | Obama | 4/14/2023 |
John Andrew Ross | Eastern District of Missouri | Obama | 6/9/2023 |
Dana Christense | District of Montana | Obama | TBD |
Judge John M. Gerrard | District of Nebraska | Obama | 2/6/2023 |
Freda L. Wolfson | District of New Jersey | W. Bush | 2/1/2023 |
Kevin McNulty | District of New Jersey | Obama | 10/31/2023 |
Kiyo Matsumoto | Eastern District of New York | W. Bush | 7/23/2022 |
Vincent Briccetti | Southern District of New York | Obama | 4/21/2023 |
Paul Gardephe | Southern District of New York | W. Bush | 8/9/2023 |
Frank Geraci | Western District of New York | Obama | 4/1/2023 |
Max W. Cogburn | Western District of North Carolina | Obama | TBD |
John E. Dowdell | Northern District of Oklahoma | Obama | 6/21/2021 |
Claire Egan | Northern District of Oklahoma | W. Bush | 10/1/2022 |
Marco Hernandez | District of Oregon | Obama | 3/9/2023 |
Ann Aiken | District of Oregon | Clinton | 6/12/2023 |
Cynthia M. Rufe | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | W. Bush | 12/31/2021 |
John E. Jones III | Middle District of Pennsylvania | W. Bush | 8/1/2021 |
Robert Mariani | Middle District of Pennsylvania | Obama | 9/30/2022 |
Carmen Consuelo Cerezo | District of Puerto Rico | Carter | 2/28/2021 |
Gustavo A. Gelpí, Jr. | District of Puerto Rico | W. Bush | 10/18/2021 |
William Smith | District of Rhode Island | W. Bush | TBD |
J. Michelle Childs | District of South Carolina | Obama | TBD |
Jeffrey L. Viken | District of South Dakota | Obama | 10/1/2021 |
Karen Schreier | District of South Dakota | Obama | TBD |
Barbara Lynn | Northern District of Texas | Clinton | 5/15/2023 |
John Thomas Fowlkes, Jr. | Western District of Tennessee | Obama | 9/1/2022 |
Philip R. Martinez | Western District of Texas | W. Bush | 2/26/2021 |
David C. Guaderrama | Western District of Texas | Obama | 5/27/2023 |
Frank Montalvo | Western District of Texas | W. Bush | 12/1/2022 |
Earl Yeakel | Western District of Texas | W. Bush | 5/1/2023 |
Vanessa D. Gilmore | Southern District of Texas | Clinton | 1/2/2022 |
Micaela Alvarez | Southern District of Texas | W. Bush | 6/8/2023 |
Lynn Hughes | Southern District of Texas | Reagan | 2/12/2023 |
David O. Nuffer | District of Utah | Obama | 4/2/2022 |
Michael Urbanski | Western District of Virginia | Obama | 7/4/2024 |
Rafael Mendoza, Jr. | Eastern District of Washington | Obama | TBD |
William C. Griesbach | Eastern District of Wisconsin | W. Bush | 12/31/2019 |
Nancy Freudenthal | District of Wyoming | Obama | 6/1/2022 |