Updated as of March 9, 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.
12
D.C. Circuit
Federal Circuit
First Circuit
Second Circuit
Third Circuit
Fourth Circuit
Fifth Circuit
1
0
2
0
1
1
1
Sixth Circuit
Seventh Circuit
Eighth Circuit
Ninth Circuit
Tenth Circuit
Eleventh Circuit
1
1
0
2
1
1
Vacancy Details
Judges who have taken senior status, retired, or died.
JUDGE | CIRCUIT | PRESIDENT | EFFECTIVE |
---|---|---|---|
Judith W. Rogers | D.C. | Clinton | 9/1/2022 |
Jeffrey R. Howard | 1st (NH) | W. Bush | 3/31/2022 |
Sandra Lynch | 1st (MA) | Clinton | TBD |
Joseph Greenway | 3rd (NJ) | Obama | 6/15/2023 |
Diana Gribbon Motz | 4th (MD) | Clinton | TBD |
Gregg Jeffrey Costa | 5th (TX) | Obama | 8/31/2022 |
R. Guy Cole | 6th (OH) | Clinton | TBD |
David F. Hamilton | 7th (IN) | Obama | TBD |
Michael S. Kanne | 7th (IN) | Reagan | 6/16/2022 |
Sidney Thomas | 9th (MT) | Clinton | TBD |
Paul Watford | 9th (CA) | Obama | 5/31/2023 |
Mary Beck Briscoe | 10th (KS) | Clinton | 3/15/2021 |
Beverly Martin | 11th (GA) | Obama | 9/30/2021 |

District Court Vacancies
Includes current and announced vacancies.
88
Alabama 2
Middle District
Northern District
1
1
Alaska
Arizona
1
0
Arkansas 1
Western District
1
California 9
Eastern District
Central District
Northern District
Southern District
0
4
3
2
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
D.C.
2
2
1
2
Florida 7
Southern District
Middle District
4
3
Georgia 0
Middle District
Northern District
Southern District
0
0
0
Hawaii
Idaho
1
1
Illinois 4
Northern District
Central District
3
0
Indiana 3
Northern District
Southern District
2
1
Iowa 0
Kansas
1
Kentucky 1
Eastern District
Western District
1
0
Louisiana 4
Eastern District
Western District
2
2
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
0
2
2
Michigan 2
Eastern District
Western District
2
0
Minnesota
1
Mississippi 1
Northern District
Southern District
1
0
Missouri 2
Eastern District
Western District
3
0
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
1
1
0
0
3
0
New York 8
Eastern District
Northern District
Southern District
Western District
4
0
3
1
North Carolina 1
Western District
1
North Dakota
0
Ohio 0
Northern District
Southern District
0
0
Oklahoma 2
Northern District
2
Oregon
1
Pennsylvania 3
Eastern District
Middle District
1
2
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
0
0
1
2
Tennessee 1
Western District
1
Texas 6
Eastern District
Northern District
Southern District
Western District
0
0
3
3
Utah
Vermont
1
0
Virginia 1
Eastern District
Western District
0
0
Washington 3
Eastern District
Western District
1
2
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 |
Paul Kinloch Holmes III | Western District of Arkansas | Obama | 11/10/2021 |
Margaret M. Morrow | Central District of California | Clinton | 10/29/2015 |
John A. Kronstadt | Central District of California | Obama | 4/1/2022 |
Beverly Reid O’Connell | Central District of California | Obama | 10/8/2017 |
Virginia Anne Phillips | Central District of California | Clinton | 2/14/2022 |
Edward Chen | Northern District of California | Obama | 5/17/2022 |
Lucy H. Koh | Northern District of California | Obama | 12/15/2021 |
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 |
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 |
B. Lynn Winmill | District of Idaho | Clinton | 8/16/2021 |
Charles Norgle | Northern District of Illinois | Reagan | 10/4/2022 |
Robert Dow | Northern District of Illinois | W. Bush | 12/5/2022 |
Gary Feinerman | Northern District of Illinois | Obama | 12/31/2022 |
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 |
Richard L. Young | Southern District of Indiana | Clinton | TBD |
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 |
Carl Barbier | Eastern District of Louisiana | Clinton | 1/1/2023 |
Elizabeth E. Foote | Western District of Louisiana | Obama | 1/21/2022 |
Michael Juneau | Western District of Louisiana | Trump | 2/1/2022 |
Paul W. Grimm | District of Maryland | Obama | 12/11/2022 |
George Hazel | District of Maryland | Obama | 2/24/2023 |
George A. O’Toole Jr. | District of Massachusetts | Clinton | 1/1/2018 |
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 |
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 |
Noel Lawrence Hillman | District of New Jersey | W. Bush | 4/4/2022 |
Freda L. Wolfson | District of New Jersey | W. Bush | 2/1/2023 |
Kevin McNulty | District of New Jersey | Obama | 10/31/2023 |
Joseph F. Bianco | Eastern District of New York | W. Bush | 5/8/2019 |
Position Open (New Seat) | Eastern District of New York | N/A | 2/1/2021 |
William F. Kuntz II | Eastern District of New York | Obama | 1/1/2022 |
Kiyo Matsumoto | Eastern District of New York | W. Bush | 7/23/2022 |
Katherine B. Forrest | Southern District of New York | Obama | 9/11/2018 |
Colleen McMahon | Southern District of New York | Clinton | 4/10/2021 |
Vincent Briccetti | Southern District of New York | Obama | 4/21/2023 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Rafael Mendoza, Jr. | Eastern District of Washington | Obama | TBD |
Benjamin Hale Settle | Western District of Washington | W. Bush | 1/1/2020 |
Ricardo Martinez | Western District of Washington | W. Bush | TBD |
William C. Griesbach | Eastern District of Wisconsin | W. Bush | 12/31/2019 |
Nancy Freudenthal | District of Wyoming | Obama | 6/1/2022 |