Vacancies in the Federal Judiciary
You searched for all federal vacancies.
- Total Judicial Vacancies = 47
- Total Circuit Court Vacancies = 13
- Total District Court Vacancies = 34
| Name of Previous Judge | Date of Vacancy | State/District | Reason Vacated | Name of Nominee | Emergency? |
| D.C. Circuit Court | |||||
| Circuit Judges | |||||
| Roberts, Jr., C.J., John | 9/29/2005 | District of Columbia | Vacancy - Elevated | Keisler, Peter D. | No |
| Edwards, Harry | 11/3/2005 | District of Columbia | Vacancy - Senior Status | No | |
| District Judges | |||||
| Kessler, Gladys | 1/22/2007 | DC | Vacancy - Senior Status | No | |
| First Circuit Court | |||||
| Circuit Judges | |||||
| Selya, Bruce M. | 12/31/2006 | Rhode Island | Vacancy - Senior Status | Smith, William E. | Yes |
| District Judges | |||||
| Torres, Ernest C. | 12/1/2006 | RI | Vacancy - Senior Status | Almond, Lincoln D. | No |
| Second Circuit Court | |||||
| District Judges | |||||
| Scullin, Frederick | 3/13/2006 | NNY | Vacancy - Senior Status | Yes | |
| Casey, Richard Conway | 3/22/2007 | SNY | Vacancy - Deceased | Seibel, Cathy | Yes |
| Brieant, Charles L. | 5/31/2007 | SNY | Vacancy - Senior Status | Yes | |
| Kahn, Lawrence | 8/1/2007 | NNY | Vacancy - Senior Status | Duddaby, Glenn T. | No |
| Korman, Edward R. | 10/25/2007 | ENY | Vacancy - Senior Status | Matsumoto, Kiyo Ann | No |
| Third Circuit Court | |||||
| Circuit Judges | |||||
| Alito, Jr., Samuel A. | 1/31/2006 | New Jersey | Vacancy - Elevated | Stone, Shalom D. | Yes |
| Van Antwerpen, Franklin S. | 10/23/2006 | Pennsylvania | Vacancy - Senior Status | Pratter, Gene E. K. | No |
| District Judges | |||||
| Jordan, Kent A. | 12/31/2006 | DE | Vacancy - Elevated | No | |
| Hardiman, Thomas M. | 3/15/2007 | WPA | Vacancy - Elevated | No | |
| Kauffman, Bruce W. | 2/11/2008 | EPA | Vacancy - Senior Status | No | |
| Padova, John | 2/11/2008 | EPA | Vacancy - Senior Status | No | |
| Giles, James T. | 2/11/2008 | EPA | Vacancy - Senior Status | No | |
| Fourth Circuit Court | |||||
| Circuit Judges | |||||
| Phillips, J.D. | 7/31/1994 | North Carolina | Vacancy - Senior Status | Yes | |
| Murnaghan, Francis Jr. | 8/31/2000 | Maryland | Vacancy - Deceased | Rosenstein, Rod J. | Yes |
| Luttig, J. Michael | 5/10/2006 | Virginia | Vacanacy - Resigned | Agee, G. Steven | Yes |
| Wilkins, William Jr. | 7/1/2007 | South Carolina | Vacancy - Senior Status | Matthews, Steve A. | No |
| Widener, H. Emory Jr. | 7/17/2007 | Virginia | Vacancy - Senior Status | Conrad, Glen E. | No |
| District Judges | |||||
| Howard, Malcolm Jones | 12/31/2005 | ENC | Vacancy - Senior Status | Farr, Thomas Alvin | Yes |
| Broadwater, W. Craig | 12/18/2006 | NWVA | Vacancy - Deceased | Powell, William J. | No |
| Ellis, Thomas Selby III | 4/1/2007 | EVA | Vacancy - Senior Status | Davis, Mark S. | No |
| Payne, Robert | 5/7/2007 | EVA | Vacancy - Senior Status | Novak, David J. | No |
| Fifth Circuit Court | |||||
| District Judges | |||||
| Barbour, Jr., William H. | 2/4/2006 | SMS | Vacancy - Senior Status | Yes | |
| Polozola, Frand | 1/15/2007 | MLA | Vacancy - Senior Status | Dugas, David R. | No |
| Sixth Circuit Court | |||||
| Circuit Judges | |||||
| Ryan, James Leo | 1/1/2000 | Michigan | Vacancy - Senior Status | Yes | |
| Neilson, Susan Bieke | 1/25/2006 | Michigan | Vacancy - Deceased | White, Helene N. | Yes |
| District Judges | |||||
| Duggan, Patrick | 9/29/2000 | EMI | Vacancy - Senior Status | Murphy, Stephen J. III | Yes |
| O'Meara, John | 1/1/2007 | EMI | Vacancy - Senior Status | No | |
| Echols, Robert | 3/1/2007 | MTN | Vacancy - Senior Status | Puryear IV, Gustavus Adolphus | No |
| Seventh Circuit Court | |||||
| District Judges | |||||
| Sharp, Allen | 11/1/2007 | NIN | Vacancy - Senior Status | No | |
| Tinder, John Daniel | 12/18/2007 | SIN | Vacancy - Elevated | Yes | |
| Filip, Mark R. | 3/9/2008 | NIL | Vacanacy - Resigned | No | |
| Eighth Circuit Court | |||||
| District Judges | |||||
| Stohr, Donald | 12/31/2006 | EMO | Vacancy - Senior Status | Limbaugh, Stephen N. | No |
| Whipple, Dean | 4/30/2007 | WMO | Vacancy - Senior Status | Kays, David Gregory | No |
| Ninth Circuit Court | |||||
| Circuit Judges | |||||
| Trott, Stephen S. | 12/31/2004 | California | Vacancy - Senior Status | Yes | |
| District Judges | |||||
| Manella, Nora M. | 5/22/2006 | CCA | Vacanacy - Resigned | Rogan, James Edward | Yes |
| Jones, Jr., Napoleon A. | 9/19/2007 | SCA | Vacancy - Senior Status | No | |
| McNamee, Stephen | 10/1/2007 | AZ | Vacancy - Senior Status | Snow, G. Murray | No |
| Tenth Circuit Court | |||||
| District Judges | |||||
| Brimmer, Clarence Addison Jr. | 9/27/2006 | WY | Vacancy - Senior Status | Honaker, Richard H. | No |
| Cassell, Paul | 11/5/2007 | UT | Vacanacy - Resigned | No | |
| Figa, Phillip S. | 1/5/2008 | CO | Vacancy - Deceased | No | |
| Belot, Monti III | 3/4/2008 | KS | Vacancy - Senior Status | No | |
| Miller, Walker D. | 3/31/2008 | CO | Vacancy - Senior Status | No | |