| Appointed: Anita Louise Shodeen, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Iowa, August 26. | | Appointed: Joseph J. Volpe, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, July 30. | | Elevated: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Alice M. Batchelder, to Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, succeeding Danny J. Boggs, August 14. | | Elevated: U.S. District Judge Charles N. Clevert, Jr., to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, succeeding U.S. District Judge Rudolph T. Randa, September 1. | | Elevated: U.S. District Judge Gary L. Lancaster, to Chief Judge, U.S. District for the Western District of Pennsylvania, succeeding U.S. District Judge Donetta W. Ambrose, September 23. | | Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Thomas P. Agresti, to Chief Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge M. Bruce McCullough, September 22. | | Resigned: U.S. District Judge Brian E. Sandoval, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, September 15. | | | Retired: U.S. District Judge Lacy H. Thornburg, U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, August 31. | | Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge Leo S. Papas, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, July 31. | | Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge David L. Piester, U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska, July 31. | | Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Gregory Wehrman, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, September 1. | | Retired: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Warren W. Bentz, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, September 21. | | Deceased: U.S. Senior District Judge Shirley Wohl Kram, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, August 21. | | Deceased: U.S. Senior District Judge Robert M. Takasugi, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, August 4. | | Deceased: U.S. Senior District Judge Rodney S. Webb, U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota, August 9. | |