| Appointed: Stephen L. Johnson, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, October 13.
| | Appointed: James R. Sacca, as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia, October 21.
| | Appointed: David C. Guaderrama, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, October 1.
| | Appointed: Karen L. Litkovitz, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, October 14.
| | Appointed: Charles H. Weigle, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, October 19.
| | Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Donetta W. Ambrose, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, November 5.
| | Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Ronald Lee Gilman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, November 21.
| | Senior Status: U.S. District Judge John W. Lungstrum, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, November 2.
| | Elevated: U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr., to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, succeeding U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate, November 4.
| | | Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Frank R. Alley, III, to Chief Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon, succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth Perris October 1.
| | Retired: Senior U.S. District Judge James Robertson, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, June 1.
| | Retired: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Mark W. Vaughn, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Hampshire, September 30.
| | Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge Claude W. Hicks, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, October 18.
| | Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy S. Hogan, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, October 4.
| | Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge Donald A. Scheer, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, September 30.
| | Deceased: U.S. Senior Court of Appeals Judge David A. Nelson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, October 1.
| | Deceased: U.S. Senior District Judge Marvin Katz, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, October 12.
| | Deceased: U.S. Magistrate Judge Amy R. Hay, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, October 14. | |