Find current federal judiciary judicial vacancies that the Judicial Conference has deemed as judicial emergencies and an explanation of what is a judicial emergency.
A judicial emergency is determined based on a combination of caseload levels, and length and number of vacancies. Read about how a judicial emergency is defined.
*Adjusted Filings per Panel calculated for courts of appeals and Weighted Filings per Judgeship for district courts are based on data for the prior calendar year.
The Judicial Conference approved new district court case weights in March 2016.
| Court
|
Vacancy Created By
|
Reason
|
Vacancy Date
|
Days Pending
|
Weighted Filings per Judgeship *
|
Adjusted Filings per Panel *
|
| 04 - SC |
Harwell,Robert Bryan |
Senior |
06/04/2024 |
596 |
632 |
0 |
| 05 - TX-N |
Lynn,Barbara M. G. |
Senior |
05/15/2023 |
982 |
591 |
0 |
| 05 - TX-S |
Hanen,Andrew S. |
Senior |
01/02/2025 |
384 |
601 |
0 |
| 05 - TX-S |
Rosenthal,Lee H. |
Senior |
12/01/2024 |
416 |
601 |
0 |
| 05 - TX-S |
Hughes,Lynn N. |
Senior |
02/12/2023 |
1074 |
601 |
0 |
| 05 - TX-S |
Hinojosa,Ricardo H. |
Senior |
05/21/2025 |
245 |
601 |
0 |
| 05 - TX-S |
Alvarez,Micaela |
Senior |
06/08/2023 |
958 |
601 |
0 |
| 05 - TX-W |
Yeakel III,Earl L. |
Retired |
05/01/2023 |
996 |
756 |
0 |
| 05 - TX-W |
Guaderrama,David C. |
Senior |
05/27/2023 |
970 |
756 |
0 |
| 06 - OH-S |
Watson,Michael H. |
Senior |
11/01/2025 |
81 |
623 |
0 |
| 07 - IN-S |
Magnus-Stinson,Jane E. |
Senior |
07/01/2024 |
569 |
628 |
0 |
| 09 - AK |
Kindred,Joshua M. |
Resigned |
07/08/2024 |
562 |
224 |
0 |
| 09 - AK |
Burgess,Timothy |
Senior |
12/31/2021 |
1482 |
224 |
0 |
| 09 - CA-S |
Hayes,William Q. |
Senior |
08/01/2021 |
1634 |
463 |
0 |
| 11 - FL-M |
Corrigan,Timothy J. |
Senior |
11/02/2024 |
445 |
686 |
0 |
| 11 - FL-S |
|
New Position |
08/25/2025 |
149 |
620 |
0 |
| 11 - GA-N |
Batten Sr.,Timothy C. |
Retired |
05/23/2025 |
243 |
646 |
0 |
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