Appointed: Stanley Thomas Anderson, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, May 21.

Appointed: Brian Tsuchida, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, May 13.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, May 1.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Fred Van Sickle, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, May 1.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge James Dale Todd, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, May 20.

Elevated: U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, succeeding U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan, May 1.

Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Charles M. Caldwell, to Chief Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio, succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Vincent J. Aug, Jr., May 16.

Retired: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Diane Weiss Sigmund, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, April 25.

Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge John Forster, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arizona, May 9.

Resigned: U.S. District Judge Walter D. Kelley, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, May 16.

Resigned: U.S. Magistrate Judge Myles J. Devine, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota, April 30.

Resigned: U.S. Magistrate Judge Mary E. Guss, U.S. District Court for the District of Arkansas, May 21.