Appointed: Raymond M. Kethledge, as U.S.Court of Appeals Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, July 8.

Appointed: Kiyo A. Matsumoto, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, July 23.

Appointed: Leslie C. Longenbaugh, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska, July 10.

Appointed: David A. Sanders, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, June 30.

Retired: U.S. Senior Judge Stephen Nathaniel Limbaugh, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, July 31.

Senior Status: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Chester J. Straub, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, July 16.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Charles Bruno Kornmann, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota, July 31.

Elevated: U.S. District Judge Michael James Davis, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, succeeding U.S. District Judge James M. Rosenbaum, July 1.

Resigned: U.S. Magistrate Judge John C. Rayburn, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, August 1.

Deceased: Senior U.S. District Judge Charles L. Brieant, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, July 20.