Appointed: Mitchell S. Goldberg, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, November 3.

Appointed: C. Darnell Jones II, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, October 31.

Appointed: David J. Joel, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, August 1.

Elevated: U.S. District Judge Wiley Y. Daniel, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, succeeding U.S. District Judge Edward W. Nottingham, October 30.

Elevated: U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-Lagrange, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, succeeding U.S. District Judge Robin J. Cauthron, November 26.

Elevated: U.S. District Judge Thomas B. Russell, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, succeeding U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II, December 1.

Senior Status: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge A. Raymond Randolph, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, November 1.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge W. Royal Furgeson, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, November 30.