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Judicial Vacancy List for May 2019

Vacancies in the Federal Judiciary

116th Congress

Last updated on05/01/2019

Total Vacancies:149

Total Nominees Pending:64

Court	Incumbent	Vacancy Reason	Vacancy Date	Nominee	Nomination Date
01 - MA	Woodlock,Douglas P.	Senior	06/01/2015
01 - MA	O'Toole Jr.,George A.	Senior	01/01/2018
01 - PR	Garcia-Gregory,Jay A.	Senior	09/30/2018
01 - PR	Fuste,Jose Antonio	Retired	06/01/2016	Arias-Marxuach,Raul M.	01/23/2019
01 - RI	Lisi,Mary M.	Senior	10/01/2015
02 - CCA	Raggi,Reena	Senior	08/31/2018	Bianco,Joseph F.	01/23/2019
02 - CCA	Lynch,Gerard E.	Senior	09/05/2016	Park,Michael H.	01/23/2019
02 - CT	Thompson,Alvin W.	Senior	08/31/2018
02 - NY-E	Feuerstein,Sandra J.	Senior	01/21/2015
02 - NY-E	Amon,Carol Bagley	Senior	11/30/2016
02 - NY-E	Vitaliano,Eric N.	Senior	02/28/2017
02 - NY-E	Gleeson,John	Resigned	03/09/2016
02 - NY-N	Sharpe,Gary L.	Senior	01/01/2016	Marcelle,Thomas	01/23/2019
02 - NY-S	Forrest,Katherine B.	Resigned	09/11/2018
02 - NY-S	Pauley III,William H.	Senior	03/01/2018
02 - NY-S	Preska,Loretta A.	Senior	03/01/2017
02 - NY-S	Sullivan,Richard J.	Elevated	10/11/2018
02 - NY-S	Crotty,Paul A.	Senior	08/01/2015
02 - NY-S	Castel,P. Kevin	Senior	08/05/2017	Halpern,Philip M.	01/23/2019
02 - NY-W	Skretny,William M.	Senior	03/08/2015
03 - CCA	Vanaskie,Thomas I.	Senior	11/30/2018
03 - NJ	Martini,William J.	Senior	02/10/2015
03 - NJ	Simandle,Jerome B.	Senior	05/31/2017
03 - NJ	Sheridan,Peter G.	Senior	06/14/2018
03 - NJ	Kugler,Robert B.	Senior	11/02/2018
03 - NJ	Hochberg,Faith S.	Retired	03/06/2015
03 - PA-E	Slomsky,Joel H.	Senior	10/09/2018
03 - PA-E	Davis,Legrome D.	Senior	09/28/2017
03 - PA-E	Stengel,Lawrence F.	Retired	08/31/2018
03 - PA-E	Gardner,James Knoll	Senior	04/03/2017	Wolson,Joshua	01/23/2019
03 - PA-E	McLaughlin,Mary A.	Senior	11/18/2013	Younge,John Milton	01/23/2019
03 - PA-M	Kane,Yvette	Senior	10/11/2018
03 - PA-W	Conti,Joy Flowers	Senior	12/06/2018
03 - PA-W	Schwab,Arthur J.	Senior	01/01/2018	Colville,Robert John	03/05/2019
03 - PA-W	Cercone,David Stewart	Senior	11/24/2017	Haines,Stephanie L.	03/05/2019
03 - PA-W	Gibson,Kim R.	Senior	06/03/2016	Ranjan,J. Nicholas	01/23/2019
04 - MD	Quarles Jr.,William D.	Retired	02/01/2016
04 - NC-E	Howard,Malcolm J.	Senior	12/31/2005
04 - NC-W	Voorhees,Richard L.	Senior	08/31/2017	Bell,Kenneth D.	01/23/2019
04 - SC	Quattlebaum Jr.,A. Marvin	Elevated	08/16/2018
04 - SC	Wooten,Terry L.	Senior	02/28/2019
04 - VA-E	Lee,Gerald Bruce	Retired	09/30/2017	Alston Jr.,Rossie David	01/23/2019
04 - VA-E	Hudson,Henry E.	Senior	06/01/2018	Novak,David John	03/26/2019
04 - VA-W	Conrad,Glen E.	Senior	12/11/2017
04 - WV-S	Copenhaver Jr.,John T.	Senior	11/01/2018	Volk,Frank William	04/04/2019
05 - CCA	Jolly,E. Grady	Senior	10/03/2017
05 - LA-E	Engelhardt,Kurt D.	Elevated	05/09/2018	Guidry,Greg Gerard	01/17/2019
05 - LA-E	Berrigan,Helen G.	Senior	08/23/2016	Vitter,Wendy	01/23/2019
05 - LA-W	Drell,Dee D.	Senior	11/30/2017
05 - LA-W	Minaldi,Patricia H.	Senior	07/31/2017	Cain Jr.,James David	01/23/2019
05 - MS-S	Starrett,Keith	Senior	04/30/2019
05 - MS-S	Guirola Jr.,Louis	Senior	03/23/2018
05 - TX-E	Davis,Leonard E.	Retired	05/15/2015	Barker,J. Campbell	01/23/2019
05 - TX-E	Schell,Richard A.	Senior	03/10/2015	Jordan,Sean D.	01/17/2019
05 - TX-E	Clark,Ron	Senior	02/28/2018	Truncale,Michael J.	01/23/2019
05 - TX-N	Means,Terry	Senior	07/03/2013	Brown,Ada E.	03/26/2019
05 - TX-N	Cummings,Samuel Ray	Senior	12/31/2014	Hendrix,James Wesley	01/17/2019
05 - TX-N	Robinson,Mary Lou	Senior	02/03/2016	Kacsmaryk,Matthew J.	01/23/2019
05 - TX-N	McBryde,John H.	Senior	10/09/2018	Pittman,Mark T.	01/17/2019
05 - TX-N	Fitzwater,Sidney A.	Senior	09/22/2018	Starr,Brantley	03/11/2019
05 - TX-S	Miller,Gray H.	Senior	12/09/2018
05 - TX-S	Harmon,Melinda	Senior	03/31/2018	Brown,Jeffrey Vincent	03/11/2019
05 - TX-W	Sparks,Sam	Senior	12/31/2017	Pulliam,Jason K.	03/05/2019
06 - MI-E	Rosen,Gerald E.	Senior	10/26/2016	Davis,Stephanie Dawkins	03/11/2019
06 - MI-W	Bell,Robert Holmes	Senior	01/31/2017	Bogren,Michael S.	03/11/2019
06 - OH-N	Nugent,Donald C.	Senior	01/01/2017	Barker,Pamela A.	01/23/2019
06 - OH-S	Dlott,Susan J.	Senior	05/31/2018
06 - OH-S	Barrett,Michael R.	Senior	02/15/2019
06 - OH-S	Rose,Thomas M.	Senior	06/30/2017	McFarland,Matthew Walden	01/23/2019
06 - OH-S	Frost,Gregory L.	Retired	05/02/2016	Morrison,Sarah Daggett	01/23/2019
06 - TN-E	Greer,J. Ronnie	Senior	06/30/2018	Corker,Clifton L.	01/23/2019
07 - IL-N	Der-Yeghiayan,Samuel	Retired	02/17/2018
07 - IL-N	Zagel,James B.	Senior	10/21/2016
07 - IL-N	Darrah,John W.	Senior	03/01/2017
07 - IL-N	St. Eve,Amy J.	Elevated	05/14/2018
07 - IL-S	Reagan,Michael J.	Retired	03/31/2019
07 - IL-S	Herndon,David R.	Retired	01/07/2019
07 - IN-N	Miller Jr.,Robert L.	Senior	01/11/2016	Leichty,Damon Ray	01/23/2019
07 - WI-E	Randa,Rudolph T.	Senior	02/05/2016
08 - AR-E	Holmes,J. Leon	Senior	03/31/2018
08 - MO-E	Perry,Catherine D.	Senior	12/31/2018
08 - MO-E	Jackson,Carol E.	Retired	08/31/2017	Clark Sr.,Stephen R.	01/23/2019
08 - ND	Erickson,Ralph R.	Elevated	09/28/2017	Welte,Peter D.	01/17/2019
08 - NE	Smith Camp,Laurie	Senior	12/01/2018	Buescher,Brian C.	01/23/2019
09 - AK	Beistline,Ralph R.	Senior	12/31/2015
09 - AZ	Jorgenson,Cindy K.	Senior	04/06/2018
09 - AZ	Collins,Raner	Senior	03/04/2019
09 - AZ	Campbell,David G.	Senior	07/31/2018	Liburdi,Michael T.	01/17/2019
09 - CA-C	O'Connell,Beverly Reid	Deceased	10/08/2017
09 - CA-C	Snyder,Christina A.	Senior	11/23/2016
09 - CA-C	Pregerson,Dean D.	Senior	01/28/2016
09 - CA-C	Real,Manuel L.	Senior	11/04/2018
09 - CA-C	Otero,S. James	Senior	12/30/2018
09 - CA-C	Collins,Audrey B.	Retired	08/01/2014	Blumenfeld Jr.,Stanley	02/06/2019
09 - CA-C	Morrow,Margaret M.	Senior	10/29/2015	Rosen,Jeremy Brooks	02/06/2019
09 - CA-C	King,George H.	Retired	01/06/2017	Scarsi,Mark C.	02/06/2019
09 - CA-S	Moskowitz,Barry Ted	Senior	01/23/2019
09 - CA-S	Benitez,Roger T.	Senior	12/31/2017
09 - CA-S	Anello,Michael M.	Senior	10/31/2018
09 - CA-S	Houston,John A.	Senior	02/06/2018
09 - CA-S	Huff,Marilyn L.	Senior	09/30/2016	Bumatay,Patrick Joseph	02/06/2019
09 - CCA	O'Scannlain,Diarmuid F.	Senior	12/31/2016
09 - CCA	Kozinski,Alex	Retired	12/18/2017	Bress,Daniel Aaron	02/06/2019
09 - CCA	Pregerson,Harry	Senior	12/11/2015	Collins,Daniel Paul	02/06/2019
09 - CCA	Reinhardt,Stephen	Deceased	03/29/2018	Lee,Kenneth Kiyul	02/06/2019
09 - NV	Mahan,James C.	Senior	06/29/2018
09 - NV	Jones,Robert Clive	Senior	02/01/2016
09 - OR	Brown,Anna J.	Senior	07/27/2017	Immergut,Karin J.	01/23/2019
09 - WA-W	Lasnik,Robert S.	Senior	01/27/2016
09 - WA-W	Leighton,Ronald B.	Senior	02/28/2019
09 - WA-W	Robart,James L.	Senior	06/28/2016
09 - WA-W	Pechman,Marsha J.	Senior	02/06/2016
10 - CO	Krieger,Marcia S.	Senior	03/03/2019
10 - NM	Brack,Robert	Senior	07/25/2018
10 - NM	Armijo,M. Christina	Senior	02/07/2018
10 - OK-E	Payne,James H.	Senior	08/01/2017
10 - OK-W	Miles-LaGrange,Vicki	Senior	11/05/2018
10 - UT	Waddoups,Clark	Senior	01/31/2019
10 - UT	Stewart,Brian T.	Senior	09/01/2014	Nielson Jr.,Howard C.	01/23/2019
11 - AL-M	Watkins,W. Keith	Senior	01/31/2019
11 - AL-M	Fuller,Mark E.	Resigned	08/01/2015	Brasher,Andrew Lynn	01/23/2019
11 - AL-N	Hopkins,Virginia Emerson	Senior	06/22/2018	Maze,Corey Landon	01/23/2019
11 - FL-M	Kovachevich,Elizabeth A.	Senior	12/14/2018
11 - FL-M	Whittemore,James D.	Senior	08/29/2017	Barber,Thomas P.	01/23/2019
11 - FL-M	Steele,John E.	Senior	06/03/2015	Berger,Wendy Williams	01/23/2019
11 - FL-N	Smoak,Richard	Senior	12/31/2015	Wetherell II,T. Kent	01/23/2019
11 - FL-N	Hinkle,Robert L.	Senior	11/07/2016	Winsor,Allen Cothrel	01/23/2019
11 - FL-S	Marra,Kenneth A.	Senior	08/01/2017
11 - FL-S	Cohn,James I.	Senior	08/05/2016
11 - FL-S	Zloch,William J.	Senior	01/31/2017	Ruiz II,Rodolfo Armando	01/23/2019
11 - FL-S	Rosenbaum,Robin S.	Elevated	05/12/2014	Smith,Rodney	01/23/2019
11 - GA-N	Duffey Jr.,William S.	Retired	07/01/2018	Boulee,Jean-Paul	01/23/2019
11 - GA-N	Story,Richard W.	Senior	12/01/2018	Grimberg,Steven D.	04/04/2019
CL	Block,Lawrence J.	Retired	01/08/2016
CL	Horn,Marian Blank	Senior	03/09/2018
CL	Williams,Mary Ellen Coster	Senior	07/13/2018
CL	Lettow,Charles Frederick	Senior	07/13/2018
CL	Braden,Susan G.	Senior	07/13/2018
CL	Damich,Edward J.	Senior	10/21/2013
CL	Wolski,Victor J.	Senior	07/13/2018
CL	Miller,George W.	Retired	08/06/2013	Hertling,Richard A.	01/23/2019
CL	Firestone,Nancy B.	Senior	10/21/2013	Holte,Ryan T.	01/23/2019
CL	Hewitt,Emily C.	Retired	10/21/2013	Solomson,Matthew H.	03/05/2019
CL	Bush,Lynn J.	Senior	10/21/2013	Tapp,David Austin	03/05/2019
DC - DC	Roberts,Richard W.	Senior	03/16/2016	Nichols,Carl J.	01/23/2019
IT	Ridgway,Delissa A.	Senior	01/31/2019
IT	Gordon,Leo M.	Senior	03/22/2019
IT	Pogue,Donald C.	Senior	07/01/2014	Baker,M. Miller	01/23/2019
IT	Eaton,Richard K.	Senior	08/22/2014	Reif,Timothy M.	01/23/2019

Total Vacancies:149

Total Nominees Pending:64

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