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Judicial Vacancy List for December 2020
| Court | Incumbent | Vacancy Reason | Vacancy Date | Nominee | Nomination Date |
| 01 - CCA | Torruella,Juan R. | Deceased | 10/26/2020 | | |
| 01 - MA | O'Toole Jr.,George A. | Senior | 01/01/2018 | | |
| 01 - MA | Woodlock,Douglas P. | Senior | 06/01/2015 | | |
| 02 - CT | Thompson,Alvin W. | Senior | 08/31/2018 | Jongbloed,Barbara Bailey | 10/15/2019 |
| 02 - NY-E | Cogan,Brian M. | Senior | 06/12/2020 | Gonzalez,Hector | 09/08/2020 |
| 02 - NY-E | Bianco,Joseph F. | Elevated | 05/08/2019 | Komatireddy,Saritha | 05/04/2020 |
| 02 - NY-E | Irizarry,Dora L. | Senior | 01/26/2020 | Woll Jr.,David Carey | 09/08/2020 |
| 02 - NY-N | Sharpe,Gary L. | Senior | 01/01/2016 | McAllister,Ryan Thomas | 09/08/2020 |
| 02 - NY-S | Forrest,Katherine B. | Resigned | 09/11/2018 | Lan,Iris | 05/04/2020 |
| 02 - NY-S | Sullivan,Richard J. | Elevated | 10/11/2018 | Rearden,Jennifer H. | 05/04/2020 |
| 03 - NJ | Linares,Jose L. | Retired | 05/16/2019 | | |
| 03 - NJ | Sheridan,Peter G. | Senior | 06/14/2018 | | |
| 03 - NJ | Simandle,Jerome B. | Senior | 05/31/2017 | | |
| 03 - NJ | Martini,William J. | Senior | 02/10/2015 | | |
| 03 - NJ | Hochberg,Faith S. | Retired | 03/06/2015 | | |
| 03 - NJ | Kugler,Robert B. | Senior | 11/02/2018 | | |
| 03 - PA-E | Stengel,Lawrence F. | Retired | 08/31/2018 | | |
| 04 - SC | Wooten,Terry L. | Senior | 02/28/2019 | Dawson III,Joseph | 10/23/2020 |
| 04 - VA-E | O'Grady,Liam | Senior | 05/01/2020 | | |
| 05 - MS-S | Guirola Jr.,Louis | Senior | 03/23/2018 | McNeel,Taylor B. | 07/02/2020 |
| 06 - OH-N | Boyko,Christopher A. | Senior | 01/06/2020 | Calabrese,J. Philip | 03/03/2020 |
| 06 - TN-E | Mattice Jr.,Harry S. | Senior | 03/10/2020 | Atchley Jr.,Charles Edward | 09/22/2020 |
| 06 - TN-E | Reeves,Pamela L. | Deceased | 09/10/2020 | Crytzer,Katherine A. | 09/22/2020 |
| 07 - CCA | Flaum,Joel M. | Senior | 11/30/2020 | | |
| 07 - CCA | Barrett,Amy Coney | Elevated | 10/26/2020 | Kirsch II,Thomas L. | 11/16/2020 |
| 07 - WI-E | Griesbach,William C. | Senior | 12/31/2019 | | |
| 08 - MN | Ericksen,Joan N. | Senior | 10/15/2019 | | |
| 09 - CA-C | Selna,James V. | Senior | 03/03/2020 | | |
| 09 - CA-C | Guilford,Andrew J. | Senior | 07/05/2019 | | |
| 09 - CA-C | Otero,S. James | Senior | 12/30/2018 | Aenlle-Rocha,Fernando L. | 01/09/2020 |
| 09 - CA-C | O'Connell,Beverly Reid | Deceased | 10/08/2017 | Kim,Steve | 02/13/2020 |
| 09 - CA-C | Snyder,Christina A. | Senior | 11/23/2016 | Leal,Sandy Nunes | 02/13/2020 |
| 09 - CA-C | Real,Manuel L. | Senior | 11/04/2018 | Richmond,Rick Lloyd | 02/13/2020 |
| 09 - CA-C | Morrow,Margaret M. | Senior | 10/29/2015 | Rosen,Jeremy Brooks | 02/13/2020 |
| 09 - CA-E | O'Neill,Lawrence J. | Senior | 02/02/2020 | Arguelles,James P. | 06/18/2020 |
| 09 - CA-E | England Jr.,Morrison C. | Senior | 12/17/2019 | Paloutzian,Dirk B. | 05/21/2020 |
| 09 - CA-S | Benitez,Roger T. | Senior | 12/31/2017 | Braverman,Adam L. | 02/13/2020 |
| 09 - CA-S | Houston,John A. | Senior | 02/06/2018 | Johnson,Knut Sveinbjorn | 02/13/2020 |
| 09 - CA-S | Moskowitz,Barry Ted | Senior | 01/23/2019 | Matthews,R. Shireen | 02/13/2020 |
| 09 - CA-S | Anello,Michael M. | Senior | 10/31/2018 | Pettit,Michelle M. | 02/13/2020 |
| 09 - NV | Jones,Robert Clive | Senior | 02/01/2016 | | |
| 09 - NV | Mahan,James C. | Senior | 06/29/2018 | Togliatti,Jennifer P. | 02/13/2020 |
| 09 - WA-W | Robart,James L. | Senior | 06/28/2016 | | |
| 09 - WA-W | Leighton,Ronald B. | Senior | 02/28/2019 | | |
| 09 - WA-W | Settle,Benjamin Hale | Senior | 01/01/2020 | | |
| 09 - WA-W | Lasnik,Robert S. | Senior | 01/27/2016 | | |
| 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 | Frederici III,Fred Joseph | 06/18/2020 |
| 10 - NM | Herrera,Judith C. | Senior | 07/01/2019 | Saiz,Brenda M. | 06/18/2020 |
| 11 - AL-M | Brasher,Andrew Lynn | Elevated | 02/11/2020 | LaCour Jr.,Edmund G. | 06/02/2020 |
| 11 - FL-S | Moreno,Federico A. | Senior | 07/17/2020 | | |
| CL | Lettow,Charles Frederick | Senior | 07/13/2018 | Davis,Kathryn C. | 02/04/2020 |
| CL | Wolski,Victor J. | Senior | 07/13/2018 | Dietz,Thompson Michael | 07/02/2020 |
| CL | Damich,Edward J. | Senior | 10/21/2013 | Epstein,David Z. | 02/04/2020 |
| CL | Sweeney,Margaret M. | Senior | 10/23/2020 | Kubiatowski,Stephen Andrew | 10/26/2020 |
| CL | Braden,Susan G. | Senior | 07/13/2018 | Obermann,Grace Karaffa | 01/09/2020 |
| CL | Horn,Marian Blank | Senior | 03/09/2018 | Schwartz,Stephen Sidney | 01/09/2020 |
| CL | Wheeler,Thomas C. | Senior | 10/23/2020 | Somers,Zachery N. | 09/08/2020 |
| IT | Gordon,Leo M. | Senior | 03/22/2019 | Barloon,Joseph L. | 11/16/2020 |