Judicial Vacancy List for October 2025
  
  
    
      
  
    
                        
  
    
      
      
      
      
  
              
        
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                                                            Incumbent
                                  
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                                                            Vacancy Reason
                                  
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                                                            Vacancy Date
                                  
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                                                            Nominee
                                  
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                                                            Nomination Date
                                  
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 01 -  CCA             | 
                                                                                                                                      Kayatta Jr.,William J.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      10/31/2024             | 
                                                                                                                                      Dunlap,Joshua D.             | 
                                                                                                                                      07/15/2025             | 
                  
              
                                                                                                                                                                        | 01 -  MA             | 
                                                                                                                                      Saylor,F. Dennis              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      07/31/2025             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 01 -  MA             | 
                                                                                                                                      Gorton,Nathaniel M.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      05/31/2025             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 01 -  ME             | 
                                                                                                                                      Torresen,Nancy              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      10/11/2025             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 02 -  CT             | 
                                                                                                                                      Meyer,Jeffrey Alker              | 
                                                                                                                                      Deceased             | 
                                                                                                                                      01/12/2025             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 02 -  NY-S             | 
                                                                                                                                      Schofield,Lorna G.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      12/31/2024             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 02 -  NY-S             | 
                                                                                                                                      Caproni,Valerie E.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      01/07/2025             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 03 -  PA-E             | 
                                                                                                                                      Goldberg,Mitchell S.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Retired             | 
                                                                                                                                      09/19/2025             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 03 -  VI             | 
                                                                                                                                      Lewis,Wilma Antoinette              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      02/15/2025             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 04 -  NC-M             | 
                                                                                                                                      Biggs,Loretta Copeland              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      12/31/2024             | 
                                                                                                                                      Bragdon,David A.             | 
                                                                                                                                      09/15/2025             | 
                  
              
                                                                                                                                                                        | 04 -  NC-M             | 
                                                                                                                                      Eagles,Catherine C.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      12/31/2024             | 
                                                                                                                                      Freeman,Lindsey Ann             | 
                                                                                                                                      09/15/2025             | 
                  
              
                                                                                                                                                                        | 04 -  NC-W             | 
                                                                                                                                      Conrad Jr.,Robert James              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      05/17/2023             | 
                                                                                                                                      Orso,Matthew E.             | 
                                                                                                                                      09/15/2025             | 
                  
              
                                                                                                                                                                        | 04 -  NC-W             | 
                                                                                                                                      Whitney,Frank D.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      12/01/2024             | 
                                                                                                                                      Rodriguez,Susan Courtwright             | 
                                                                                                                                      09/15/2025             | 
                  
              
                                                                                                                                                                        | 04 -  SC             | 
                                                                                                                                      Harwell,Robert Bryan              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      06/04/2024             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 05 -  LA-E             | 
                                                                                                                                      Vance,Sarah S.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      01/16/2024             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 05 -  LA-E             | 
                                                                                                                                      Africk,Lance M.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      10/01/2024             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 05 -  LA-E             | 
                                                                                                                                      Fallon,Eldon E.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      01/01/2024             | 
                                                                                                                                      Crain,William J.             | 
                                                                                                                                      10/21/2025             | 
                  
              
                                                                                                                                                                        | 05 -  LA-W             | 
                                                                                                                                      Foote,Elizabeth E.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      01/21/2022             | 
                                                                                                                                      Van Hook,Alexander C.             | 
                                                                                                                                      10/21/2025             | 
                  
              
                                                                                                                                                                        | 05 -  MS-N             | 
                                                                                                                                      Aycock,Sharion              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      04/15/2025             | 
                                                                                                                                      Chamberlin,Robert P.             | 
                                                                                                                                      09/02/2025             | 
                  
              
                                                                                                                                                                        | 05 -  MS-N             | 
                                                                                                                                      Mills,Michael P.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      11/01/2021             | 
                                                                                                                                      Maxwell II,James D.             | 
                                                                                                                                      09/02/2025             | 
                  
              
                                                                                                                                                                        | 05 -  TX-N             | 
                                                                                                                                      Godbey,David C.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      09/17/2025             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 05 -  TX-N             | 
                                                                                                                                      Boyle,Jane J.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      10/01/2025             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 05 -  TX-N             | 
                                                                                                                                      Lynn,Barbara M. G.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      05/15/2023             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 05 -  TX-S             | 
                                                                                                                                      Hughes,Lynn N.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      02/12/2023             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 05 -  TX-S             | 
                                                                                                                                      Hanen,Andrew S.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      01/02/2025             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 05 -  TX-S             | 
                                                                                                                                      Alvarez,Micaela              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      06/08/2023             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 05 -  TX-S             | 
                                                                                                                                      Hinojosa,Ricardo H.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      05/21/2025             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 05 -  TX-S             | 
                                                                                                                                      Rosenthal,Lee H.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      12/01/2024             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 05 -  TX-W             | 
                                                                                                                                      Yeakel III,Earl L.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Retired             | 
                                                                                                                                      05/01/2023             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 05 -  TX-W             | 
                                                                                                                                      Guaderrama,David C.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      05/27/2023             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 06 -  MI-E             | 
                                                                                                                                      Cox,Sean F.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Retired             | 
                                                                                                                                      07/27/2025             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 06 -  OH-N             | 
                                                                                                                                      Gaughan,Patricia A.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      10/01/2023             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 06 -  TN-W             | 
                                                                                                                                      Fowlkes Jr.,John Thomas              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      09/01/2022             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 07 -  IN-S             | 
                                                                                                                                      Magnus-Stinson,Jane E.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      07/01/2024             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 08 -  AR-W             | 
                                                                                                                                      Holmes III,Paul Kinloch              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      11/10/2021             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 09 -  AK             | 
                                                                                                                                      Kindred,Joshua M.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Resigned             | 
                                                                                                                                      07/08/2024             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 09 -  AK             | 
                                                                                                                                      Burgess,Timothy              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      12/31/2021             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 09 -  CA-S             | 
                                                                                                                                      Hayes,William Q.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      08/01/2021             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 10 -  KS             | 
                                                                                                                                      Crabtree,Daniel D.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      08/11/2025             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 10 -  KS             | 
                                                                                                                                      Robinson,Julie A.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      01/14/2022             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 10 -  KS             | 
                                                                                                                                      Melgren,Eric F.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      09/01/2025             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 10 -  OK-N             | 
                                                                                                                                      Frizzell,Gregory K.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      03/01/2025             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 11 -  AL-N             | 
                                                                                                                                      Coogler,L. Scott              | 
                                                                                                                                      Retired             | 
                                                                                                                                      01/02/2025             | 
                                                                                                                                      LaCour,Edmund G.             | 
                                                                                                                                      09/02/2025             | 
                  
              
                                                                                                                                                                        | 11 -  FL-M             | 
                                                                                                                                      Corrigan,Timothy J.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Senior             | 
                                                                                                                                      11/02/2024             | 
                                                                                                                                      Guard,John M.             | 
                                                                                                                                      06/16/2025             | 
                  
              
                                                                                                                                                                        | 11 -  FL-S             | 
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                                                                                                                                      New Position*             | 
                                                                                                                                      08/25/2025             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | 11 -  GA-N             | 
                                                                                                                                      Batten Sr.,Timothy C.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Retired             | 
                                                                                                                                      05/23/2025             | 
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                                                                                                                                                                        | IT -             | 
                                                                                                                                      Vaden,Stephen A.              | 
                                                                                                                                      Resigned             | 
                                                                                                                                      07/07/2025             | 
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