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Judicial Emergencies

Find current federal judiciary judicial vacancies that the Judicial Conference has deemed as judicial emergencies and an explanation of what is a judicial emergency.

*Adjusted Filings per Panel and Weighted Filings per Judgeship are Calendar Year Data

Beginning with calendar year 2015, weighted filings are based on the new district court case weights approved by the Judicial Conference in March 2016.

The new weighted filings definition may affect whether specific vacancies qualify as judicial emergencies. Read about how a judicial emergency is defined.

Last updated on05/12/2019

Total Emergencies:79

Court	Vacancy Created By	Reason	Vacancy Date	Days Pending	Weighted Filings per Judgeship *	Adjusted Filings per Panel *
02 - NY-E	Gleeson,John	Resigned	03/09/2016	1159	559	0
02 - NY-E	Feuerstein,Sandra J.	Senior	01/21/2015	1572	559	0
02 - NY-E	Vitaliano,Eric N.	Senior	02/28/2017	803	559	0
02 - NY-E	Amon,Carol Bagley	Senior	11/30/2016	893	559	0
02 - NY-S	Crotty,Paul A.	Senior	08/01/2015	1380	575	0
02 - NY-S	Castel,P. Kevin	Senior	08/05/2017	645	575	0
02 - NY-S	Preska,Loretta A.	Senior	03/01/2017	802	575	0
02 - NY-W	Skretny,William M.	Senior	03/08/2015	1526	592	0
03 - NJ	Simandle,Jerome B.	Senior	05/31/2017	711	903	0
03 - NJ	Martini,William J.	Senior	02/10/2015	1552	903	0
03 - NJ	Hochberg,Faith S.	Retired	03/06/2015	1528	903	0
03 - NJ	Sheridan,Peter G.	Senior	06/14/2018	332	903	0
03 - NJ	Kugler,Robert B.	Senior	11/02/2018	191	903	0
04 - MD	Quarles Jr.,William D.	Retired	02/01/2016	1196	490	0
04 - NC-E	Howard,Malcolm J.	Senior	12/31/2005	4880	665	0
05 - LA-E	Berrigan,Helen G.	Senior	08/23/2016	992	1029	0
05 - LA-E	Engelhardt,Kurt D.	Elevated	05/09/2018	368	1029	0
05 - TX-E	Schell,Richard A.	Senior	03/10/2015	1524	581	0
05 - TX-N	Means,Terry	Senior	07/03/2013	2139	584	0
05 - TX-N	Fitzwater,Sidney A.	Senior	09/22/2018	232	584	0
05 - TX-N	Cummings,Samuel Ray	Senior	12/31/2014	1593	584	0
05 - TX-N	McBryde,John H.	Senior	10/09/2018	215	584	0
05 - TX-N	Robinson,Mary Lou	Senior	02/03/2016	1194	584	0
05 - TX-S	Miller,Gray H.	Senior	12/09/2018	154	620	0
05 - TX-S	Harmon,Melinda	Senior	03/31/2018	407	620	0
05 - TX-W	Sparks,Sam	Senior	12/31/2017	497	755	0
05 - CCA	Jolly,E. Grady	Senior	10/03/2017	586	0	905
06 - MI-W	Bell,Robert Holmes	Senior	01/31/2017	831	528	0
06 - OH-S	Rose,Thomas M.	Senior	06/30/2017	681	453	0
06 - OH-S	Dlott,Susan J.	Senior	05/31/2018	346	453	0
06 - OH-S	Barrett,Michael R.	Senior	02/15/2019	86	453	0
06 - OH-S	Frost,Gregory L.	Retired	05/02/2016	1105	453	0
07 - IL-N	Darrah,John W.	Senior	03/01/2017	802	446	0
07 - IL-N	Zagel,James B.	Senior	10/21/2016	933	446	0
07 - IL-S	Reagan,Michael J.	Retired	03/31/2019	42	579	0
07 - IL-S	Herndon,David R.	Retired	01/07/2019	125	579	0
07 - IN-N	Miller Jr.,Robert L.	Senior	01/11/2016	1217	469	0
08 - MO-E	Jackson,Carol E.	Retired	08/31/2017	619	512	0
08 - ND	Erickson,Ralph R.	Elevated	09/28/2017	591	367	0
09 - AZ	Campbell,David G.	Senior	07/31/2018	285	703	0
09 - AZ	Jorgenson,Cindy K.	Senior	04/06/2018	401	703	0
09 - AZ	Collins,Raner	Senior	03/04/2019	69	703	0
09 - CA-C	Morrow,Margaret M.	Senior	10/29/2015	1291	650	0
09 - CA-C	Pregerson,Dean D.	Senior	01/28/2016	1200	650	0
09 - CA-C	Otero,S. James	Senior	12/30/2018	133	650	0
09 - CA-C	Snyder,Christina A.	Senior	11/23/2016	900	650	0
09 - CA-C	Collins,Audrey B.	Retired	08/01/2014	1745	650	0
09 - CA-C	O'Connell,Beverly Reid	Deceased	10/08/2017	581	650	0
09 - CA-C	Real,Manuel L.	Senior	11/04/2018	189	650	0
09 - CA-C	King,George H.	Retired	01/06/2017	856	650	0
09 - CA-S	Anello,Michael M.	Senior	10/31/2018	193	651	0
09 - CA-S	Benitez,Roger T.	Senior	12/31/2017	497	651	0
09 - CA-S	Houston,John A.	Senior	02/06/2018	460	651	0
09 - CA-S	Huff,Marilyn L.	Senior	09/30/2016	954	651	0
09 - CA-S	Moskowitz,Barry Ted	Senior	01/23/2019	109	651	0
09 - NV	Jones,Robert Clive	Senior	02/01/2016	1196	497	0
09 - OR	Brown,Anna J.	Senior	07/27/2017	654	463	0
09 - WA-W	Lasnik,Robert S.	Senior	01/27/2016	1201	485	0
09 - WA-W	Leighton,Ronald B.	Senior	02/28/2019	73	485	0
09 - WA-W	Robart,James L.	Senior	06/28/2016	1048	485	0
09 - WA-W	Pechman,Marsha J.	Senior	02/06/2016	1191	485	0
09 - CCA	Pregerson,Harry	Senior	12/11/2015	1248	0	723
09 - CCA	Kozinski,Alex	Retired	12/18/2017	510	0	723
09 - CCA	Reinhardt,Stephen	Deceased	03/29/2018	409	0	723
09 - CCA	O'Scannlain,Diarmuid F.	Senior	12/31/2016	862	0	723
10 - CO	Krieger,Marcia S.	Senior	03/03/2019	70	583	0
10 - OK-E	Payne,James H.	Senior	08/01/2017	649	345	0
10 - UT	Stewart,Brian T.	Senior	09/01/2014	1714	488	0
10 - UT	Waddoups,Clark	Senior	01/31/2019	101	488	0
11 - FL-M	Whittemore,James D.	Senior	08/29/2017	621	637	0
11 - FL-M	Kovachevich,Elizabeth A.	Senior	12/14/2018	149	637	0
11 - FL-M	Steele,John E.	Senior	06/03/2015	1439	637	0
11 - FL-N	Smoak,Richard	Senior	12/31/2015	1228	764	0
11 - FL-N	Hinkle,Robert L.	Senior	11/07/2016	916	764	0
11 - FL-S	Cohn,James I.	Senior	08/05/2016	1010	764	0
11 - FL-S	Marra,Kenneth A.	Senior	08/01/2017	649	764	0
11 - FL-S	Rosenbaum,Robin S.	Elevated	05/12/2014	1826	764	0
11 - GA-N	Duffey Jr.,William S.	Retired	07/01/2018	315	635	0
11 - GA-N	Story,Richard W.	Senior	12/01/2018	162	635	0

Total Emergencies:79

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