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.
| Court | Vacancy Created By | Reason | Vacancy Date | Days Pending | Weighted Filings per Judgeship * | Adjusted Filings per Panel * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 - PR | Fuste,Jose Antonio | Retired | 06/01/2016 | 942 | 495 | 0 |
| 02 - NY-E | Vitaliano,Eric N. | Senior | 02/28/2017 | 670 | 506 | 0 |
| 02 - NY-E | Amon,Carol Bagley | Senior | 11/30/2016 | 760 | 506 | 0 |
| 02 - NY-E | Gleeson,John | Resigned | 03/09/2016 | 1026 | 506 | 0 |
| 02 - NY-E | Feuerstein,Sandra J. | Senior | 01/21/2015 | 1439 | 506 | 0 |
| 02 - NY-S | Crotty,Paul A. | Senior | 08/01/2015 | 1247 | 463 | 0 |
| 02 - NY-S | Preska,Loretta A. | Senior | 03/01/2017 | 669 | 463 | 0 |
| 02 - NY-W | Skretny,William M. | Senior | 03/08/2015 | 1393 | 455 | 0 |
| 02 - CCA | Lynch,Gerard E. | Senior | 09/05/2016 | 846 | 0 | 715 |
| 02 - CCA | Raggi,Reena | Senior | 08/31/2018 | 121 | 0 | 715 |
| 03 - NJ | Simandle,Jerome B. | Senior | 05/31/2017 | 578 | 545 | 0 |
| 03 - NJ | Martini,William J. | Senior | 02/10/2015 | 1419 | 545 | 0 |
| 03 - NJ | Hochberg,Faith S. | Retired | 03/06/2015 | 1395 | 545 | 0 |
| 04 - MD | Quarles Jr.,William D. | Retired | 02/01/2016 | 1063 | 465 | 0 |
| 04 - NC-E | Howard,Malcolm J. | Senior | 12/31/2005 | 4747 | 615 | 0 |
| 04 - WV-S | Copenhaver Jr.,John T. | Senior | 11/01/2018 | 59 | 1860 | 0 |
| 05 - LA-E | Engelhardt,Kurt D. | Elevated | 05/09/2018 | 235 | 1177 | 0 |
| 05 - LA-E | Berrigan,Helen G. | Senior | 08/23/2016 | 859 | 1177 | 0 |
| 05 - TX-E | Schell,Richard A. | Senior | 03/10/2015 | 1391 | 962 | 0 |
| 05 - TX-E | Davis,Leonard E. | Retired | 05/15/2015 | 1325 | 962 | 0 |
| 05 - TX-E | Clark,Ron | Senior | 02/28/2018 | 305 | 962 | 0 |
| 05 - TX-N | Means,Terry | Senior | 07/03/2013 | 2006 | 542 | 0 |
| 05 - TX-N | McBryde,John H. | Senior | 10/09/2018 | 82 | 542 | 0 |
| 05 - TX-N | Cummings,Samuel Ray | Senior | 12/31/2014 | 1460 | 542 | 0 |
| 05 - TX-N | Fitzwater,Sidney A. | Senior | 09/22/2018 | 99 | 542 | 0 |
| 05 - TX-N | Robinson,Mary Lou | Senior | 02/03/2016 | 1061 | 542 | 0 |
| 05 - TX-S | Jack,Janis Graham | Senior | 06/01/2011 | 2769 | 561 | 0 |
| 05 - TX-W | Sparks,Sam | Senior | 12/31/2017 | 364 | 737 | 0 |
| 05 - CCA | Jolly,E. Grady | Senior | 10/03/2017 | 453 | 0 | 981 |
| 06 - MI-W | Bell,Robert Holmes | Senior | 01/31/2017 | 698 | 445 | 0 |
| 07 - IL-N | Darrah,John W. | Senior | 03/01/2017 | 669 | 447 | 0 |
| 07 - IL-N | Zagel,James B. | Senior | 10/21/2016 | 800 | 447 | 0 |
| 08 - ND | Erickson,Ralph R. | Elevated | 09/28/2017 | 458 | 452 | 0 |
| 09 - AZ | Jorgenson,Cindy K. | Senior | 04/06/2018 | 268 | 727 | 0 |
| 09 - AZ | Campbell,David G. | Senior | 07/31/2018 | 152 | 727 | 0 |
| 09 - CA-C | Morrow,Margaret M. | Senior | 10/29/2015 | 1158 | 558 | 0 |
| 09 - CA-C | Collins,Audrey B. | Retired | 08/01/2014 | 1612 | 558 | 0 |
| 09 - CA-C | Snyder,Christina A. | Senior | 11/23/2016 | 767 | 558 | 0 |
| 09 - CA-C | King,George H. | Retired | 01/06/2017 | 723 | 558 | 0 |
| 09 - CA-C | Pregerson,Dean D. | Senior | 01/28/2016 | 1067 | 558 | 0 |
| 09 - CA-S | Huff,Marilyn L. | Senior | 09/30/2016 | 821 | 510 | 0 |
| 09 - NV | Jones,Robert Clive | Senior | 02/01/2016 | 1063 | 559 | 0 |
| 09 - WA-W | Lasnik,Robert S. | Senior | 01/27/2016 | 1068 | 470 | 0 |
| 09 - WA-W | Pechman,Marsha J. | Senior | 02/06/2016 | 1058 | 470 | 0 |
| 09 - WA-W | Robart,James L. | Senior | 06/28/2016 | 915 | 470 | 0 |
| 09 - CCA | O'Scannlain,Diarmuid F. | Senior | 12/31/2016 | 729 | 0 | 772 |
| 09 - CCA | Tallman,Richard C. | Senior | 03/03/2018 | 302 | 0 | 772 |
| 09 - CCA | Reinhardt,Stephen | Deceased | 03/29/2018 | 276 | 0 | 772 |
| 09 - CCA | Silverman,Barry G. | Senior | 10/11/2016 | 810 | 0 | 772 |
| 09 - CCA | Pregerson,Harry | Senior | 12/11/2015 | 1115 | 0 | 772 |
| 09 - CCA | Kozinski,Alex | Retired | 12/18/2017 | 377 | 0 | 772 |
| 10 - CO | Blackburn,Robert E. | Senior | 04/12/2016 | 992 | 517 | 0 |
| 10 - NM | Brack,Robert | Senior | 07/25/2018 | 158 | 636 | 0 |
| 10 - NM | Armijo,M. Christina | Senior | 02/07/2018 | 326 | 636 | 0 |
| 10 - OK-E | Payne,James H. | Senior | 08/01/2017 | 516 | 399 | 0 |
| 10 - UT | Stewart,Brian T. | Senior | 09/01/2014 | 1581 | 480 | 0 |
| 11 - FL-M | Kovachevich,Elizabeth A. | Senior | 12/14/2018 | 16 | 608 | 0 |
| 11 - FL-M | Whittemore,James D. | Senior | 08/29/2017 | 488 | 608 | 0 |
| 11 - FL-M | Steele,John E. | Senior | 06/03/2015 | 1306 | 608 | 0 |
| 11 - FL-N | Smoak,Richard | Senior | 12/31/2015 | 1095 | 547 | 0 |
| 11 - FL-N | Hinkle,Robert L. | Senior | 11/07/2016 | 783 | 547 | 0 |
| 11 - FL-S | Cohn,James I. | Senior | 08/05/2016 | 877 | 715 | 0 |
| 11 - FL-S | Zloch,William J. | Senior | 01/31/2017 | 698 | 715 | 0 |
| 11 - FL-S | Lenard,Joan A. | Senior | 07/01/2017 | 547 | 715 | 0 |
| 11 - FL-S | Rosenbaum,Robin S. | Elevated | 05/12/2014 | 1693 | 715 | 0 |
| 11 - FL-S | Marra,Kenneth A. | Senior | 08/01/2017 | 516 | 715 | 0 |