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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 on10/23/2019

Total Emergencies:53

Court	Vacancy Created By	Reason	Vacancy Date	Days Pending	Weighted Filings per Judgeship *	Adjusted Filings per Panel *
02 - NY-E	Feuerstein,Sandra J.	Senior	01/21/2015	1736	559	0
02 - NY-E	Bianco,Joseph F.	Elevated	05/08/2019	168	559	0
02 - NY-E	Vitaliano,Eric N.	Senior	02/28/2017	967	559	0
02 - NY-E	Gleeson,John	Resigned	03/09/2016	1323	559	0
02 - NY-S	Preska,Loretta A.	Senior	03/01/2017	966	575	0
02 - NY-S	Crotty,Paul A.	Senior	08/01/2015	1544	575	0
02 - NY-S	Pauley III,William H.	Senior	03/01/2018	601	575	0
02 - NY-S	Castel,P. Kevin	Senior	08/05/2017	809	575	0
02 - NY-W	Skretny,William M.	Senior	03/08/2015	1690	592	0
03 - NJ	Sheridan,Peter G.	Senior	06/14/2018	496	903	0
03 - NJ	Martini,William J.	Senior	02/10/2015	1716	903	0
03 - NJ	Kugler,Robert B.	Senior	11/02/2018	355	903	0
03 - NJ	Hochberg,Faith S.	Retired	03/06/2015	1692	903	0
03 - NJ	Simandle,Jerome B.	Senior	05/31/2017	875	903	0
03 - NJ	Linares,Jose L.	Retired	05/16/2019	160	903	0
04 - NC-E	Howard,Malcolm J.	Senior	12/31/2005	5044	665	0
05 - TX-S	Lake III,Simeon Timothy	Senior	07/05/2019	110	620	0
05 - CCA	Jolly,E. Grady	Senior	10/03/2017	750	0	905
06 - MI-W	Bell,Robert Holmes	Senior	01/31/2017	995	528	0
06 - OH-S	Rose,Thomas M.	Senior	06/30/2017	845	453	0
07 - IL-N	Der-Yeghiayan,Samuel	Retired	02/17/2018	613	446	0
07 - IL-S	Herndon,David R.	Retired	01/07/2019	289	579	0
07 - IL-S	Reagan,Michael J.	Retired	03/31/2019	206	579	0
08 - AR-E	Reasoner,Stephen M.	Senior	03/31/2018	571	476	0
09 - AZ	Jorgenson,Cindy K.	Senior	04/06/2018	565	703	0
09 - AZ	Collins,Raner	Senior	03/04/2019	233	703	0
09 - CA-C	King,George H.	Retired	01/06/2017	1020	650	0
09 - CA-C	Otero,S. James	Senior	12/30/2018	297	650	0
09 - CA-C	O'Connell,Beverly Reid	Deceased	10/08/2017	745	650	0
09 - CA-C	Collins,Audrey B.	Retired	08/01/2014	1909	650	0
09 - CA-C	Real,Manuel L.	Senior	11/04/2018	353	650	0
09 - CA-C	Morrow,Margaret M.	Senior	10/29/2015	1455	650	0
09 - CA-C	Guilford,Andrew J.	Senior	07/05/2019	110	650	0
09 - CA-C	Snyder,Christina A.	Senior	11/23/2016	1064	650	0
09 - CA-C	Pregerson,Dean D.	Senior	01/28/2016	1364	650	0
09 - CA-S	Moskowitz,Barry Ted	Senior	01/23/2019	273	651	0
09 - CA-S	Anello,Michael M.	Senior	10/31/2018	357	651	0
09 - CA-S	Benitez,Roger T.	Senior	12/31/2017	661	651	0
09 - CA-S	Huff,Marilyn L.	Senior	09/30/2016	1118	651	0
09 - CA-S	Houston,John A.	Senior	02/06/2018	624	651	0
09 - NV	Jones,Robert Clive	Senior	02/01/2016	1360	497	0
09 - WA-W	Lasnik,Robert S.	Senior	01/27/2016	1365	485	0
09 - WA-W	Robart,James L.	Senior	06/28/2016	1212	485	0
09 - WA-W	Pechman,Marsha J.	Senior	02/06/2016	1355	485	0
09 - WA-W	Leighton,Ronald B.	Senior	02/28/2019	237	485	0
09 - CCA	O'Scannlain,Diarmuid F.	Senior	12/31/2016	1026	0	723
10 - NM	Brack,Robert	Senior	07/25/2018	455	536	0
10 - NM	Herrera,Judith C.	Senior	07/01/2019	114	536	0
10 - NM	Armijo,M. Christina	Senior	02/07/2018	623	536	0
10 - OK-E	Payne,James H.	Senior	08/01/2017	813	345	0
11 - FL-M	Kovachevich,Elizabeth A.	Senior	12/14/2018	313	637	0
11 - FL-S	Cohn,James I.	Senior	08/05/2016	1174	764	0
11 - FL-S	Marra,Kenneth A.	Senior	08/01/2017	813	764	0

Total Emergencies:53