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Judicial Vacancy List for January 2020

116th Congress

Update as of

Total Vacancies: 80

Total Nominees Pending: 51

Court Incumbent Vacancy Reason Vacancy Date Nominee Nomination Date
01 - MA O'Toole Jr.,George A. Senior 01/01/2018
01 - MA Woodlock,Douglas P. Senior 06/01/2015
01 - PR Garcia-Gregory,Jay A. Senior 09/30/2018 Carreño-Coll,Silvia 10/15/2019
02 - CT Thompson,Alvin W. Senior 08/31/2018 Jongbloed,Barbara Bailey 10/15/2019
02 - NY-E Gleeson,John Resigned 03/09/2016 Gujarati,Diane 05/21/2019
02 - NY-E Bianco,Joseph F. Elevated 05/08/2019
02 - NY-N Sharpe,Gary L. Senior 01/01/2016
02 - NY-S Sullivan,Richard J. Elevated 10/11/2018
02 - NY-S Pauley III,William H. Senior 03/01/2018 Cronan,John Peter 12/02/2019
02 - NY-S Castel,P. Kevin Senior 08/05/2017 Halpern,Philip M. 01/23/2019
02 - NY-S Forrest,Katherine B. Resigned 09/11/2018 Lan,Iris 12/02/2019
03 - NJ Kugler,Robert B. Senior 11/02/2018
03 - NJ Linares,Jose L. Retired 05/16/2019
03 - NJ Simandle,Jerome B. Senior 05/31/2017
03 - NJ Hochberg,Faith S. Retired 03/06/2015
03 - NJ Sheridan,Peter G. Senior 06/14/2018
03 - NJ Martini,William J. Senior 02/10/2015
03 - PA-E Stengel,Lawrence F. Retired 08/31/2018
03 - PA-W Phipps,Peter J. Elevated 07/16/2019
03 - PA-W Fischer,Nora Barry Senior 06/13/2019 Hardy,William Scott 12/02/2019
04 - SC Wooten,Terry L. Senior 02/28/2019
04 - VA-E Smith,Rebecca Beach Senior 08/01/2019
04 - VA-W Conrad,Glen E. Senior 12/11/2017
05 - CCA Jolly,E. Grady Senior 10/03/2017 Ozerden,Halil Suleyman 06/24/2019
05 - LA-W Drell,Dee D. Senior 11/30/2017 Joseph,David Cleveland 12/02/2019
05 - MS-S Starrett,Keith Senior 04/30/2019
05 - MS-S Guirola Jr.,Louis Senior 03/23/2018 Wilson,Cory T. 10/15/2019
05 - TX-S Lake III,Simeon Timothy Senior 07/05/2019
06 - MI-W Bell,Robert Holmes Senior 01/31/2017
06 - OH-N Zouhary,Jack Senior 07/01/2019
06 - OH-S Barrett,Michael R. Senior 02/15/2019
07 - IL-N Kapala,Frederick J. Senior 05/10/2019
07 - IL-N Der-Yeghiayan,Samuel Retired 02/17/2018 Kness,John Fitzgerald 06/24/2019
07 - IL-N Castillo,Ruben Retired 09/27/2019
07 - IL-S Reagan,Michael J. Retired 03/31/2019
07 - IL-S Herndon,David R. Retired 01/07/2019
07 - WI-E Griesbach,William C. Senior 12/31/2019
07 - WI-E Randa,Rudolph T. Senior 02/05/2016
08 - MN Ericksen,Joan N. Senior 10/15/2019
09 - AK Beistline,Ralph R. Senior 12/31/2015 Kindred,Joshua M. 11/21/2019
09 - AZ Collins,Raner Senior 03/04/2019 Hinderaker,John Charles 12/02/2019
09 - AZ Jorgenson,Cindy K. Senior 04/06/2018 Rash,Scott Hugh 10/15/2019
09 - CA-C Guilford,Andrew J. Senior 07/05/2019
09 - CA-C Otero,S. James Senior 12/30/2018 Aenlle-Rocha,Fernando L. 10/17/2019
09 - CA-C Collins,Audrey B. Retired 08/01/2014 Blumenfeld Jr.,Stanley 02/06/2019
09 - CA-C Pregerson,Dean D. Senior 01/28/2016 Holcomb,John W. 11/21/2019
09 - CA-C O'Connell,Beverly Reid Deceased 10/08/2017 Kim,Steve 11/21/2019
09 - CA-C Snyder,Christina A. Senior 11/23/2016 Leal,Sandy Nunes 10/17/2019
09 - CA-C Real,Manuel L. Senior 11/04/2018 Richmond,Rick Lloyd 10/17/2019
09 - CA-C Morrow,Margaret M. Senior 10/29/2015 Rosen,Jeremy Brooks 02/06/2019
09 - CA-C King,George H. Retired 01/06/2017 Scarsi,Mark C. 02/06/2019
09 - CA-E England Jr.,Morrison C. Senior 12/17/2019
09 - CA-S Benitez,Roger T. Senior 12/31/2017 Braverman,Adam L. 10/17/2019
09 - CA-S Houston,John A. Senior 02/06/2018 Johnson,Knut Sveinbjorn 11/21/2019
09 - CA-S Moskowitz,Barry Ted Senior 01/23/2019 Matthews,R. Shireen 10/17/2019
09 - CA-S Anello,Michael M. Senior 10/31/2018 Pettit,Michelle M. 11/21/2019
09 - CA-S Huff,Marilyn L. Senior 09/30/2016 Robinson,Todd Wallace 11/21/2019
09 - NV Jones,Robert Clive Senior 02/01/2016
09 - NV Mahan,James C. Senior 06/29/2018 Togliatti,Jennifer P. 11/21/2019
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
09 - WA-W Robart,James L. Senior 06/28/2016
09 - WA-W Leighton,Ronald B. Senior 02/28/2019
10 - CO Krieger,Marcia S. Senior 03/03/2019
10 - NM Herrera,Judith C. Senior 07/01/2019
10 - NM Brack,Robert Senior 07/25/2018 Sweazea,Kevin Ray 06/12/2019
10 - OK-E Payne,James H. Senior 08/01/2017 Heil III,John F. 12/02/2019
11 - FL-M Kovachevich,Elizabeth A. Senior 12/14/2018
11 - FL-S Marra,Kenneth A. Senior 08/01/2017
CL Lettow,Charles Frederick Senior 07/13/2018 Davis,Kathryn C. 11/19/2019
CL Hewitt,Emily C. Retired 10/21/2013 Solomson,Matthew H. 03/05/2019
CL Horn,Marian Blank Senior 03/09/2018 Schwartz,Stephen Sidney 10/17/2019
CL Williams,Mary Ellen Coster Senior 07/13/2018 Roumel,Eleni Maria 06/24/2019
CL Braden,Susan G. Senior 07/13/2018 Obermann,Grace Karaffa 10/30/2019
CL Block,Lawrence J. Retired 01/08/2016 Meyers,Edward Hulvey 11/19/2019
CL Damich,Edward J. Senior 10/21/2013 Epstein,Daniel Z. 06/24/2019
CL Wolski,Victor J. Senior 07/13/2018
IT Gordon,Leo M. Senior 03/22/2019
IT Ridgway,Delissa A. Senior 01/31/2019 Vaden,Stephen A. 10/17/2019