This table tracks milestones in federal judges' careers, including appointments to the bench, elevations to a new judicial position, taking senior status, retiring, and death.
Appointed
Gregg Jeffrey Costa
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Date:
May 4, 2012
Retired
Stephen E. Cole
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming
Date:
May 4, 2012
Appointed
David Campos Guaderrama
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Date:
May 3, 2012
Appointed
Evelyn J. Furse
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
Date:
May 1, 2012
Retired
Doyle W. Argo
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Date:
April 30, 2012
Appointed
Brian C. Wimes
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri
Date:
April 30, 2012
Appointed
Sherry R. Fallon
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Date:
April 25, 2012
Senior Status
Joan B. Gottschall
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Date:
April 23, 2012
Appointed
MIranda M. Du
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada
Date:
April 23, 2012
Appointed
Stephanie Dawn Thacker
Position:
U.S. Court of Appeals Judge
Court:
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Date:
April 20, 2012
Appointed
Ronnie Abrams
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Date:
April 19, 2012
Appointed
Henry J. Bemporad
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Date:
April 13, 2012
Senior Status
Deborah A. Batts
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Date:
April 13, 2012
Appointed
Alicia M. Otazo-Reyes
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Date:
April 12, 2012
Retired
Stephen Thomas Brown
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Date:
April 11, 2012
Resigned
Valerie Couch
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Date:
April 8, 2012
Elevated
Sarah A. Hall
Position:
Chief Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Date:
April 5, 2012
Succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Niles L. Jackson
Appointed
Charles A. Stampelos
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
Date:
April 3, 2012
Appointed
David H. Bartick
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Date:
April 2, 2012
Appointed
Rudolph Contreras
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Date:
April 1, 2012