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.
Senior Status
Gregory A. Presnell
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Date:
April 1, 2012
Retired
Nancy Stein Nowak
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Date:
March 31, 2012
Retired
Louisa Porter
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Date:
March 31, 2012
Retired
William C. Sherrill, Jr
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
Date:
March 31, 2012
Appointed
Donna Sue Morgan
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Date:
March 30, 2012
Appointed
Mark P. Lane
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Date:
March 30, 2012
Deceased
John Y. Powers
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Date:
March 29, 2012
Appointed
Mary Elizabeth Phillips
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
Date:
March 23, 2012
Appointed
C. Bruce Anderson
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge (Part-Time)
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
Date:
March 23, 2012
Senior Status
Saundra Brown Armstrong
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Date:
March 23, 2012
Appointed
David O. Nuffer
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
Date:
March 23, 2012
Appointed
Michael Walter Fitzgerald
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Date:
March 22, 2012
Senior Status
Naomi Reice Buchwald
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Date:
March 21, 2012
Appointed
Gina Marie Groh
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
Date:
March 21, 2012
Retired
Victor H. Laws, III
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
Date:
March 21, 2012
Deceased
William J. Hibbler
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Date:
March 19, 2012
Retired
David Folsom
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Date:
March 17, 2012
Appointed
Frederick E. Clement
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of California
Date:
March 16, 2012
Retired
Whitney Rimel
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of California
Date:
March 15, 2012