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
Juan F. Alanis
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Date:
April 30, 2018
Retired
Joan Glazer Margolis
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District of Connecticut
Date:
April 30, 2018
Appointed
Claria Horn Boom
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
Date:
April 23, 2018
Appointed
Rebecca Grady Jennings
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Date:
April 19, 2018
Retired
Michael J. Seng
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
Date:
April 18, 2018
Deceased
Robert F. Chapman
Position:
Senior U.S. Court of Appeals Judge
Court:
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Date:
April 18, 2018
Appointed
John W. Broomes
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
Date:
April 17, 2018
Appointed
Bess M. Parrish-Creswell
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Alabama
Date:
April 16, 2018
Elevated
Gustavo A. Gelpi, Jr.
Position:
Chief U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
Date:
April 13, 2018
Succeeding U.S. District Judge Aida M. Delgado-Colon
Retired
Vijay C. Gandhi
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Date:
April 13, 2018
Appointed
Mindy A. Mora
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida
Date:
April 6, 2018
Senior Status
Cindy K. Jorgenson
Position:
Senior U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
Date:
April 6, 2018
Elevated
Mildred Caban
Position:
Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Puerto Rico
Date:
April 2, 2018
Succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Enrique S. Lamoutte Inclan
Retired
Edward C. Prado
Position:
U.S. Court of Appeals Judge
Court:
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Date:
April 2, 2018
Appointed
Jeffrey P. Norman
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
Date:
April 2, 2018
Retired
Karen Kennedy Brown
Position:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Court:
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
Date:
April 1, 2018
Appointed
Daneta L. Wollmann
Position:
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota
Date:
April 1, 2018
Senior Status
Melinda Harmon
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Date:
March 31, 2018
Senior Status
J. Leon Holmes
Position:
U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
Date:
March 31, 2018
Deceased
Leonard D. Wexler
Position:
Senior U.S. District Judge
Court:
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Date:
March 31, 2018