Judicial Vacancy List for December 2000
| Vacancies in the Federal Judiciary |
| December 4, 2000 |
| Court | Vacancy Created By | Reason | Vacancy Date | Nominee | Nomination |
| Second Circuit |
| Winter, Ralph K. | Senior | 9/30/00 |
| Third Circuit |
| CCA |
| Greenberg, Morton I. | Senior | 6/30/00 | Orlofsky, Stephen M. | 5/25/00 |
| Lewis, Timothy | Resigned | 6/30/99 | Cindrich, Robert J. | 2/9/00 |
| PA-E |
| Cahn, Edward N. | Retired | 12/31/98 | Lieberman, Stephen B. | 9/14/00 |
| Ludwig, Edmund V. | Senior | 5/20/97 | Davis, Legrome | 1/26/99 |
| Shapiro, Norma L. | Senior | 12/31/98 | Fineman, S. David | 3/9/00 |
| PA-W |
| Bloch, Alan N. | Senior | 4/12/97 | Litman, Harry Peter | 7/27/00 |
| Cohill, Maurice B. Jr. | Senior | 11/28/94 | Norton, Lynette | 1/26/99 |
| Lee, Donald J. | Senior | 4/6/00 |
| Fouth Circuit |
| CCA |
| Ervin, Sam J. III | Deceased | 9/18/99 | Gibson, S. Elizabeth | 10/26/00 |
| Hamilton, Clyde H. | Senior | 11/30/99 |
| Murnaghan, Francis | Deceased | 8/31/00 | Davis, Andre M. | 10/6/00 |
| Phillips, J. Dickson Jr. | Senior | 7/31/94 | Wynn, James A. Jr. | 8/5/99 |
| PL 101-650 | New Position | 12/1/90 | Gregory, Roger L. | 6/30/00 |
| NC-E |
| Britt, W. Earl | Senior | 12/7/97 | Leonard, J. Rich | 3/24/99 |
| Fifth Circuit |
| TX-N |
| Maloney, Robert B. | Senior | 8/31/00 |
| CCA |
| Duhe, John M. | Senior | 4/7/99 | Johnson, H. Alston III | 4/22/99 |
| Garwood, William L. | Senior | 1/23/97 | Moreno, Enrique | 9/16/99 |
| Politz, Henry A. | Senior | 8/10/99 |
| LA-E |
| Sear, Morey L. | Senior | 10/31/00 |
| MS-N |
| Biggers, Neal | Senior | 10/1/00 |
| TX-S |
| Vela, Filamon | Senior | 5/1/00 | Morado, Ricardo | 5/11/00 |
| Sixth Circuit |
| MI-E |
| Duggan, Patrick J. | Senior | 9/29/00 |
| CCA |
| Keith, Damon | Senior | 5/1/95 | White, Helene | 1/26/99 |
| Kennedy, Cornelia | Senior | 3/1/99 | Lewis, Kathleen McCree | 9/16/99 |
| Nelson, David A. | Senior | 10/1/99 | Markus, Kent R. | 2/9/00 |
| Ryan, James L. | Senior | 1/1/00 |
| OH-N |
| White, George W. | Retired | 2/26/99 | Bell, Steven D. | 8/5/99 |
| TN-W |
| Turner, Jerome | Deceased | 2/12/00 |
| Eighth Circuit |
| CCA |
| Fagg, George | Senior | 5/1/99 | Campbell, Bonnie J. | 3/2/00 |
| MO-E |
| Gunn, George F. Jr. | Senior | 12/1/96 |
| MO-W |
| Bartlett, D. Brook | Deceased | 1/21/00 |
| NE |
| Cambridge, William | Senior | 7/11/00 | Achelpohl, Steven E | 9/12/00 |
| ND |
| Conmy, Patrick | Senior | 1/5/00 |
| Ninth Circuit |
| CCA |
| Browning, James R | Senior | 9/1/00 |
| CCA |
| Hall, Cynthia Holcomb | Senior | 8/31/97 | Duffy, James E. Jr. | 6/17/99 |
| Wiggins, Charles E. | Senior | 12/31/96 | Goode, Barry P. | 1/26/99 |
| AZ |
| PL 106-113 | New Position | 11/29/99 |
| Strand, Roger G. | Senior | 4/28/00 |
| CA-E |
| Karlton, Lawrence K. | Senior | 5/27/00 | Johnston, Marian | 9/7/00 |
| CA-C |
| Davies, John G. | Retired | 7/18/98 | Gee, Dolly M. | 5/27/99 |
| Keller, William | Senior | 10/29/99 |
| Paez, Richard A. | Elevated | 3/9/00 |
| Wardlaw, Kim McLane | Elevated | 7/31/98 | Woocher, Fredric D. | 5/27/99 |
| HI |
| Kay, Alan C. | Senior | 1/1/00 | Lim, John S. W. | 6/8/00 |
| MT |
| Lovell, Charles | Senior | 6/14/00 | Anderson, Richard W. | 9/13/00 |
| NV |
| Rawlinson, Johnnie B. | Elevated | 7/21/00 | Riegle, Linda B | 4/25/00 |
| OR |
| Jones, Robert E. | Senior | 5/1/00 |
| WA-W |
| Bryan, Robert J. | Senior | 11/1/00 |
| Tenth Circuit |
| NM |
| Conway, John Edwards | Senior | 9/1/00 |
| CCA |
| Anderson, Stephen H. | Senior | 1/1/00 |
| Porfilio, John C. | Senior | 10/15/99 | Arguello, Christine M. | 7/27/00 |
| CO |
| Weinshienk, Zita L. | Senior | 4/3/98 | Coan, Patricia A. | 5/27/99 |
| OK-N |
| Brett, Thomas R. | Senior | 10/3/96 | McCarthy, Frank H. | 4/30/99 |
| OK-W |
| Alley, Wayne E. | Senior | 5/16/99 | Couch, Valerie K. | 9/7/00 |
| Thompson, Ralph G. | Senior | 12/16/99 | Hall, Melvin C. | 10/3/00 |
| UT |
| Sam, David | Senior | 11/1/99 |
| Eleventh Circuit |
| AL-N |
| Pointer, Sam C. Jr. | Senior | 11/19/99 | Simon, Kenneth O. | 6/6/00 |
| AL-S |
| Howard, Alex T. Jr. | Senior | 10/21/96 |
| FL-M |
| PL 106-113 | New Position | 11/29/99 |
| FL-S |
| Davis, Edward | Senior | 7/1/00 |
| District of Columbia Circuit |
| CCA |
| Buckley, James L. | Senior | 8/31/96 | Kagan, Elena | 6/17/99 |
| Silberman, Laurence H. | Senior | 11/1/00 |
| Wald, Patricia M. | Retired | 11/16/99 | Snyder, Allen R. | 9/22/99 |
| DC |
| Harris, Stanley S. | Senior | 2/1/96 | Klein, James W. | 3/25/99 |
| Sporkin, Stanely | Senior | 2/12/99 | Fields, Rhonda | 11/17/99 |
| Federal Circuit |
| CCA |
| Plager, S. Jay | Senior | 11/30/00 |
| Total Vacancies: | 67 |
| Total Nominees Pending: | 39 |
| Archived Judicial Vacancies for December 2000 | This report is unavailable: Judicial Confirmations |