Judicial Vacancy List for December 2011
| Current Vacancies in the Federal Judiciary | 112th Congress | As of 12/01/2011 | |||
| Circuit/District | Incumbent | Vacancy Reason | Vacancy Date | Nominee | Nomination Date |
| 01 - MA | Gertner,Nancy | Senior | 05/22/2011 | ||
| 01 - MA | Ponsor,Michael A. | Senior | 08/15/2011 | ||
| 01 - PR | Dominguez,Daniel R. | Senior | 07/31/2011 | ||
| 02 - CT | Droney,Christopher F. | Elevated | 11/28/2011 | ||
| 02 - NYE | Dearie,Raymond J. | Senior | 04/03/2011 | ||
| 02 - NYE | Ross,Allyne | Senior | 04/05/2011 | Brodie,Margo Kitsy | 06/07/2011 |
| 02 - NYS | Scheindlin,Shira Ann | Senior | 08/16/2011 | ||
| 02 - NYS | Berman,Richard M. | Senior | 09/11/2011 | ||
| 02 - NYS | Kaplan,Lewis A. | Senior | 02/01/2011 | Abrams,Ronnie | 07/28/2011 |
| 02 - NYS | Marrero,Victor | Senior | 12/31/2010 | Carter Jr.,Andrew L. | 05/19/2011 |
| 02 - NYS | Hellerstein,Alvin K. | Senior | 01/31/2011 | Furman,Jesse M. | 06/07/2011 |
| 02 - NYS | Robinson,Stephen C. | Resigned | 08/11/2010 | Ramos,Edgardo | 05/04/2011 |
| 02 - NYW | Larimer,David G. | Senior | 03/03/2009 | Green,Michael Charles | 01/26/2011 |
| 03 - CCA | Barry,Maryanne Trump | Senior | 06/30/2011 | Shwartz,Patty | 10/05/2011 |
| 03 - NJ | Cooper,Mary Little | Senior | 08/31/2011 | ||
| 03 - PAE | Surrick,R. Barclay | Senior | 02/01/2011 | ||
| 03 - PAE | Golden,Thomas M. | Deceased | 07/31/2010 | ||
| 03 - PAE | Brody,Anita B. | Senior | 06/08/2009 | ||
| 03 - PAE | Bartle III,Harvey | Senior | 10/01/2011 | ||
| 03 - PAM | Vanaskie,Thomas I. | Elevated | 04/21/2010 | ||
| 03 - PAM | Caputo,A. Richard | Senior | 03/31/2009 | ||
| 04 - CCA | Michael,M. Blane | Deceased | 03/25/2011 | Thacker,Stephanie Dawn | 09/08/2011 |
| 04 - MD | Messitte,Peter J. | Senior | 09/01/2008 | Russell III,George Levi | 11/10/2011 |
| 04 - NCE | Howard,Malcolm J. | Senior | 12/31/2005 | ||
| 04 - SC | Floyd,Henry F. | Elevated | 10/03/2011 | Lewis,Mary Geiger | 03/16/2011 |
| 04 - WVN | Broadwater,W. Craig | Deceased | 12/18/2006 | Groh,Gina Marie | 05/19/2011 |
| 05 - LAE | Porteous Jr.,G. Thomas | Impeached | 12/08/2010 | Morgan,Susie | 06/07/2011 |
| 05 - LAM | Tyson,Ralph E. | Deceased | 07/18/2011 | ||
| 05 - TXE | Ward,T. John | Retired | 10/01/2011 | ||
| 05 - TXE | Heartfield,Thad | Senior | 01/01/2010 | Gilstrap,James Rodney | 05/19/2011 |
| 05 - TXS | Jack,Janis Graham | Senior | 06/01/2011 | ||
| 05 - TXS | Rainey,John D. | Senior | 06/11/2010 | Costa,Gregg Jeffrey | 09/08/2011 |
| 05 - TXW | Furgeson Jr.,W. Royal | Senior | 11/30/2008 | ||
| 05 - TXW | Briones,David | Senior | 02/26/2009 | Guaderrama,David Campos | 09/14/2011 |
| 06 - KYW | Russell,Thomas B. | Senior | 11/15/2011 | ||
| 06 - MIE | Tarnow,Arthur J. | Senior | 05/25/2010 | ||
| 06 - MIE | Friedman,Bernard A. | Senior | 01/01/2009 | Drain,Gershwin A. | 11/17/2011 |
| 06 - OHN | Carr,James G. | Senior | 06/01/2010 | Helmick,Jeffrey J. | 05/11/2011 |
| 06 - TNW | Donald,Bernice Bouie | Elevated | 09/06/2011 | ||
| 07 - CCA | Evans,Terence T. | Senior | 01/07/2010 | Nourse,Victoria Frances | 01/05/2011 |
| 07 - ILN | Andersen,Wayne R. | Retired | 07/31/2010 | ||
| 07 - ILN | Coar,David H. | Senior | 08/12/2009 | Lee,John Z. | 11/10/2011 |
| 07 - ILN | Manning,Blanche M. | Senior | 02/01/2010 | Tharp Jr.,John J. | 11/10/2011 |
| 07 - WIW | Shabaz,John C. | Senior | 01/20/2009 | Butler Jr.,Louis B. | 01/05/2011 |
| 08 - ARE | Moody,James Maxwell | Senior | 09/30/2008 | Baker,Kristine Gerhard | 11/02/2011 |
| 08 - MOW | Smith,Ortrie D. | Senior | 04/30/2011 | Phillips,Mary Elizabeth | 06/07/2011 |
| 08 - MOW | Laughrey,Nanette K. | Senior | 08/27/2011 | Wimes,Brian C. | 09/22/2011 |
| 08 - NE | Kopf,Richard G. | Senior | 12/01/2011 | Gerrard,John M. | 05/04/2011 |
| 09 - AZ | Murguia,Mary H. | Elevated | 01/03/2011 | ||
| 09 - AZ | Zapata,Frank R. | Senior | 08/03/2010 | Marquez,Rosemary | 06/23/2011 |
| 09 - CAC | Larson,Stephen G. | Resigned | 11/02/2009 | ||
| 09 - CAC | Matz,A. Howard | Senior | 07/11/2011 | Fitzgerald,Michael Walter | 07/20/2011 |
| 09 - CAN | Position Open | New Position | 10/03/2011 | ||
| 09 - CAS | Miller,Jeffrey T. | Senior | 06/06/2010 | Bencivengo,Cathy Ann | 05/11/2011 |
| 09 - CAS | Whelan,Thomas J. | Senior | 08/15/2010 | Curiel,Gonzalo P. | 11/10/2011 |
| 09 - CCA | Trott,Stephen S. | Senior | 12/31/2004 | ||
| 09 - CCA | Kleinfeld,Andrew J. | Senior | 06/12/2010 | Christen,Morgan | 05/18/2011 |
| 09 - CCA | Position Open | New Position | 01/21/2009 | Nguyen,Jacqueline H. | 09/22/2011 |
| 09 - CCA | Rymer,Pamela Ann | Deceased | 09/21/2011 | Watford,Paul J. | 10/17/2011 |
| 09 - MT | Molloy,Donald W. | Senior | 08/16/2011 | Christensen,Dana L. | 05/04/2011 |
| 09 - NV | Hunt,Roger L. | Senior | 05/26/2011 | Du,Miranda | 08/02/2011 |
| 09 - OR | Hogan,Michael R. | Senior | 09/24/2011 | ||
| 09 - WAE | Shea,Edward F. | Senior | 10/01/2011 | ||
| 09 - WAE | Whaley,Robert H. | Senior | 07/12/2009 | Rice,Thomas Owen | 06/29/2011 |
| 10 - CCA | Henry,Robert H. | Resigned | 06/30/2010 | ||
| 10 - CCA | Tacha,Deanell Reece | Senior | 01/27/2011 | Six,Steve | 03/09/2011 |
| 10 - KS | Lungstrum,John W. | Senior | 11/02/2010 | ||
| 10 - OKN | Kern,Terence C. | Senior | 01/04/2010 | Mikkanen,Arvo | 02/02/2011 |
| 10 - UT | Campbell,Tena | Senior | 01/01/2011 | ||
| 10 - UT | Kimball,Dale A. | Senior | 11/30/2009 | Nuffer,David | 06/29/2011 |
| 11 - CCA | Birch Jr.,Stanley F. | Retired | 08/29/2010 | ||
| 11 - CCA | Black,Susan H. | Senior | 02/25/2011 | Jordan,Adalberto Jose | 08/02/2011 |
| 11 - FLN | Mickle,Stephan P. | Senior | 06/22/2011 | ||
| 11 - FLS | Gold,Alan Stephen | Senior | 01/10/2011 | ||
| 11 - GAN | Cooper,Clarence | Senior | 02/09/2009 | Silas,V. Natasha Perdew | 01/26/2011 |
| 11 - GAN | Martin,Beverly B. | Elevated | 01/20/2010 | Walker,Linda T. | 01/26/2011 |
| DC - CCA | Ginsburg,Douglas H. | Senior | 10/14/2011 | ||
| DC - CCA | Randolph,A. Raymond | Senior | 11/01/2008 | ||
| DC - CCA | Roberts Jr.,John G. | Elevated | 09/29/2005 | Halligan,Caitlin Joan | 01/05/2011 |
| DC - DC | Kennedy Jr.,Henry H. | Senior | 11/18/2011 | ||
| DC - DC | Urbina,Ricardo M. | Senior | 01/31/2011 | Contreras,Rudolph | 07/28/2011 |
| FD - CCA | Michel,Paul R. | Retired | 05/31/2010 | Taranto,Richard Gary | 11/10/2011 |
| IT - CCA | Barzilay,Judith M. | Senior | 06/02/2011 | ||
| IT - CCA | Wallach,Evan J. | Elevated | 11/08/2011 | ||
| Total Vacancies: 84 | |||||
| Total Nominees Pending: 44 | |||||
| Archived Judicial Vacancies for December 2011 |