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Judicial Vacancy List for December 2018
| Court | Incumbent | Vacancy Reason | Vacancy Date | Nominee | Nomination Date |
| 01 - MA | O'Toole Jr.,George A. | Senior | 01/01/2018 | | |
| 01 - MA | Woodlock,Douglas P. | Senior | 06/01/2015 | | |
| 01 - PR | Garcia-Gregory,Jay A. | Senior | 09/30/2018 | | |
| 01 - PR | Fuste,Jose Antonio | Retired | 06/01/2016 | Arias-Marxuach,Raul M. | 04/12/2018 |
| 01 - RI | Lisi,Mary M. | Senior | 10/01/2015 | McElroy,Mary S. | 04/12/2018 |
| 02 - CCA | Raggi,Reena | Senior | 08/31/2018 | Bianco,Joseph Frank | 11/13/2018 |
| 02 - CCA | Lynch,Gerard E. | Senior | 09/05/2016 | Park,Michael H. | 11/13/2018 |
| 02 - CT | Thompson,Alvin W. | Senior | 08/31/2018 | | |
| 02 - NY-E | Feuerstein,Sandra J. | Senior | 01/21/2015 | Brown,Gary Richard | 05/15/2018 |
| 02 - NY-E | Gleeson,John | Resigned | 03/09/2016 | Gujarati,Diane | 05/15/2018 |
| 02 - NY-E | Vitaliano,Eric N. | Senior | 02/28/2017 | Komitee,Eric Ross | 05/15/2018 |
| 02 - NY-E | Amon,Carol Bagley | Senior | 11/30/2016 | Kovner,Rachel Peter | 05/15/2018 |
| 02 - NY-N | Sharpe,Gary L. | Senior | 01/01/2016 | Marcelle,Thomas | 11/13/2018 |
| 02 - NY-S | Forrest,Katherine B. | Resigned | 09/11/2018 | | |
| 02 - NY-S | Sullivan,Richard J. | Elevated | 10/11/2018 | | |
| 02 - NY-S | Pauley III,William H. | Senior | 03/01/2018 | | |
| 02 - NY-S | Castel,P. Kevin | Senior | 08/05/2017 | Halpern,Philip M. | 11/13/2018 |
| 02 - NY-S | Crotty,Paul A. | Senior | 08/01/2015 | Liman,Lewis J. | 05/15/2018 |
| 02 - NY-S | Preska,Loretta A. | Senior | 03/01/2017 | Vyskocil,Mary Kay | 05/15/2018 |
| 02 - NY-W | Skretny,William M. | Senior | 03/08/2015 | Sinatra Jr.,John L. | 05/15/2018 |
| 03 - CCA | Vanaskie,Thomas I. | Senior | 11/30/2018 | | |
| 03 - CCA | Fuentes,Julio M. | Senior | 07/18/2016 | Matey,Paul B. | 04/12/2018 |
| 03 - NJ | Hochberg,Faith S. | Retired | 03/06/2015 | | |
| 03 - NJ | Sheridan,Peter G. | Senior | 06/14/2018 | | |
| 03 - NJ | Martini,William J. | Senior | 02/10/2015 | | |
| 03 - NJ | Kugler,Robert B. | Senior | 11/02/2018 | | |
| 03 - NJ | Simandle,Jerome B. | Senior | 05/31/2017 | | |
| 03 - PA-E | Stengel,Lawrence F. | Retired | 08/31/2018 | | |
| 03 - PA-E | Slomsky,Joel H. | Senior | 10/09/2018 | | |
| 03 - PA-E | Davis,Legrome D. | Senior | 09/28/2017 | | |
| 03 - PA-E | Gardner,James Knoll | Senior | 04/03/2017 | Wolson,Joshua | 05/15/2018 |
| 03 - PA-E | McLaughlin,Mary A. | Senior | 11/18/2013 | Younge,John Milton | 07/17/2018 |
| 03 - PA-M | Kane,Yvette | Senior | 10/11/2018 | | |
| 03 - PA-W | Cercone,David Stewart | Senior | 11/24/2017 | | |
| 03 - PA-W | Schwab,Arthur J. | Senior | 01/01/2018 | | |
| 03 - PA-W | Gibson,Kim R. | Senior | 06/03/2016 | Ranjan,J. Nicholas | 07/24/2018 |
| 04 - MD | Quarles Jr.,William D. | Retired | 02/01/2016 | Gallagher,Stephanie Agli | 06/11/2018 |
| 04 - NC-E | Howard,Malcolm J. | Senior | 12/31/2005 | Farr,Thomas Alvin | 01/08/2018 |
| 04 - NC-W | Voorhees,Richard L. | Senior | 08/31/2017 | Bell,Kenneth D. | 04/12/2018 |
| 04 - SC | Quattlebaum Jr.,A. Marvin | Elevated | 08/16/2018 | | |
| 04 - VA-E | Hudson,Henry E. | Senior | 06/01/2018 | | |
| 04 - VA-E | Lee,Gerald Bruce | Retired | 09/30/2017 | Alston Jr.,Rossie David | 06/18/2018 |
| 04 - VA-W | Conrad,Glen E. | Senior | 12/11/2017 | | |
| 05 - CCA | Jolly,E. Grady | Senior | 10/03/2017 | | |
| 05 - LA-E | Engelhardt,Kurt D. | Elevated | 05/09/2018 | | |
| 05 - LA-E | Berrigan,Helen G. | Senior | 08/23/2016 | Vitter,Wendy | 01/23/2018 |
| 05 - LA-W | Drell,Dee D. | Senior | 11/30/2017 | | |
| 05 - LA-W | Minaldi,Patricia H. | Senior | 07/31/2017 | Cain Jr.,James D. | 08/28/2018 |
| 05 - MS-S | Guirola Jr.,Louis | Senior | 03/23/2018 | | |
| 05 - TX-E | Schell,Richard A. | Senior | 03/10/2015 | | |
| 05 - TX-E | Davis,Leonard E. | Retired | 05/15/2015 | Barker,J. Campbell | 01/23/2018 |
| 05 - TX-E | Clark,Ron | Senior | 02/28/2018 | Truncale,Michael J. | 01/23/2018 |
| 05 - TX-N | Fitzwater,Sidney A. | Senior | 09/22/2018 | | |
| 05 - TX-N | Means,Terry | Senior | 07/03/2013 | | |
| 05 - TX-N | Cummings,Samuel Ray | Senior | 12/31/2014 | | |
| 05 - TX-N | McBryde,John H. | Senior | 10/09/2018 | | |
| 05 - TX-N | Robinson,Mary Lou | Senior | 02/03/2016 | Kacsmaryk,Matthew J. | 01/08/2018 |
| 05 - TX-S | Harmon,Melinda | Senior | 03/31/2018 | | |
| 05 - TX-S | Jack,Janis Graham | Senior | 06/01/2011 | Morales,David Stephen | 04/12/2018 |
| 05 - TX-W | Sparks,Sam | Senior | 12/31/2017 | | |
| 06 - MI-E | Rosen,Gerald E. | Senior | 10/26/2016 | | |
| 06 - MI-W | Bell,Robert Holmes | Senior | 01/31/2017 | | |
| 06 - OH-N | Nugent,Donald C. | Senior | 01/01/2017 | Barker,Pamela A. | 04/12/2018 |
| 06 - OH-S | Dlott,Susan J. | Senior | 05/31/2018 | | |
| 06 - OH-S | Rose,Thomas M. | Senior | 06/30/2017 | McFarland,Matthew Walden | 11/13/2018 |
| 06 - OH-S | Frost,Gregory L. | Retired | 05/02/2016 | Morrison,Sarah Daggett | 04/12/2018 |
| 06 - TN-E | Greer,J. Ronnie | Senior | 06/30/2018 | Corker,Clifton Leland | 11/13/2018 |
| 07 - IL-N | Der-Yeghiayan,Samuel | Retired | 02/17/2018 | | |
| 07 - IL-N | Darrah,John W. | Senior | 03/01/2017 | Pacold,Martha Maria | 06/11/2018 |
| 07 - IL-N | St. Eve,Amy J. | Elevated | 05/14/2018 | Rowland,Mary M. | 06/18/2018 |
| 07 - IL-N | Zagel,James B. | Senior | 10/21/2016 | Seeger,Steven C. | 06/18/2018 |
| 07 - IN-N | Van Bokkelen,Joseph S | Senior | 09/29/2017 | Brady,Holly A. | 04/10/2018 |
| 07 - IN-N | Miller Jr.,Robert L. | Senior | 01/11/2016 | Leichty,Damon Ray | 07/17/2018 |
| 07 - WI-E | Randa,Rudolph T. | Senior | 02/05/2016 | Giampietro,Gordon P. | 12/20/2017 |
| 08 - AR-E | Holmes,J. Leon | Senior | 03/31/2018 | | |
| 08 - MO-E | Jackson,Carol E. | Retired | 08/31/2017 | Clark Sr.,Stephen R. | 04/12/2018 |
| 08 - ND | Erickson,Ralph R. | Elevated | 09/28/2017 | | |
| 08 - NE | Smith Camp,Laurie | Senior | 12/01/2018 | Buescher,Brian C. | 11/13/2018 |
| 09 - AK | Beistline,Ralph R. | Senior | 12/31/2015 | Katchen,Jonathan W. | 04/12/2018 |
| 09 - AZ | Campbell,David G. | Senior | 07/31/2018 | | |
| 09 - AZ | Jorgenson,Cindy K. | Senior | 04/06/2018 | | |
| 09 - CA-C | Real,Manuel L. | Senior | 11/04/2018 | | |
| 09 - CA-C | O'Connell,Beverly Reid | Deceased | 10/08/2017 | | |
| 09 - CA-C | Pregerson,Dean D. | Senior | 01/28/2016 | | |
| 09 - CA-C | Snyder,Christina A. | Senior | 11/23/2016 | | |
| 09 - CA-C | Collins,Audrey B. | Retired | 08/01/2014 | Blumenfeld Jr.,Stanley | 11/13/2018 |
| 09 - CA-C | Morrow,Margaret M. | Senior | 10/29/2015 | Rosen,Jeremy Brooks | 11/13/2018 |
| 09 - CA-C | King,George H. | Retired | 01/06/2017 | Scarsi,Mark C. | 11/13/2018 |
| 09 - CA-S | Anello,Michael M. | Senior | 10/31/2018 | | |
| 09 - CA-S | Houston,John A. | Senior | 02/06/2018 | | |
| 09 - CA-S | Benitez,Roger T. | Senior | 12/31/2017 | | |
| 09 - CA-S | Huff,Marilyn L. | Senior | 09/30/2016 | | |
| 09 - CCA | O'Scannlain,Diarmuid F. | Senior | 12/31/2016 | | |
| 09 - CCA | Silverman,Barry G. | Senior | 10/11/2016 | Bade,Bridget S. | 08/27/2018 |
| 09 - CCA | Kozinski,Alex | Retired | 12/18/2017 | Bumatay,Patrick Joseph | 11/13/2018 |
| 09 - CCA | Pregerson,Harry | Senior | 12/11/2015 | Collins,Daniel Paul | 11/13/2018 |
| 09 - CCA | Reinhardt,Stephen | Deceased | 03/29/2018 | Lee,Kenneth Kiyul | 11/13/2018 |
| 09 - CCA | Tallman,Richard C. | Senior | 03/03/2018 | Miller,Eric D. | 07/19/2018 |
| 09 - NV | Jones,Robert Clive | Senior | 02/01/2016 | | |
| 09 - NV | Mahan,James C. | Senior | 06/29/2018 | | |
| 09 - OR | Brown,Anna J. | Senior | 07/27/2017 | Immergut,Karin J. | 06/11/2018 |
| 09 - WA-W | Pechman,Marsha J. | Senior | 02/06/2016 | | |
| 09 - WA-W | Lasnik,Robert S. | Senior | 01/27/2016 | | |
| 09 - WA-W | Robart,James L. | Senior | 06/28/2016 | | |
| 10 - CO | Blackburn,Robert E. | Senior | 04/12/2016 | Domenico,Daniel Desmond | 01/08/2018 |
| 10 - NM | Brack,Robert | Senior | 07/25/2018 | | |
| 10 - NM | Armijo,M. Christina | Senior | 02/07/2018 | | |
| 10 - OK-E | Payne,James H. | Senior | 08/01/2017 | O'Connor,John M. | 04/10/2018 |
| 10 - OK-W | Miles-LaGrange,Vicki | Senior | 11/05/2018 | | |
| 10 - OK-W | Russell,David L. | Senior | 07/07/2013 | Wyrick,Patrick R. | 04/10/2018 |
| 10 - UT | Stewart,Brian T. | Senior | 09/01/2014 | Nielson Jr.,Howard C. | 09/28/2017 |
| 11 - AL-M | Fuller,Mark E. | Resigned | 08/01/2015 | Brasher,Andrew Lynn | 04/10/2018 |
| 11 - AL-N | Hopkins,Virginia Emerson | Senior | 06/22/2018 | Maze,Corey Landon | 05/15/2018 |
| 11 - FL-M | Whittemore,James D. | Senior | 08/29/2017 | Barber,Thomas P. | 05/07/2018 |
| 11 - FL-M | Steele,John E. | Senior | 06/03/2015 | Berger,Wendy Williams | 04/10/2018 |
| 11 - FL-N | Smoak,Richard | Senior | 12/31/2015 | Wetherell II,T. Kent | 05/07/2018 |
| 11 - FL-N | Hinkle,Robert L. | Senior | 11/07/2016 | Winsor,Allen Cothrel | 04/10/2018 |
| 11 - FL-S | Marra,Kenneth A. | Senior | 08/01/2017 | | |
| 11 - FL-S | Cohn,James I. | Senior | 08/05/2016 | | |
| 11 - FL-S | Lenard,Joan A. | Senior | 07/01/2017 | Altman,Roy Kalman | 05/07/2018 |
| 11 - FL-S | Zloch,William J. | Senior | 01/31/2017 | Ruiz II,Rodolfo Armando | 05/07/2018 |
| 11 - FL-S | Rosenbaum,Robin S. | Elevated | 05/12/2014 | Smith,Rodney | 05/07/2018 |
| 11 - GA-N | Story,Richard W. | Senior | 12/01/2018 | | |
| 11 - GA-N | Duffey Jr.,William S. | Retired | 07/01/2018 | Boulee,Jean-Paul | 08/28/2018 |
| CL | Horn,Marian Blank | Senior | 03/09/2018 | | |
| CL | Williams,Mary Ellen Coster | Senior | 07/13/2018 | | |
| CL | Lettow,Charles Frederick | Senior | 07/13/2018 | | |
| CL | Damich,Edward J. | Senior | 10/21/2013 | | |
| CL | Bush,Lynn J. | Senior | 10/21/2013 | | |
| CL | Hewitt,Emily C. | Retired | 10/21/2013 | | |
| CL | Wolski,Victor J. | Senior | 07/13/2018 | | |
| CL | Braden,Susan G. | Senior | 07/13/2018 | | |
| CL | Miller,George W. | Retired | 08/06/2013 | Hertling,Richard A. | 05/07/2018 |
| CL | Firestone,Nancy B. | Senior | 10/21/2013 | Holte,Ryan T. | 09/28/2017 |
| CL | Block,Lawrence J. | Retired | 01/08/2016 | Ohlhausen,Maureen K. | 01/24/2018 |
| DC - CCA | Kavanaugh,Brett M. | Elevated | 10/06/2018 | Rao,Neomi Jehangir | 11/14/2018 |
| DC - DC | Roberts,Richard W. | Senior | 03/16/2016 | Nichols,Carl J. | 06/18/2018 |
| IT | Pogue,Donald C. | Senior | 07/01/2014 | Baker,M. Miller | 06/18/2018 |
| IT | Eaton,Richard K. | Senior | 08/22/2014 | Reif,Timothy M. | 06/18/2018 |