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Total 241, 4T

61, 2T, 

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30, 5T, 

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58, 3T, 

 4T/P, 

1R/P

113, 4T, 

1R/P

53, 8T, 

2T/P

61, 13T, 

8T/P, 

4R/P 9 10

8, 7T, 

4T/P, 

1T/E 667, 10T

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District of Columbia 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15

FIRST CIRCUIT

Maine 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3

Massachusetts 5 1 0 0 4 1, 1T 1, 1T/P 0 0 0 13

New Hampshire 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3

Rhode Island 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3

Puerto Rico 1 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 7

SECOND CIRCUIT

Connecticut 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 8

New York, Northern 2 0 0 0 1 1 1T 0 0 T/P 5

New York, Eastern 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 15

New York, Southern 18 6 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 28

New York, Western 2 0 1 0 0 1T 1T/P 0 0 0 4

Vermont 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

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THIRD CIRCUIT

Delaware 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4

New Jersey 7 1 0 1, 1T* 2 3 3 0 0 0 17

Pennsylvania, Eastern 8 3 3T* 6, 2T/P 0 0 3, 1T* 0 0 0 22

Pennsylvania, Middle 2 1 0 1T* 2 0 1 0 0 0 6

Pennsylvania, Western 5, 1T 2, 1T/P 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10

Virgin Islands 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

FOURTH CIRCUIT

Maryland 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 10

North Carolina, Eastern 1 1 0 1T* 1 1T 1T/P 0 0 0 4

North Carolina, Middle 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4

North Carolina, Western 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1, 1T 4, 1T

South Carolina 3 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 10

Virginia, Eastern 3 0 2 1 2 1 1T 0 1 T/P 11

Virginia, Western 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4

West Virginia, Northern 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3(1)

West Virginia, Southern 1 0 0 1 1, 1T 0 1 0 0 0 5(1)

West Virginia, Northern

 & Southern 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1)

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FIFTH CIRCUIT

Louisiana, Eastern 2 2 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 12(2)

Louisiana, Middle 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3(2)

Louisiana, Western 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 7

Mississippi, Northern 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3

Mississippi, Southern 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 6

Texas, Northern 3 2 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 12

Texas, Eastern 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1T 7, 1T

Texas, Southern 4 1 2 1 5 0 5 0 1 0 19

Texas, Western 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 2 13

Canal Zone(3) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SIXTH CIRCUIT

Kentucky, Eastern 1 0 0 1 2, 1T* 0 0 0 1 0 5

Kentucky, Western 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4

Kentucky, Eastern 

 &Western 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Michigan, Eastern 6 2 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 15

Michigan, Western 2 0 0 0 2 0 1T* 0 0 0 4

Ohio, Northern 5 1, 1T* 1 1 1, 1T 1T, 1T/P 1T, 1T/P 0 0 1T/E* 11

Ohio, Southern 3 1T* 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 8

Tennessee, Eastern 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5

Tennessee, Middle 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4

Tennessee, Western 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5

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SEVENTH CIRCUIT

Illinois, Northern(4) 8 2 1 2 3 4, 1T 1, 1T/P 0 0 0 22

Illinois, Central(4) 2 0 0 0 1 0 1T 0 0 T/P 4

Illinois, Southern(4) 2 0 0 0 0 1 1T 0 0 T/P 4

Indiana, Northern 2 1 0 0 1 1T 1T/P 0 0 0 5

Indiana, Southern 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5

Wisconsin, Eastern 2 0 1T 1T/P 1 0 0 0 1 0 5

Wisconsin, Western 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2

EIGHTH CIRCUIT

Arkansas, Eastern 1 0 0 0 2 0 2R/P 0 0 0 5

Arkansas, Western 1 0 0 0 0 1T 1, 1T/P 0 0 0 3

Arkansas, Eastern

 & Western 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Iowa, Northern 1 0 0 0 0 0 1R/P 0 0 0 2

Iowa, Southern 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3

Iowa, Northern 

 & Southern 0 1R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Minnesota 4 0 0 0 1, 1T 1, 1T/P 0 0 0 0 7

Missouri, Eastern 2 0 0 1 1 1 1, 1T 0 0 0 6, 1T

Missouri, Western 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5

Missouri, Eastern 

 & Western 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Nebraska 2 0 0 1 0 0 1T* 0 0 0 3

North Dakota 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

South Dakota 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3

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NINTH CIRCUIT

Alaska 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3

Arizona 2 1 1 1 3 0 0 3 1 1T 12, 1T

California, Northern 7 2 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 14(5)

California, Eastern 0 0 0 0 3 0 1T* 0 0 0 6(5)

California, Central 0 0 3 3 1 5 5 0 0 1T 27, 1T(5)

California, Southern 11 2 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 5 13(5)

Hawaii 2 0 0 0 0 1 1T 0 0 0 3, 1T

Idaho 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Montana 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3

Nevada 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 7

Oregon 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6

Washington, Eastern 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4

Washington, Western 2 1R/P 0 0 1, 1R/P 1, 1T 1T/P 0 0 0 7

Washington, Eastern

 & Western 1 1R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Guam 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Northern Mariana

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TENTH CIRCUIT

Colorado 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 7

Kansas 2 1 1T 1T/P 1 0 1T 0 0 0 5, 1T

New Mexico 1, 1T 1T/P 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1T 6, 1T

Oklahoma, Northern 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3

Oklahoma, Eastern 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Oklahoma, Western 2 0 0 0 1 1 1, 1R/P 0 0 0 6

Oklahoma, Northern,

 Eastern & Western(7) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Utah 1, 1T 1T/P 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5

Wyoming 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3

ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

Alabama, Northern 2 1 0 1 3 0 1T* 0 0 1T 7, 1T

Alabama, Middle 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3

Alabama, Southern 1 0 0 1R/P 0 1 0 0 0 0 3

Alabama, Middle 

 & Southern 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Florida, Northern 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4

Florida, Middle 0 0 1, 1R/P 1 3 0 2 4 0 0 15(8)

Florida, Southern 4 2 2 2 5 3 1 0 1 1T 17, 1T(8)

Florida, Northern, Middle 

 & Southern 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(8)

Georgia, Northern 2 1 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 11

Georgia, Middle 1, 1T 1T/P 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4

Georgia, Southern 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3

Abbreviations: P=Permanent; R=Roving; T=Temporary; T/P=Temporary to Permanent; R/P=Roving to Permanent.

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(3)The District of the Canal Zone was closed March 31, 1982 in accordance with Pub. L. No. 96-70, September 27, 1979.

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* One temporary judgeship was never converted to a permanent position.

Additional Authorized Judgeships 

Pub. L. No. 101-650, December 1, 1990

Pub. L. No. 106-113, November 29, 1999

Pub. L. No. 106-553, December 21, 2000

Pub. L. No. 107-273, November 2, 2002

Pub. L. No. 87-36, May 19, 1961

Pub. L. No. 89-372, March 18, 1966

Pub. L. No. 91-272, June 2, 1970

Pub. L. No. 95-486, October 20, 1978

Pub. L. No. 98-353, July 10, 1984

(1)By Pub. L. No. 97-471, January 14, 1983, the judgeship authorized to serve both districts of West Virginia was made a judgeship for the Southern District 

only and the temporary judgeship established in 1978 in the Southern District was made a permanent judgeship in the Northern District.

(2)The Middle District of Louisiana was created by Pub. L. No. 92-208, December 18, 1971, with one permanent judgeship transferred from the Eastern 

District. Pub. L. No. 105-53, October 6, 1997, transferred one permanent judgeship from Louisiana Eastern to Louisiana Middle.

(6)The District for the Northern Mariana Islands was established by Pub. L. No. 95-157, November 8, 1977, with one judgeship, effective January 9, 1978.

(7) Prior to 1990, the allocation of the two roving judgeships, each authorized for all three districts in Oklahoma, was changed several times. In 1990, one roving 

judgeship was made permanent in the Western District of Oklahoma. The 10th Circuit Judicial Council amended the allocation of the remaining roving judgeship to 

0.67 in the Northern District of Oklahoma and 0.33 in the Eastern District. On March 11, 1994, the 10th Circuit Judicial Council unanimously approved a 

recommendation to allocate the roving judgeship equally between the Northern and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma.

(8)By Pub. L. No. 87-562, July 30, 1962, the Middle District of Florida was established with three judgeships transferred from the Southern District. By Pub. L. No. 

89-372, March 18, 1966, the existing judgeship authorized to serve all districts of Florida was made a judgeship for the Middle District only.

(5)By Pub. L. No. 89-372, March 18, 1966, California was reorganized from two districts (Northern and Southern) into four districts (Northern, Eastern, 

Central, and Southern). The Eastern District was authorized three judgeships by transfer of two from the Northern District and one from the Southern 

District; the Central District was authorized 13 judgeships by transfer of 10 from the Southern District and creation of three new positions; the Northern 

District retained seven judgeships and was authorized two new judgeships to replace those transferred to the Eastern District; and the Southern District 

retained two judgeships.

(4)By Pub. L. No. 95-408, October 2, 1978, and Pub. L. No. 95-573, November 2, 1978, Illinois was reorganized into the Northern, Central, and Southern 

judicial districts with 13 judgeships for the Northern District and two judgeships each for the Central and Southern Districts. Illinois Central was originally 

Illinois Eastern.

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