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List of current United States circuit judges

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This is a list of the judges of the United States courts of appeals. The United States Courts of Appeals or circuit courts are the intermediate appellate courts of the United States federal court system. The list includes both "active" and "senior" judges, both of whom hear and decide cases.

Map of the geographic boundaries of the various United States courts of appeals and United States district courts

Of the thirteen US courts of appeals, twelve are divided into geographical jurisdictions. Of those twelve, eleven are designated numerically, while the other is the District of Columbia Circuit. The thirteenth is the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit which has nationwide jurisdiction over appeals of certain, specific subject matter, for example, patent law.

Congress has authorized 179 judgeships,^[1] though the total number of judges will be higher than 179 because of some judges electing senior status. Only active, non-senior-status judges may fill one of the 179 authorized judgeships. As of December 4, 2023^[update], there are five nominations awaiting Senate action along with five vacancies.

Per the practice of visiting judges, sometimes appeals courts cases are heard and decided by active, senior, or retired judges from the US district courts, US courts of appeals, or US Supreme Court, for cases either within or outside of their assigned geographical jurisdiction. While some judges with senior status are inactive, these judges are not yet retired and may return to actively hearing cases at any time.

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[7] Recess appointment by Bill Clinton on December 27, 2000, re-nominated by George W. Bush on May 9, 2001 and confirmed by the United States Senate on July 20, 2001.

[9] Recess appointment; formally nominated on April 9, 2003, given a recess appointment on February 20, 2004, confirmed by the United States Senate on June 9, 2005, and received commission on June 10, 2005

[Reassigned-10] Reassigned from the 5th Circuit.

[12] Suspended for a year as of September 20, 2023.^[8]

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28 U.S.C. § 44

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"New York Law Journal". New York Law Journal. Retrieved March 24, 2018.

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"U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit". Official website of the Federal Judicial Center. Archived from the original on May 25, 2005. Retrieved May 30, 2005.

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"Third Circuit Court of Appeals Judges" (PDF). Official website of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 10, 2005. Retrieved May 30, 2005.

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"U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit". Official website of the Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved February 27, 2017.

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"Fourth Circuit Judges". Official website of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Retrieved March 19, 2024.

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Prior to January 8, 1996, Judge Porfilio was named John Porfilio Moore.

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"A 96-year-old federal judge is barred from hearing cases in a bitter fight over her mental fitness". AP News. September 20, 2023.

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#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Term of service			Appointed by
#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Active	Chief	Senior	Appointed by
32	Chief Judge	David J. Barron	Boston, MA	1967	2014–present	2022–present	—	Obama
31	Circuit Judge	William J. Kayatta Jr.	Portland, ME	1953	2013–present	—	—	Obama
33	Circuit Judge	Gustavo Gelpí	San Juan, PR	1965	2021–present	—	—	Biden
34	Circuit Judge	Lara Montecalvo	Providence, RI	1974	2022–present	—	—	Biden
35	Circuit Judge	Julie Rikelman	Boston, MA	1972	2023–present	—	—	Biden
36	Circuit Judge	vacant	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Senior Circuit Judge	Levin H. Campbell	inactive	1927	1972–1992	1983–1990	1992–present	Nixon
22	Senior Circuit Judge	Bruce M. Selya	Providence, RI	1934	1986–2006	—	2006–present	Reagan
27	Senior Circuit Judge	Sandra Lynch	Boston, MA	1946	1995–2022	2008–2015	2022–present	Clinton
28	Senior Circuit Judge	Kermit Lipez	Portland, ME	1941	1998–2011	—	2011–present	Clinton
29	Senior Circuit Judge	Jeffrey R. Howard	Concord, NH	1955	2002–2022	2015–2022	2022–present	G.W. Bush
30	Senior Circuit Judge	O. Rogeriee Thompson	Providence, RI	1951	2010–2022	—	2022–present	Obama

#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Term of service			Appointed by
#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Active	Chief	Senior	Appointed by
66	Chief Judge	Debra Ann Livingston	New York, NY	1959	2007–present	2020–present	—	G.W. Bush
69	Circuit Judge	Raymond Lohier	New York, NY	1965	2010–present	—	—	Obama
72	Circuit Judge	Richard J. Sullivan	New York, NY	1964	2018–present	—	—	Trump
73	Circuit Judge	Joseph F. Bianco	Central Islip, NY	1966	2019–present	—	—	Trump
74	Circuit Judge	Michael H. Park	New York, NY	1976	2019–present	—	—	Trump
75	Circuit Judge	William J. Nardini	New Haven, CT	1969	2019–present	—	—	Trump
76	Circuit Judge	Steven Menashi	New York, NY	1979	2019–present	—	—	Trump
77	Circuit Judge	Eunice C. Lee	New York, NY	1970	2021–present	—	—	Biden
78	Circuit Judge	Beth Robinson	Burlington, VT	1965	2021–present	—	—	Biden
79	Circuit Judge	Myrna Pérez	New York, NY	1974	2021–present	—	—	Biden
80	Circuit Judge	Alison Nathan	New York, NY	1972	2022–present	—	—	Biden
81	Circuit Judge	Sarah A. L. Merriam	Bridgeport, CT	1971	2022–present	—	—	Biden
82	Circuit Judge	Maria Araújo Kahn	New Haven, CT	1964	2023–present	—	—	Biden
41	Senior Circuit Judge	Jon O. Newman	Hartford, CT	1932	1979–1997	1993–1997	1997–present	Carter
42	Senior Circuit Judge	Amalya Lyle Kearse	New York, NY	1937	1979–2002	—	2002–present	Carter
50	Senior Circuit Judge	John M. Walker Jr.	New Haven, CT	1940	1989–2006	2000–2006	2006–present	G.H.W. Bush
52	Senior Circuit Judge	Dennis Jacobs	New York, NY	1944	1992–2019	2006–2013	2019–present	G.H.W. Bush
53	Senior Circuit Judge	Pierre N. Leval	New York, NY	1936	1993–2002	—	2002–present	Clinton
54	Senior Circuit Judge	Guido Calabresi	New Haven, CT	1932	1994–2009	—	2009–present	Clinton
55	Senior Circuit Judge	José A. Cabranes	New Haven, CT	1940	1994–2023	—	2023–present	Clinton
58	Senior Circuit Judge	Chester J. Straub	inactive^[2]	1937	1998–2008	—	2008–present	Clinton
59	Senior Circuit Judge	Robert D. Sack	New York, NY	1939	1998–2009	—	2009–present	Clinton
62	Senior Circuit Judge	Barrington D. Parker Jr.	New York, NY	1944	2001–2009	—	2009–present	G.W. Bush
63	Senior Circuit Judge	Reena Raggi	Brooklyn, NY	1951	2002–2018	—	2018–present	G.W. Bush
64	Senior Circuit Judge	Richard C. Wesley	Geneseo, NY	1949	2003–2016	—	2016–present	G.W. Bush
67	Senior Circuit Judge	Gerard E. Lynch	New York, NY	1951	2009–2016	—	2016–present	Obama
68	Senior Circuit Judge	Denny Chin	New York, NY	1954	2010–2021	—	2021–present	Obama
70	Senior Circuit Judge	Susan L. Carney	New Haven, CT	1951	2011–2022	—	2022–present	Obama

#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Term of service			Appointed by
#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Active	Chief	Senior	Appointed by
61	Chief Judge	Michael Chagares	Newark, NJ	1962	2006–present	2021–present	—	G.W. Bush
62	Circuit Judge	Kent A. Jordan	Wilmington, DE	1957	2006–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
63	Circuit Judge	Thomas Hardiman	Pittsburgh, PA	1965	2007–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
66	Circuit Judge	Patty Shwartz	Newark, NJ	1961	2013–present	—	—	Obama
67	Circuit Judge	Cheryl Ann Krause	Philadelphia, PA	1968	2014–present	—	—	Obama
68	Circuit Judge	L. Felipe Restrepo	Philadelphia, PA	1959	2016–present	—	—	Obama
69	Circuit Judge	Stephanos Bibas	Philadelphia, PA	1969	2017–present	—	—	Trump
70	Circuit Judge	David J. Porter	Pittsburgh, PA	1966	2018–present	—	—	Trump
71	Circuit Judge	Paul Matey	Newark, NJ	1971	2019–present	—	—	Trump
72	Circuit Judge	Peter J. Phipps	Pittsburgh, PA	1973	2019–present	—	—	Trump
73	Circuit Judge	Arianna J. Freeman	Philadelphia, PA	1978	2022–present	—	—	Biden
74	Circuit Judge	Tamika Montgomery-Reeves	Wilmington, DE	1981	2023–present	—	—	Biden
75	Circuit Judge	Cindy K. Chung	Pittsburgh, PA	1975	2023–present	—	—	Biden
76	Circuit Judge	vacant	—	—	—	—	—	—
42	Senior Circuit Judge	Walter King Stapleton	Wilmington, DE	1934	1985–1999	—	1999–present	Reagan
45	Senior Circuit Judge	Anthony Joseph Scirica	Philadelphia, PA	1940	1987–2013	2003–2010	2013–present	Reagan
46	Senior Circuit Judge	Robert Cowen	inactive	1930	1987–1998	—	1998–present	Reagan
47	Senior Circuit Judge	Richard Lowell Nygaard	Erie, PA	1940	1988–2005	—	2005–present	Reagan
49	Senior Circuit Judge	Jane Richards Roth	Wilmington, DE	1935	1991–2006	—	2006–present	G.H.W. Bush
51	Senior Circuit Judge	Theodore McKee	Philadelphia, PA	1947	1994–2022	2010–2016	2022–present	Clinton
53	Senior Circuit Judge	Marjorie Rendell	Philadelphia, PA	1947	1997–2015	—	2015–present	Clinton
55	Senior Circuit Judge	Thomas L. Ambro	Wilmington, DE	1949	2000–2023	—	2023–present	Clinton
56	Senior Circuit Judge	Julio M. Fuentes	Newark, NJ	1946	2000–2016	—	2016–present	Clinton
57	Senior Circuit Judge	D. Brooks Smith	Duncansville, PA	1951	2002–2021	2016–2021	2021–present	G.W. Bush
59	Senior Circuit Judge	D. Michael Fisher	Pittsburgh, PA	1944	2003–2017	—	2017–present	G.W. Bush

#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Term of service			Appointed by
#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Active	Chief	Senior	Appointed by
48	Chief Judge	Albert Diaz	Charlotte, NC	1960	2010–present	2023–present	—	Obama
30	Circuit Judge	J. Harvie Wilkinson III	Charlottesville, VA	1944	1984–present	1996–2003	—	Reagan
33	Circuit Judge	Paul V. Niemeyer	Baltimore, MD	1941	1990–present	—	—	G.H.W. Bush
40	Circuit Judge	Robert Bruce King	Charleston, WV	1940	1998–present	—	—	Clinton
41	Circuit Judge	Roger Gregory	Richmond, VA	1953	2000–present	2016–2023	—	Clinton / G.W. Bush^{[lower-alpha 1]}
44	Circuit Judge	G. Steven Agee	Salem, VA	1952	2008–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
47	Circuit Judge	James Andrew Wynn	Raleigh, NC	1954	2010–present	—	—	Obama
50	Circuit Judge	Stephanie Thacker	Charleston, WV	1965	2012–present	—	—	Obama
51	Circuit Judge	Pamela Harris	Bethesda, MD	1962	2014–present	—	—	Obama
52	Circuit Judge	Julius N. Richardson	Columbia, SC	1976	2018–present	—	—	Trump
53	Circuit Judge	A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr.	Greenville, SC	1964	2018–present	—	—	Trump
54	Circuit Judge	Allison Jones Rushing	Asheville, NC	1982	2019–present	—	—	Trump
55	Circuit Judge	Toby J. Heytens	Alexandria, VA	1975	2021–present	—	—	Biden
56	Circuit Judge	DeAndrea G. Benjamin	Columbia, SC	1972	2023–present	—	—	Biden
57	Circuit Judge	Nicole Berner	Baltimore, MD	1965	2024–present	—	—	Biden
38	Senior Circuit Judge	Diana Gribbon Motz	Baltimore, MD	1943	1994–2022	—	2022–present	Clinton
39	Senior Circuit Judge	William Byrd Traxler Jr.	Greenville, SC	1948	1998–2018	2009–2016	2018–present	Clinton
46	Senior Circuit Judge	Barbara Milano Keenan	Alexandria, VA	1950	2010–2021	—	2021–present	Obama
49	Senior Circuit Judge	Henry F. Floyd	Spartanburg, SC	1947	2011–2021	—	2021–present	Obama

#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Term of service			Appointed by
#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Active	Chief	Senior	Appointed by
77	Chief Judge	Priscilla Richman	Austin, TX	1954	2005–present	2019–present	—	G.W. Bush
63	Circuit Judge	Edith Jones	Houston, TX	1949	1985–present	2006–2012	—	Reagan
64	Circuit Judge	Jerry Edwin Smith	Houston, TX	1946	1987–present	—	—	Reagan
71	Circuit Judge	Carl E. Stewart	Shreveport, LA	1950	1994–present	2012–2019	—	Clinton
78	Circuit Judge	Jennifer Walker Elrod	Houston, TX	1966	2007–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
79	Circuit Judge	Leslie H. Southwick	Jackson, MS	1950	2007–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
80	Circuit Judge	Catharina Haynes	Dallas, TX	1963	2008–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
81	Circuit Judge	James E. Graves Jr.	Jackson, MS	1953	2011–present	—	—	Obama
82	Circuit Judge	Stephen A. Higginson	New Orleans, LA	1961	2011–present	—	—	Obama
84	Circuit Judge	Don Willett	Austin, TX	1966	2018–present	—	—	Trump
85	Circuit Judge	James C. Ho	Dallas, TX	1973	2018–present	—	—	Trump
86	Circuit Judge	Kyle Duncan	Baton Rouge, LA	1972	2018–present	—	—	Trump
87	Circuit Judge	Kurt D. Engelhardt	New Orleans, LA	1960	2018–present	—	—	Trump
88	Circuit Judge	Andrew Oldham	Austin, TX	1978	2018–present	—	—	Trump
89	Circuit Judge	Cory T. Wilson	Jackson, MS	1970	2020–present	—	—	Trump
90	Circuit Judge	Dana Douglas	New Orleans, LA	1975	2022–present	—	—	Biden
91	Circuit Judge	Irma Carrillo Ramirez	Dallas, TX	1964	2023–present	—	—	Biden
51	Senior Circuit Judge	Carolyn Dineen King	Houston, TX	1938	1979–2013	1999–2006	2013–present	Carter
59	Senior Circuit Judge	E. Grady Jolly	Jackson, MS	1937	1982–2017	—	2017–present	Reagan
60	Senior Circuit Judge	Patrick Higginbotham	San Antonio, TX	1938	1982–2006	—	2006–present	Reagan
61	Senior Circuit Judge	W. Eugene Davis	New Orleans, LA	1936	1983–2016	—	2016–present	Reagan
65	Senior Circuit Judge	John M. Duhé Jr.	inactive	1933	1988–1999	—	1999–present	Reagan
66	Senior Circuit Judge	Jacques L. Wiener Jr.	New Orleans, LA	1934	1990–2010	—	2010–present	G.H.W. Bush
67	Senior Circuit Judge	Rhesa Barksdale	Jackson, MS	1944	1990–2009	—	2009–present	G.H.W. Bush
73	Senior Circuit Judge	James L. Dennis	New Orleans, LA	1936	1995–2022	—	2022–present	Clinton
74	Senior Circuit Judge	Edith Brown Clement	New Orleans, LA	1948	2001–2018	—	2018–present	G.W. Bush

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List of current United States circuit judges

Judges of the First Circuit

Judges of the Second Circuit

Judges of the Third Circuit

Judges of the Fourth Circuit

Judges of the Fifth Circuit

Judges of the Sixth Circuit

Judges of the Seventh Circuit

Judges of the Eighth Circuit

Judges of the Ninth Circuit

Judges of the Tenth Circuit

Judges of the Eleventh Circuit

Judges of the District of Columbia Circuit

Judges of the Federal Circuit

See also

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