U.S. Code > Title 28 Judiciary and Judicial Procedure > PART I—ORGANIZATION OF COURTS (§§ 1—482) > CHAPTER 5—DISTRICT COURTS (§§ 81—144) > § 133. Appointment and number of district judges

§ 133. Appointment and number of district judges

(a) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, district judges for the several judicial districts, as follows:

 
Districts Judges
Alabama:
Northern 7  
Middle 3  
Southern 3  
Alaska 3  
Arizona 12  
Arkansas:
Eastern 5  
Western 3  
California:
Northern 14  
Eastern 6  
Central 27  
Southern 13  
Colorado 7  
Connecticut 8  
Delaware 4  
District of Columbia 15  
Florida:
Northern 4  
Middle 15  
Southern 17  
Georgia:
Northern 11  
Middle 4  
Southern 3  
Hawaii 3  
Idaho 2  
Illinois:
Northern 22  
Central 4  
Southern 4  
Indiana:
Northern 5  
Southern 5  
Iowa:
Northern 2  
Southern 3  
Kansas 5  
Kentucky:
Eastern 5  
Western 4  
Eastern and Western 1  
Louisiana:
Eastern 12  
Middle 3  
Western 7  
Maine 3  
Maryland 10  
Massachusetts 13  
Michigan:
Eastern 15  
Western 4  
Minnesota 7  
Mississippi:
Northern 3  
Southern 6  
Missouri:
Eastern 6  
Western 5  
Eastern and Western 2  
Montana 3  
Nebraska 3  
Nevada 7  
New Hampshire 3  
New Jersey 17  
New Mexico 6  
New York:
Northern 5  
Southern 28  
Eastern 15  
Western 4  
North Carolina:
Eastern 4  
Middle 4  
Western 4  
North Dakota 2  
Ohio:
Northern 11  
Southern 8  
Oklahoma:
Northern 3  
Eastern 1  
Western 6  
Northern, Eastern, and Western 1  
Oregon 6  
Pennsylvania:
Eastern 22  
Middle 6  
Western 10  
Puerto Rico 7  
Rhode Island 3  
South Carolina 10  
South Dakota 3  
Tennessee:
Eastern 5  
Middle 4  
Western 5  
Texas:
Northern 12  
Southern 19  
Eastern 7  
Western 13  
Utah 5  
Vermont 2  
Virginia:
Eastern 11  
Western 4  
Washington:
Eastern 4  
Western 7  
West Virginia:
Northern 3  
Southern 5  
Wisconsin:
Eastern 5  
Western 2  
Wyoming 3.

(b)
(1) In any case in which a judge of the United States (other than a senior judge) assumes the duties of a full-time office of Federal judicial administration, the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an additional judge for the court on which such judge serves. If the judge who assumes the duties of such full-time office leaves that office and resumes the duties as an active judge of the court, then the President shall not appoint a judge to fill the first vacancy which occurs thereafter in that court.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “office of Federal judicial administration” means a position as Director of the Federal Judicial Center, Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, or Counselor to the Chief Justice.