Appointment and number of district judges

28 U.S.C. § 133
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(a) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, district judges for the several judicial districts, as follows: DistrictsJudges Alabama: Northern8 Middle3 Southern3 Alaska3 Arizona13 Arkansas: Eastern5 Western3 California: Northern14 Eastern6 Central28 Southern13 Colorado7 Connecticut8 Delaware4 District of Columbia15 Florida: Northern4 Middle15 Southern18 Georgia: Northern11 Middle4 Southern3 Hawaii4 Idaho2 Illinois: Northern22 Central4 Southern4 Indiana: Northern5 Southern5 Iowa: Northern2 Southern3 Kansas6 Kentucky: Eastern5 Western4 Eastern and Western1 Louisiana: Eastern12 Middle3 Western7 Maine3 Maryland10 Massachusetts13 Michigan: Eastern15 Western4 Minnesota7 Mississippi: Northern3 Southern6 Missouri: Eastern7 Western5 Eastern and Western2 Montana3 Nebraska3 Nevada7 New Hampshire3 New Jersey17 New Mexico7 New York: Northern5 Southern28 Eastern15 Western4 North Carolina: Eastern4 Middle4 Western5 North Dakota2 Ohio: Northern11 Southern8 Oklahoma: Northern3 Eastern1 Western6 Northern, Eastern, and Western1 Oregon6 Pennsylvania: Eastern22 Middle6 Western10 Puerto Rico7 Rhode Island3 South Carolina10 South Dakota3 Tennessee: Eastern5 Middle4 Western5 Texas: Northern12 Southern19 Eastern8 Western13 Utah5 Vermont2 Virginia: Eastern11 Western4 Washington: Eastern4 Western7 West Virginia: Northern3 Southern5 Wisconsin: Eastern5 Western2 Wyoming3. (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.

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