§ 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.