Appointed: Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr., as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, August 1.

Appointed: G. Murray Snow, as U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, July 24.

Appointed: Cathy Bissoon, as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, August 1.

Elevated: U.S. District Judge Anne C. Conway, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, succeeding U.S. District Judge Patricia C. Fawsett, August 23.

Elevated: U.S. District Judge Paul Lewis Maloney, to Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, succeeding U.S. District Judge Robert Holmes Bell, July 18.

Elevated: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin J. Carey, to Chief Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, succeeding U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Mary F. Walrath, July 1.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Patricia C. Fawsett, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, August 22.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, August 1.

Senior Status: U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, September 1.

Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge Francis X. Calazza, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, July 31.

Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark D. Fox, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, August 5.

Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge James S. Gallas, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, August 10.

Retired: U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry R. Poretz, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, August 16.

Resigned: U.S. Magistrate Judge Terrance W. Hall, U.S. District Court for Alaska, May 30.

Resigned: U.S. Magistrate Judge Theresa M. Owens, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, September 7.

Deceased: U.S. Senior District Judge William Brevard Hand, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, September 6.

Deceased: U.S. Senior District Judge Thomas Gray Hull, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, July 29.

Deceased: U.S. Senior District Judge John F. Nangle, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, August 24.