Law Clerk Addict's Blog
Those looking for a carefree, low-stress clerkship with very low work hours might want to think twice about applying to the District of Maryland, if a recent Baltimore Sun article about the increasing workload of judges at the court is correct. According to the newspaper, the court, which it already characterizes as one of the busiest federal district courts in the nation, is going to face a significant setback if Obama Fourth Circuit nominee Judge Andre Davis (D. Md.) is confirmed, and may face even greater challenges if more district judges take senior status (which every sitting D. Md. judge will be eligible for within the next seven years) and reduce their caseload.
Appellate Judges
Briscoe, Mary (10th Cir.)
Location: Lawrence, KS
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/1/2011
Prost, Sharon (Fed. Cir.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011 or 1/15/2011 to 1/15/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Higginbotham, Patrick (5th Cir.)
Location: Austin, TX
Term: 8/2/2010 to 8/9/2011
Pergerson, Harry (9th Cir.)
Location: Woodland Hills, CA
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
District Judges
Bennett, Richard (D. Md.)
Location: Baltimore, MD
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/11/2012
Davis, Andre (D. Md.)
Location: Baltimore, MD
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/19/2011
Moon, Norman (W.D. Va.)
Location: Lynchburg, VA
Term: 8/31/2010 to 8/31/2011
Collier, Curtis (E.D. Tenn.)
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011 or 8/17/2010 to 8/19/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Fogel, Jeremy (N.D. Cal.)
Location: San Jose, CA
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/2/2011
Magistrate Judges
Callahan, William (E.D. Wisc.)
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Term: 8/1/2010 to 7/31/2012
Bankruptcy Judges
Carruthers, Catherine (Bankr. N.C.)
Location: Winston Salem, NC
Term: 8/23/2010 to 8/22/2011
Carruthers, Catherine (Bankr. E.D. Cal.)
Location: Sacramento, CA
Term: 9/5/2010 to 9/5/2012
Appellate Judges
Siler, Eugene (6th Cir.)
Location: London, KY
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/12/2011 or 8/16/2010 to 8/19/2011
Notes: Three positions available, with different term dates.
Gruender, Raymond (8th Cir.)
Location: St. Louis, MO
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/14/2012
Goodwin, Alfred (9th Cir.)
Location: Pasadena, CA
Term: 8/2/2010 to 8/2/2011
Thompson, David (9th Cir.)
Location: San Diego, CA
Term: 8/25/2010 to 8/25/2011
Ginsburg, Douglas (D.C. Cir.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011
District Judges
Williams, Alexander (D. Md.)
Location: Greenbelt, MD
Term: 9/7/2010 to 8/26/2011
Notes: Two positions available.
Vance, Sarah (E.D. La.)
Location: New Orleans, LA
Term: 6/5/2010 to 6/10/2011 or 6/21/2010 to 6/24/2011 or 8/9/2010 to 8/12/2011
Notes: Three positions available, with different term dates.
Martinez, Philip (W.D. Tex.)
Location: El Paso, TX
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011
Breen, J. (W.D. Tenn.)
Location: Jackson, TN
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
Sleet, Gregory (D. Del.)
Location: Wilmington, DE
Term: 9/8/2010 to 9/6/2011
Lake, Simeon (S.D. Tex.)
Location: Houston, TX
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Fairbank, Valerie (C.D. Cal.)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011 or 2/1/2011 to 2/1/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Magistrate Judges
None.
Bankruptcy Judges
None.
In belated judicial nomination news, Judges Andre Davis (D. Md.) and David Hamilton (S.D. Ind.), President Obama's respective nominees to the Fourth Circuit and Seventh Circuit, have been voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee and referred to the full Senate.
As those of you who currently work for the government know, today is Memorial Day, meaning that clerks and other federal employees do not have to go to work (well, with some exceptions). But some of you may not know that while all federal courts observe the standard federal holidays, employees of some federal courts have local holidays off as well. Here is a small sampling of this year's bonus holidays for some courts:
D. Alaska - Seward's Day [source].
S.D. Cal. - Cesar Chavez Day, Day After Thanksgiving [source].
D. Del. - Good Friday [source].
D. Guam - Liberation Day [source].
D. Haw. - Prince Kuhio Day, King Kamehameha Day, Admissions Day [source].
D. Md. - Day After New Year, Day After Thanksgiving [source].
S.D.N.Y. - Lincoln's Birthday [source].
D.V.I. - Good Friday, Carnival [source].
The Senate Judiciary Committee, which was scheduled to vote today on President Barack Obama's nomination of Judge Andre Davis (D. Md.) to a vacancy on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, has delayed its vote due to concerns about Judge Davis's reversal rate in criminal cases. Judge Davis has been nominated to fill the vacancy created by the August 31, 2000 death of Judge Francis Murnaghan. This seat has remained vacant for almost nine years primarily due to the successful obstruction of former President George W. Bush's nominees Peter Keisler, Claude Allen and Rod Rosenstein by Democratic senators.
A new date for the committee vote has not yet been set, although it will certainly take place after Congress's Memorial Day recess.
Appellate Judges
Michael, M. Blane (4th Cir.)
Location: Charleston, WV
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/15/2011
Paez, Richard (9th Cir.)
Location: Pasadena, CA
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Randolph, A. (D.C. Cir.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011
Rawlinson, Johnnie (9th Cir.)
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
Ripple, Kenneth (7th Cir.)
Location: South Bend, IN
Term: 8/9/2010 to 8/8/2011
Rymer, Pamela (9th Cir.)
Location: Pasadena, CA
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
District Judges
Messitte, Peter (D. Md.)
Location: Greenbelt, MD
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
Messitte, Peter (D. Mont.)
Location: Missoula, MT
Term: 8/30/2010 to 8/24/2012
Morrow, Margaret (C.D. Cal.)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Term: 8/2/2010 to 8/5/2011
Mosman, Michael (D. Or.)
Location: Portland, OR
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/6/2011
Nickerson, William (D. Md.)
Location: Baltimore, MD
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/6/2011
Oliver, Solomon (N.D. Ohio)
Location: Cleveland, OH
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2012
Pratt, Robert (S.D. Iowa)
Location: Des Moines, IA
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/1/2012
Pro, Philip (D. Nev.)
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
Quarles, Williams (D. Md.)
Location: Baltimore, MD
Term: 8/30/2010 to 8/29/2011
Robart, James (W.D. Wash.)
Location: Seattle, WA
Term: 9/10/2010 to 9/10/2012
Sammartino, Janis (S.D. Cal.)
Location: San Diego, CA
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Saris, Patti (D. Mass.)
Location: Boston, MA
Term: 9/7/2010 to 8/31/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Magistrate Judges
Guave, Susan (D. Md.)
Location: Baltimore, MD
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/26/2011
Robinson, Deborah (D.D.C.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/19/2011
Bankruptcy Judges
None.
Appellate Judges
Graber, Susan (9th Cir.)
Location: Portland, OR
Term: 8/31/2010 to 8/31/2011
Hartz, Harris (10th Cir.)
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011
Hawkins, Michael (9th Cir.)
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/5/2011
Iukta, Sandra (9th Cir.)
Location: Pasadena, CA
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
Jones, Edith (5th Cir.)
Location: Houston, TX
Term: 8/9/2010 to 8/8/2011
District Judges
Gilmore, Vanessa (S.D.T.X.)
Location: Houston, TX
Term: 8/25/2010 to 8/20/2012
Goodwin, Joseph (S.D. W.Va.)
Location: Charleston, WV
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011
Griesa, Thomas (S.D.N.Y.)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 8/9/2010 to 8/9/2011
Gutierrez, Philip (C.D. Cal.)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011
Hinkle, Robert (N.D. Fla.)
Location: Tallahassee, FL
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/12/2011
Hughes, Lynn (S.D.T.X.)
Location: Houston, TX
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2012
Huvelle, Ellen (D.D.C.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/11/2011
Johnston, Thomas (S.D. W.Va.)
Location: Beckley, WV
Term: 8/23/2010 to 8/22/2011 or 8/23/2010 to 8/20/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Kay, Allen (S.D. W.Va.)
Location: Honolulu, HI
Term: 10/4/2010 to 9/30/2011 or 1/10/2011 to 1/11/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Kay, Allen (D. Haw.)
Location: Honolulu, HI
Term: 10/4/2010 to 9/30/2011 or 1/10/2011 to 1/11/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Kiser, Jackson (W.D. Va.)
Location: Danville, VA
Term: 7/1/2010 to 7/1/2011 or 8/1/2010 to 7/31/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Kravitz, Mark (D. Conn.)
Location: New Haven, CT
Term: 6/15/2010 to 6/14/2011 or 8/15/2010 to 8/14/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Lemelle, Ivan (E.D. La.)
Location: New Orleans, LA
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/16/2011 or 9/16/2010 to 9/16/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Martin, Beverly (N.D. Ga.>)
Location: Atlanta, GA
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
McBryde, John (N.D.T.X.>)
Location: Ft. Worth, TX
Term: 8/23/2010 to 8/22/2011
Magistrate Judges
Guave, Susan (D. Md.)
Location: Baltimore, MD
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/26/2011
Goldman, Marc (C.D. Cal.)
Location: Santa Ana, CA
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/2/2011
Joel, David (N.D. W.Va.>)
Location: Martinsburg, WV
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011
Katz, Theodore (S.D.N.Y.>)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/17/2011
Lloyd, Howard (N.D. Cal.>)
Location: San Jose, CA
Term: 5/13/2010 to 5/15/2011
Lynch, William (D.N.M.>)
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2012
Maas, Frank (S.D.N.Y.>)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/7/2011
Bankruptcy Judges
Kressel, Robert (Bankr. D. Minn.)
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/12/2012
Appellate Judges
None.
District Judges
Garaufis, Nicholas G. (E.D.N.Y.)
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Term: 9/1/2011 to 9/1/2011
Motz, J. Frederick (D. Md.)
Location: Baltimore, MD
Term: 8/30/2010 to 8/26/2011
Magistrate Judges
None.
Bankruptcy Judges
None.
Appellate Judges
None.
District Judges
Aycock, Sharion (N.D. Miss.)
Location: Aberdeen, MS
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011
Morgan, Henry (E.D. Va.)
Location: Norfolk, VA
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/12/2011 or 2/14/2011 to 2/10/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Magistrate Judges
Schulze, Jillyn (D. Md.)
Location: Greenbelt, MD
Term: 8/23/2010 to 8/22/2011
Bankruptcy Judges
None.