District Court · Second Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
The federal trial court. Juries sit here, evidence is heard here, and almost every federal case begins here.
The bench
Who sits on this court?
Judges in active service, when they were confirmed, and who nominated each.
| Judge | Since | Nominated by | Seat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel Leo Glasser Senior | 1981 | Ronald Reagan | NYED0503 |
| Edward Robert Korman Senior | 1985 | Ronald Reagan | NYED1101 |
| Raymond Joseph Dearie Senior | 1986 | Ronald Reagan | NYED1201 |
| Carol Bagley Amon Senior | 1990 | George H.W. Bush | NYED0902 |
| Denis Reagan Hurley Senior | 1991 | George H.W. Bush | NYED1301 |
| Joanna Seybert Senior | 1993 | William J. Clinton | NYED1401 |
| Frederic Block Senior | 1994 | William J. Clinton | NYED0306 |
| Allyne R. Ross Senior | 1994 | William J. Clinton | NYED0504 |
| Nina Gershon Senior | 1996 | William J. Clinton | NYED0605 |
| Nicholas Garaufis Senior | 2000 | William J. Clinton | NYED0703 |
| Dora L. Irizarry Senior | 2004 | George W. Bush | NYED0406 |
| Eric Nicholas Vitaliano Senior | 2005 | George W. Bush | NYED0109 |
| Brian Mark Cogan Senior | 2006 | George W. Bush | NYED0307 |
| Kiyo A. Matsumoto Senior | 2008 | George W. Bush | NYED1102 |
| William Francis Kuntz II Senior | 2011 | Barack Obama | NYED0606 |
| Margo Kitsy Brodie | 2012 | Barack Obama | NYED0505 |
| Pamela Ki Mai Chen | 2013 | Barack Obama | NYED1202 |
| Joan Marie Azrack Senior | 2014 | Barack Obama | NYED1402 |
| Ann Marie Donnelly | 2015 | Barack Obama | NYED1004 |
| LaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall | 2015 | Barack Obama | NYED0704 |
| Rachel Peter Kovner | 2019 | Donald J. Trump | NYED0903 |
| Eric Ross Komitee | 2019 | Donald J. Trump | NYED0110 |
| Gary Richard Brown | 2019 | Donald J. Trump | NYED0804 |
| Diane Gujarati | 2020 | Donald J. Trump | NYED0207 |
| Hector Gonzalez | 2022 | Joseph R. Biden | NYED0308 |
| Nina Rauh Morrison | 2022 | Joseph R. Biden | NYED0407 |
| Orelia Eleta Merchant | 2023 | Joseph R. Biden | NYED0607 |
| Nusrat Jahan Choudhury | 2023 | Joseph R. Biden | NYED1303 |
| Natasha Clarise Merle | 2023 | Joseph R. Biden | NYED1601 |
| Ramon Ernesto Reyes Jr. | 2023 | Joseph R. Biden | NYED1103 |
| Sanket Jayshukh Bulsara | 2024 | Joseph R. Biden | NYED1403 |
Source · Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789–present (public domain)
What seats does this court have?
Each seat on this court, who holds it, and how many judges have held it before.
- Judges seated now
- 31
- Seat numbers on record
- 73
| Seat | Held by | Since | Holders to date |
|---|---|---|---|
| NYED0109 | Eric Nicholas Vitaliano | 2006 | 1 |
| NYED0110 | Eric Ross Komitee | 2019 | 1 |
| NYED0207 | Diane Gujarati | 2020 | 1 |
| NYED0306 | Frederic Block | 1994 | 1 |
| NYED0307 | Brian Mark Cogan | 2006 | 1 |
| NYED0308 | Hector Gonzalez | 2022 | 1 |
| NYED0406 | Dora L. Irizarry | 2004 | 1 |
| NYED0407 | Nina Rauh Morrison | 2022 | 1 |
| NYED0503 | Israel Leo Glasser | 1981 | 1 |
| NYED0504 | Allyne R. Ross | 1994 | 1 |
| NYED0505 | Margo Kitsy Brodie | 2012 | 1 |
| NYED0605 | Nina Gershon | 1996 | 1 |
| NYED0606 | William Francis Kuntz II | 2011 | 1 |
| NYED0607 | Orelia Eleta Merchant | 2023 | 1 |
| NYED0703 | Nicholas Garaufis | 2000 | 1 |
| NYED0704 | LaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall | 2015 | 1 |
| NYED0804 | Gary Richard Brown | 2019 | 1 |
| NYED0902 | Carol Bagley Amon | 1990 | 1 |
| NYED0903 | Rachel Peter Kovner | 2019 | 1 |
| NYED1004 | Ann Marie Donnelly | 2015 | 1 |
| NYED1101 | Edward Robert Korman | 1985 | 1 |
| NYED1102 | Kiyo A. Matsumoto | 2008 | 1 |
| NYED1103 | Ramon Ernesto Reyes Jr. | 2023 | 1 |
| NYED1201 | Raymond Joseph Dearie | 1986 | 1 |
| NYED1202 | Pamela Ki Mai Chen | 2013 | 1 |
| NYED1301 | Denis Reagan Hurley | 1991 | 1 |
| NYED1303 | Nusrat Jahan Choudhury | 2023 | 1 |
| NYED1401 | Joanna Seybert | 1993 | 1 |
| NYED1402 | Joan Marie Azrack | 2014 | 1 |
| NYED1403 | Sanket Jayshukh Bulsara | 2024 | 1 |
| NYED1601 | Natasha Clarise Merle | 2023 | 1 |
42 seat numbers with no sitting judge
These are seat numbers in the historical record with nobody currently in them. That usually means the seat was abolished or renumbered, not that it is open today — Congress has changed the size of federal courts many times. Do not read this as a vacancy list.
| Seat | Last held by | Until | Holders |
|---|---|---|---|
| NYED0101 | Charles Linnaeus Benedict | 1897 | 1 |
| NYED0102 | Asa Wentworth Tenney | 1897 | 1 |
| NYED0103 | Edward Beers Thomas | 1906 | 1 |
| NYED0104 | Thomas Chatfield | 1922 | 1 |
| NYED0105 | Robert Alexander Inch | 1961 | 1 |
| NYED0106 | John Ries Bartels | 1997 | 1 |
| NYED0107 | Henry Bramwell | 2010 | 1 |
| NYED0108 | Arthur Donald Spatt | 2020 | 1 |
| NYED0201 | Van Vechten Veeder | 1917 | 1 |
| NYED0202 | Edwin Louis Garvin | 1925 | 1 |
| NYED0203 | Grover M. Moscowitz | 1947 | 1 |
| NYED0204 | Leo Frederick Rayfiel | 1978 | 1 |
| NYED0205 | Jack Bertrand Weinstein | 2021 | 1 |
| NYED0206 | John Gleeson | 2016 | 1 |
| NYED0301 | Marcus Beach Campbell | 1944 | 1 |
| NYED0302 | Harold Maurice Kennedy | 1952 | 1 |
| NYED0303 | Walter Bruchhausen | 1976 | 1 |
| NYED0304 | Orrin Grimmell Judd | 1976 | 1 |
| NYED0305 | Eugene Hoffman Nickerson | 2002 | 1 |
| NYED0401 | Clarence G. Galston | 1964 | 1 |
| NYED0402 | Joseph Carmine Zavatt | 1985 | 1 |
| NYED0403 | Edward Raymond Neaher | 1994 | 1 |
| NYED0404 | Frank X. Altimari | 1985 | 1 |
| NYED0405 | Reena Raggi | 2002 | 1 |
| NYED0501 | Mortimer W. Byers | 1962 | 1 |
| NYED0502 | Jacob Mishler | 2004 | 1 |
| NYED0601 | Matthew T. Abruzzo | 1971 | 1 |
| NYED0602 | Anthony John Travia | 1974 | 1 |
| NYED0603 | George Cheney Pratt | 1982 | 1 |
| NYED0604 | Leonard D. Wexler | 2018 | 1 |
| NYED0701 | John Francis Dooling Jr. | 1981 | 1 |
| NYED0702 | Charles Proctor Sifton | 2009 | 1 |
| NYED0801 | George Rosling | 1973 | 1 |
| NYED0802 | Thomas Collier Platt Jr. | 2017 | 1 |
| NYED0803 | Sandra J. Feuerstein | 2021 | 1 |
| NYED0901 | Mark Americus Costantino | 1990 | 1 |
| NYED1001 | Joseph Michael McLaughlin | 1990 | 1 |
| NYED1002 | Sterling Johnson Jr. | 2022 | 1 |
| NYED1003 | Sandra L. Townes | 2018 | 1 |
| NYED1302 | Joseph Frank Bianco | 2019 | 1 |
| NYED1501 | David G. Trager | 2011 | 1 |
| NYED1502 | Roslynn Renee Mauskopf | 2024 | 1 |
This site does not publish a vacancy count. Seat identifiers are not stable across court renamings and reorganisations, so a seat that was vacated and refilled can appear empty when it is not. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts publishes the authoritative list of current judicial vacancies: uscourts.gov.
Seats are created by Congress and filled by the President with the Senate's consent. For current vacancies, use the Administrative Office's published list rather than inferring them from this table.
Source · Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789–present (public domain)
How this bench was built
Who appointed them?
The tally of presidents who placed the sitting judges on this court.
- Democratic
- 18
- Republican
- 13
| President | Judges |
|---|---|
| Joseph R. Biden | 7 |
| Barack Obama | 6 |
| William J. Clinton | 5 |
| Donald J. Trump | 4 |
| George W. Bush | 4 |
| Ronald Reagan | 3 |
| George H.W. Bush | 2 |
The party of the president who appointed a judge is a matter of record. How that judge will rule is not, and this site draws no inference from one to the other.
Source · Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789–present (public domain)