District Court · Eleventh Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Anne Kovachevich Senior | 1982 | Ronald Reagan | FLMD0402 |
| Patricia C. Fawsett Senior | 1986 | Ronald Reagan | FLMD0303 |
| Harvey Erwin Schlesinger Senior | 1991 | George H.W. Bush | FLMD0603 |
| Anne C. Conway Senior | 1991 | George H.W. Bush | FLMD0503 |
| Steven Douglas Merryday Senior | 1992 | George H.W. Bush | FLMD1101 |
| Henry Lee Adams Jr. Senior | 1993 | William J. Clinton | FLMD0702 |
| Susan C. Bucklew Senior | 1993 | William J. Clinton | FLMD0802 |
| Richard A. Lazzara Senior | 1997 | William J. Clinton | FLMD0902 |
| John Antoon II Senior | 2000 | William J. Clinton | FLMD0104 |
| James D. Whittemore Senior | 2000 | William J. Clinton | FLMD0203 |
| James S. Moody Jr. Senior | 2000 | William J. Clinton | FLMD1301 |
| Gregory A. Presnell Senior | 2000 | William J. Clinton | FLMD1401 |
| Timothy J. Corrigan Senior | 2002 | George W. Bush | FLMD1501 |
| Virginia Maria Hernandez Covington Senior | 2004 | George W. Bush | FLMD1002 |
| Marcia Morales Howard | 2007 | George W. Bush | FLMD0604 |
| Mary Stenson Scriven | 2008 | George W. Bush | FLMD0304 |
| Charlene Vanessa Edwards Honeywell Senior | 2009 | Barack Obama | FLMD0803 |
| Roy Bale Dalton Jr. Senior | 2011 | Barack Obama | FLMD0703 |
| Sheri Polster Chappell | 2013 | Barack Obama | FLMD1402 |
| Brian Jordan Davis Senior | 2013 | Barack Obama | FLMD0903 |
| Paul Gregory Byron | 2014 | Barack Obama | FLMD1302 |
| Carlos Eduardo Mendoza | 2014 | Barack Obama | FLMD0105 |
| William Frederic Jung | 2018 | Donald J. Trump | FLMD0504 |
| Thomas Patrick Barber | 2019 | Donald J. Trump | FLMD0204 |
| Wendy Williams Berger | 2019 | Donald J. Trump | FLMD1202 |
| John Leonard Badalamenti | 2020 | Donald J. Trump | FLMD0403 |
| Kathryn Kimball Mizelle | 2020 | Donald J. Trump | FLMD1003 |
| Julie Simone Sneed | 2024 | Joseph R. Biden | FLMD0704 |
| Kyle Christopher Dudek | 2025 | Donald J. Trump | FLMD0804 |
| Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe | 2025 | Donald J. Trump | FLMD0904 |
| Jordan Emery Pratt | 2025 | Donald J. Trump | FLMD1102 |
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
- 48
| Seat | Held by | Since | Holders to date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLMD0104 | John Antoon II | 2000 | 1 |
| FLMD0105 | Carlos Eduardo Mendoza | 2014 | 1 |
| FLMD0203 | James D. Whittemore | 2000 | 1 |
| FLMD0204 | Thomas Patrick Barber | 2019 | 1 |
| FLMD0303 | Patricia C. Fawsett | 1986 | 1 |
| FLMD0304 | Mary Stenson Scriven | 2008 | 1 |
| FLMD0402 | Elizabeth Anne Kovachevich | 1982 | 1 |
| FLMD0403 | John Leonard Badalamenti | 2020 | 1 |
| FLMD0503 | Anne C. Conway | 1991 | 1 |
| FLMD0504 | William Frederic Jung | 2018 | 1 |
| FLMD0603 | Harvey Erwin Schlesinger | 1991 | 1 |
| FLMD0604 | Marcia Morales Howard | 2007 | 1 |
| FLMD0702 | Henry Lee Adams Jr. | 1993 | 1 |
| FLMD0703 | Roy Bale Dalton Jr. | 2011 | 1 |
| FLMD0704 | Julie Simone Sneed | 2024 | 1 |
| FLMD0802 | Susan C. Bucklew | 1993 | 1 |
| FLMD0803 | Charlene Vanessa Edwards Honeywell | 2009 | 1 |
| FLMD0804 | Kyle Christopher Dudek | 2025 | 1 |
| FLMD0902 | Richard A. Lazzara | 1997 | 1 |
| FLMD0903 | Brian Jordan Davis | 2013 | 1 |
| FLMD0904 | Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe | 2025 | 1 |
| FLMD1002 | Virginia Maria Hernandez Covington | 2004 | 1 |
| FLMD1003 | Kathryn Kimball Mizelle | 2020 | 1 |
| FLMD1101 | Steven Douglas Merryday | 1992 | 1 |
| FLMD1102 | Jordan Emery Pratt | 2025 | 1 |
| FLMD1202 | Wendy Williams Berger | 2019 | 1 |
| FLMD1301 | James S. Moody Jr. | 2000 | 1 |
| FLMD1302 | Paul Gregory Byron | 2014 | 1 |
| FLMD1401 | Gregory A. Presnell | 2000 | 1 |
| FLMD1402 | Sheri Polster Chappell | 2013 | 1 |
| FLMD1501 | Timothy J. Corrigan | 2002 | 1 |
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLMD0101 | John Milton Bryan Simpson | 1966 | 1 |
| FLMD0102 | Isaac Benjamin Krentzman Jr. | 1998 | 1 |
| FLMD0103 | George Kendall Sharp | 2022 | 1 |
| FLMD0201 | Joseph Patrick Lieb | 1971 | 1 |
| FLMD0202 | William Terrell Hodges | 2022 | 1 |
| FLMD0301 | William Allan McRae Jr. | 1973 | 1 |
| FLMD0302 | John Alton Reed Jr. | 1984 | 1 |
| FLMD0401 | George Cressler Young | 2015 | 1 |
| FLMD0501 | Charles Ray Scott | 1983 | 1 |
| FLMD0502 | George Carter Carr | 1990 | 1 |
| FLMD0601 | Gerald Bard Tjoflat | 1975 | 1 |
| FLMD0602 | Howell Webster Melton Sr. | 2015 | 1 |
| FLMD0701 | Susan Harrell Black | 1992 | 1 |
| FLMD0801 | William John Castagna | 2020 | 1 |
| FLMD0901 | John Henry Moore II | 2013 | 1 |
| FLMD1001 | Ralph Wilson Nimmons Jr. | 2003 | 1 |
| FLMD1201 | John E. Steele | 2026 | 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.
- Republican
- 17
- Democratic
- 14
| President | Judges |
|---|---|
| Donald J. Trump | 8 |
| William J. Clinton | 7 |
| Barack Obama | 6 |
| George W. Bush | 4 |
| George H.W. Bush | 3 |
| Ronald Reagan | 2 |
| Joseph R. Biden | 1 |
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)