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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.

Judges currently in service
JudgeSinceNominated bySeat
Elizabeth Anne Kovachevich Senior1982Ronald ReaganFLMD0402
Patricia C. Fawsett Senior1986Ronald ReaganFLMD0303
Harvey Erwin Schlesinger Senior1991George H.W. BushFLMD0603
Anne C. Conway Senior1991George H.W. BushFLMD0503
Steven Douglas Merryday Senior1992George H.W. BushFLMD1101
Henry Lee Adams Jr. Senior1993William J. ClintonFLMD0702
Susan C. Bucklew Senior1993William J. ClintonFLMD0802
Richard A. Lazzara Senior1997William J. ClintonFLMD0902
John Antoon II Senior2000William J. ClintonFLMD0104
James D. Whittemore Senior2000William J. ClintonFLMD0203
James S. Moody Jr. Senior2000William J. ClintonFLMD1301
Gregory A. Presnell Senior2000William J. ClintonFLMD1401
Timothy J. Corrigan Senior2002George W. BushFLMD1501
Virginia Maria Hernandez Covington Senior2004George W. BushFLMD1002
Marcia Morales Howard2007George W. BushFLMD0604
Mary Stenson Scriven2008George W. BushFLMD0304
Charlene Vanessa Edwards Honeywell Senior2009Barack ObamaFLMD0803
Roy Bale Dalton Jr. Senior2011Barack ObamaFLMD0703
Sheri Polster Chappell2013Barack ObamaFLMD1402
Brian Jordan Davis Senior2013Barack ObamaFLMD0903
Paul Gregory Byron2014Barack ObamaFLMD1302
Carlos Eduardo Mendoza2014Barack ObamaFLMD0105
William Frederic Jung2018Donald J. TrumpFLMD0504
Thomas Patrick Barber2019Donald J. TrumpFLMD0204
Wendy Williams Berger2019Donald J. TrumpFLMD1202
John Leonard Badalamenti2020Donald J. TrumpFLMD0403
Kathryn Kimball Mizelle2020Donald J. TrumpFLMD1003
Julie Simone Sneed2024Joseph R. BidenFLMD0704
Kyle Christopher Dudek2025Donald J. TrumpFLMD0804
Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe2025Donald J. TrumpFLMD0904
Jordan Emery Pratt2025Donald J. TrumpFLMD1102

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
Seats with a sitting judge
SeatHeld bySinceHolders to date
FLMD0104John Antoon II20001
FLMD0105Carlos Eduardo Mendoza20141
FLMD0203James D. Whittemore20001
FLMD0204Thomas Patrick Barber20191
FLMD0303Patricia C. Fawsett19861
FLMD0304Mary Stenson Scriven20081
FLMD0402Elizabeth Anne Kovachevich19821
FLMD0403John Leonard Badalamenti20201
FLMD0503Anne C. Conway19911
FLMD0504William Frederic Jung20181
FLMD0603Harvey Erwin Schlesinger19911
FLMD0604Marcia Morales Howard20071
FLMD0702Henry Lee Adams Jr.19931
FLMD0703Roy Bale Dalton Jr.20111
FLMD0704Julie Simone Sneed20241
FLMD0802Susan C. Bucklew19931
FLMD0803Charlene Vanessa Edwards Honeywell20091
FLMD0804Kyle Christopher Dudek20251
FLMD0902Richard A. Lazzara19971
FLMD0903Brian Jordan Davis20131
FLMD0904Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe20251
FLMD1002Virginia Maria Hernandez Covington20041
FLMD1003Kathryn Kimball Mizelle20201
FLMD1101Steven Douglas Merryday19921
FLMD1102Jordan Emery Pratt20251
FLMD1202Wendy Williams Berger20191
FLMD1301James S. Moody Jr.20001
FLMD1302Paul Gregory Byron20141
FLMD1401Gregory A. Presnell20001
FLMD1402Sheri Polster Chappell20131
FLMD1501Timothy J. Corrigan20021
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.

SeatLast held byUntilHolders
FLMD0101John Milton Bryan Simpson19661
FLMD0102Isaac Benjamin Krentzman Jr.19981
FLMD0103George Kendall Sharp20221
FLMD0201Joseph Patrick Lieb19711
FLMD0202William Terrell Hodges20221
FLMD0301William Allan McRae Jr.19731
FLMD0302John Alton Reed Jr.19841
FLMD0401George Cressler Young20151
FLMD0501Charles Ray Scott19831
FLMD0502George Carter Carr19901
FLMD0601Gerald Bard Tjoflat19751
FLMD0602Howell Webster Melton Sr.20151
FLMD0701Susan Harrell Black19921
FLMD0801William John Castagna20201
FLMD0901John Henry Moore II20131
FLMD1001Ralph Wilson Nimmons Jr.20031
FLMD1201John E. Steele20261

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
Sitting judges by appointing president
PresidentJudges
Donald J. Trump8
William J. Clinton7
Barack Obama6
George W. Bush4
George H.W. Bush3
Ronald Reagan2
Joseph R. Biden1

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)