:United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

{{short description|Current United States federal appellate court}}

{{Infobox U.S. federal court

| court_type = circuit

| court_name = United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

| abbreviation = 3d Cir.

| seal = Seal of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.svg

| seal_size = 150

| map_image_name = File:3rd Circuit map.svg

| map_image_width =

| map_image_caption =

| courthouse = James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse

| location = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

| appeals_from = District of Delaware

| appeals_from1 = District of New Jersey

| appeals_from2 = Eastern District of Pennsylvania

| appeals_from3 = Middle District of Pennsylvania

| appeals_from4 = Western District of Pennsylvania

| appeals_from5 = District of the Virgin Islands

| established = June 16, 1891

| judges_assigned = 14

| circuit_justice = Samuel Alito

| chief = Michael Chagares

| official_site = {{URL|https://www.ca3.uscourts.gov}}

}}

The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (in case citations, 3d Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts for the following districts:

This circuit also hears appeals from the District Court of the Virgin Islands, which is an Article IV territorial court and not a district court under Article III of the Constitution.

The court is composed of 14 active judges and is based at the James A. Byrne United States Courthouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The court also conducts sittings in other venues, including the United States Virgin Islands.{{Cite web |title=Notice for Sitting in Virgin Islands |url=http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/Public%20Notices/Notice_April_2013.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401083600/http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/Public%20Notices/Notice_April_2013.pdf |archive-date=April 1, 2013 |access-date=March 6, 2013 |website=Official website of the Third Circuit}} It is one of 13 United States courts of appeals. Due to the court's appellate jurisdiction over Delaware, where more than half of publicly-traded companies in the United States incorporate, the court handles a significant number of influential commercial cases in the United States.

Current composition of the court

{{As of|2025|1|15|df=US}}:{{Cite web |title=U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit |url=http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/usca_03_frm?OpenFrameSet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050525102811/http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/usca_03_frm?OpenFrameSet |archive-date=May 25, 2005 |access-date=May 30, 2005 |website=Official website of the Federal Judicial Center}}{{Cite web |title=Third Circuit Court of Appeals Judges |url=http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/judgelist/coa-jdgs.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050510152333/http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/judgelist/coa-jdgs.pdf |archive-date=May 10, 2005 |access-date=May 30, 2005 |website=Official website of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit }}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

index=61|

title=Chief Judge|

name=Michael Chagares|

duty station=Newark, NJ|

born=1962|

term=2006–present|

chief term=2021–present|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sort|43|G.W. Bush}}|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

index=63|

title=Circuit Judge|

name=Thomas Hardiman|

duty station=Pittsburgh, PA|

born=1965|

term=2007–present|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sort|43|G.W. Bush}}|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

index=66|

title=Circuit Judge|

name=Patty Shwartz|

duty station=Newark, NJ|

born=1961|

term=2013–present|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sort|44|Obama}}|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

index=67|

title=Circuit Judge|

name=Cheryl Ann Krause|

duty station=Philadelphia, PA|

born=1968|

term=2014–present|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sort|44|Obama}}|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

index=68|

title=Circuit Judge|

name=L. Felipe Restrepo|

duty station=Philadelphia, PA|

born=1959|

term=2016–present|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sort|44|Obama}}|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current

| index = 69

| title = Circuit Judge

| name = Stephanos Bibas

| duty station = Philadelphia, PA

| born = 1969

| term = 2017–present

| chief term = —

| senior term = —

| appointer = {{sort|45|Trump}}

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current

| index = 70

| title = Circuit Judge

| name = David J. Porter

| duty station = Pittsburgh, PA

| born = 1966

| term = 2018–present

| chief term = —

| senior term = —

| appointer = {{sort|45|Trump}}

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current

| index = 71

| title = Circuit Judge

| name = Paul Matey

| duty station = Newark, NJ

| born = 1971

| term = 2019–present

| chief term = —

| senior term = —

| appointer = {{sort|45|Trump}}

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current

| index = 72

| title = Circuit Judge

| name = Peter J. Phipps

| duty station = Pittsburgh, PA

| born = 1973

| term = 2019–present

| chief term = —

| senior term = —

| appointer = {{sort|45|Trump}}

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current

| index = 73

| title = Circuit Judge

| name = Arianna J. Freeman

| duty station = Philadelphia, PA

| born = 1978

| term = 2022–present

| chief term = —

| senior term = —

| appointer = {{sort|46|Biden}}

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current

| index = 74

| title = Circuit Judge

| name = Tamika Montgomery-Reeves

| duty station = Wilmington, DE

| born = 1981

| term = 2023–present

| chief term = —

| senior term = —

| appointer = {{sort|46|Biden}}

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current

| index = 75

| title = Circuit Judge

| name = Cindy K. Chung

| duty station = Pittsburgh, PA

| born = 1975

| term = 2023–present

| chief term = —

| senior term = —

| appointer = {{sort|46|Biden}}

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current

| index = 76

| title = Circuit Judge

| name = vacant

| duty station = —

| born = —

| term = —

| chief term = —

| senior term = —

| appointer = —

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current

| index = 77

| title = Circuit Judge

| name = vacant

| duty station = —

| born = —

| term = —

| chief term = —

| senior term = —

| appointer = —

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

index=45|

title=Senior Circuit Judge|

name=Anthony Joseph Scirica|

duty station=Philadelphia, PA|

born=1940|

term=1987–2013|

chief term=2003–2010|

senior term=2013–present|

appointer={{sort|40|Reagan}}|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

index=46|

title=Senior Circuit Judge|

name=Robert Cowen|

duty station=inactive|

born=1930|

term=1987–1998|

chief term=—|

senior term=1998–present|

appointer={{sort|40|Reagan}}|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

index=47|

title=Senior Circuit Judge|

name=Richard Lowell Nygaard|

duty station=Erie, PA|

born=1940|

term=1988–2005|

chief term=—|

senior term=2005–present|

appointer={{sort|40|Reagan}}|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

index=49|

title=Senior Circuit Judge|

name=Jane Richards Roth|

duty station=Wilmington, DE|

born=1935|

term=1991–2006|

chief term=—|

senior term=2006–present|

appointer={{sort|41|G.H.W. Bush}}|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

index=51|

title=Senior Circuit Judge|

name=Theodore McKee|

duty station=Philadelphia, PA|

born=1947|

term=1994–2022|

chief term=2010–2016|

senior term=2022–present|

appointer={{sort|42|Clinton}}|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

index=53|

title=Senior Circuit Judge|

name=Marjorie Rendell|

duty station=Philadelphia, PA|

born=1947|

term=1997–2015|

chief term=—|

senior term=2015–present|

appointer={{sort|42|Clinton}}|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

index=55|

title=Senior Circuit Judge|

name=Thomas L. Ambro|

duty station=Wilmington, DE|

born=1949|

term=2000–2023|

chief term=—|

senior term=2023–present|

appointer={{sort|42|Clinton}}|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

index=56|

title=Senior Circuit Judge|

name=Julio M. Fuentes|

duty station=Newark, NJ|

born=1946|

term=2000–2016|

chief term=—|

senior term=2016–present|

appointer={{sort|42|Clinton}}|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

index=57|

title=Senior Circuit Judge|

name=D. Brooks Smith|

duty station=Duncansville, PA|

born=1951|

term=2002–2021|

chief term=2016–2021|

senior term=2021–present|

appointer={{sort|43|G.W. Bush}}|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

index=59|

title=Senior Circuit Judge|

name=D. Michael Fisher|

duty station=Pittsburgh, PA|

born=1944|

term=2003–2017|

chief term=—|

senior term=2017–present|

appointer={{sort|43|G.W. Bush}}|

}}

Vacancies and pending nominations

class=wikitable

! Seat

! Prior judge's duty station

! Seat last held by

! Vacancy reason

! Date of vacancy

! Nominee

! Date of nomination

| Newark, NJ

| Joseph A. Greenaway Jr.

| rowspan=2 | Retirement

| June 15, 2023

| align=center | —

| Wilmington, DE

| Kent A. Jordan

| January 15, 2025

| align="center" | {{sort|0|–}}

List of former judges

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=1|

name={{sortname|Marcus Wilson|Acheson}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1828–1906|

term=1891–1906Acheson was appointed as a circuit judge for the Third Circuit in 1891 by Benjamin Harrison. The Judiciary Act of 1891 reassigned his seat to what is now the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||B. Harrison|List of federal judges appointed by Benjamin Harrison}} / Operation of law|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=2|

name={{sortname|George M.|Dallas|George M. Dallas (judge)}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1839–1917|

term=1892–1909|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname|B.|Harrison|List of federal judges appointed by Benjamin Harrison}}|

termination=retirement|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=3|

name={{sortname|George|Gray|George Gray (Delaware politician)}}|

state=DE|

borndied=1840–1925|

term=1899–1914Recess appointment, confirmed by the United States Senate at a later date.|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||McKinley|List of federal judges appointed by William McKinley}}|

termination=retirement|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=4|

name={{sortname|Joseph|Buffington}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1855–1947|

term=1906–1938|

chief term=—|

senior term=1938–1947|

appointer={{sortname|T.|Roosevelt|List of federal judges appointed by Theodore Roosevelt}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=5|

name={{sortname|William M.|Lanning}}|

state=NJ|

borndied=1849–1912|

term=1909–1912|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Taft|List of federal judges appointed by William Howard Taft}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former

| index = 6

| name = {{sortname|Robert W.|Archbald}}

| state = PA

| borndied = 1848–1926

| term = 1911–1913

| chief term = —

| senior term = —

| appointer = Archbald did not have a permanent seat on this court. Instead, he was appointed to the ill-fated United States Commerce Court in 1910 by William Howard Taft. Aside from their duties on the Commerce Court, the judges of the Commerce Court also acted as at-large appellate judges, able to be assigned by the chief justice of the United States to whichever circuit most needed help. Archbald was assigned to the Third Circuit upon his commission.

| termination = impeachment and conviction

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=7|

name={{sortname|John Bayard|McPherson}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1846–1919|

term=1912–1919|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Taft|List of federal judges appointed by William Howard Taft}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=8|

name={{sortname|Victor Baynard|Woolley}}|

state=DE|

borndied=1867–1945|

term=1914–1938|

chief term=—|

senior term=1938–1945|

appointer={{sortname||Wilson|List of federal judges appointed by Woodrow Wilson}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=9|

name={{sortname|Thomas Griffith|Haight}}|

state=NJ|

borndied=1879–1942|

term=1919–1920|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Wilson|List of federal judges appointed by Woodrow Wilson}}|

termination=resignation|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=10|

name={{sortname|John Warren|Davis|dab=judge}}|

state=NJ|

borndied=1867–1945|

term=1920–1939|

chief term=—|

senior term=1939–1941|

appointer={{sortname||Wilson|List of federal judges appointed by Woodrow Wilson}}|

termination=resignation|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=11|

name={{sortname|Joseph Whitaker|Thompson}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1861–1946|

term=1931–1938|

chief term=—|

senior term=1938–1946|

appointer={{sortname||Hoover|List of federal judges appointed by Herbert Hoover}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=12|

name={{sortname|John|Biggs Jr.}}|

state=DE|

borndied=1895–1979|

term=1937–1965|

chief term=1948–1965|

senior term=1965–1979|

appointer={{sortname|F.|Roosevelt|List of federal judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=13|

name={{sortname|Albert Branson|Maris}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1893–1989|

term=1938–1958|

chief term=—|

senior term=1958–1989|

appointer={{sortname|F.|Roosevelt|List of federal judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=14|

name={{sortname|William|Clark|William Clark (judge)}}|

state=NJ|

borndied=1891–1957|

term=1938–1943|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname|F.|Roosevelt|List of federal judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt}}|

termination=resignation|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=15|

name={{sortname|Francis|Biddle}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1886–1968|

term=1939–1940|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname|F.|Roosevelt|List of federal judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt}}|

termination=resignation|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=16|

name={{sortname|Charles Alvin|Jones}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1887–1966|

term=1939–1944|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname|F.|Roosevelt|List of federal judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt}}|

termination=resignation|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=17|

name={{sortname|Herbert Funk|Goodrich}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1889–1962|

term=1940–1962|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname|F.|Roosevelt|List of federal judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=18|

name={{sortname|Gerald|McLaughlin}}|

state=NJ|

borndied=1893–1977|

term=1943–1968|

chief term=—|

senior term=1968–1977|

appointer={{sortname|F.|Roosevelt|List of federal judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=19|

name={{sortname|John Joseph|O'Connell}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1894–1949|

term=1945–1949|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Truman|List of federal judges appointed by Harry S. Truman}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=20|

name={{sortname|Harry Ellis|Kalodner}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1896–1977|

term=1946–1969|

chief term=1965–1966|

senior term=1969–1977|

appointer={{sortname||Truman|List of federal judges appointed by Harry S. Truman}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=21|

name={{sortname|William H.|Hastie}}|

state=VI|

borndied=1904–1976|

term=1949–1971|

chief term=1968–1971|

senior term=1971–1976|

appointer={{sortname||Truman|List of federal judges appointed by Harry S. Truman}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=22|

name={{sortname|Austin Leander|Staley}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1902–1978|

term=1950–1967|

chief term=1966–1967|

senior term=1967–1978|

appointer={{sortname||Truman|List of federal judges appointed by Harry S. Truman}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=23|

name={{sortname|Phillip|Forman}}|

state=NJ|

borndied=1895–1978|

term=1959–1961|

chief term=—|

senior term=1961–1978|

appointer={{sortname||Eisenhower|List of federal judges appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=24|

name={{sortname|James Cullen|Ganey}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1899–1972|

term=1961–1966|

chief term=—|

senior term=1966–1972|

appointer={{sortname||Kennedy|List of federal judges appointed by John F. Kennedy}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=25|

name={{sortname|William Francis|Smith}}|

state=NJ|

borndied=1903–1968|

term=1961–1968|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Kennedy|List of federal judges appointed by John F. Kennedy}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=26|

name={{sortname|Abraham Lincoln|Freedman}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1904–1971|

term=1964–1971|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname|L.|Johnson|List of federal judges appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=27|

name={{sortname|Collins J.|Seitz}}|

state=DE|

borndied=1914–1998|

term=1966–1989|

chief term=1971–1984|

senior term=1989–1998|

appointer={{sortname|L.|Johnson|List of federal judges appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=28|

name={{sortname|Francis Lund|Van Dusen}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1912–1993|

term=1967–1977|

chief term=—|

senior term=1977–1993|

appointer={{sortname|L.|Johnson|List of federal judges appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=29|

name={{sortname|Ruggero J.| Aldisert}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1919–2014|

term=1968–1986|

chief term=1984–1986|

senior term=1986–2014|

appointer={{sortname|L.|Johnson|List of federal judges appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=30|

name={{sortname|David Henry|Stahl}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1920–1970|

term=1968–1970|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname|L.|Johnson|List of federal judges appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=31|

name={{sortname|Arlin M.|Adams}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1921–2015|

term=1969–1987|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Nixon|List of federal judges appointed by Richard Nixon}}|

termination=retirement|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=32|

name={{sortname|John Joseph|Gibbons}}|

state=NJ|

borndied=1924–2018|

term=1969–1990|

chief term=1987–1990|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Nixon|List of federal judges appointed by Richard Nixon}}|

termination=retirement|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=33|

name={{sortname|Max|Rosenn}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1910–2006|

term=1970–1981|

chief term=—|

senior term=1981–2006|

appointer={{sortname||Nixon|List of federal judges appointed by Richard Nixon}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=34|

name={{sortname|James|Rosen|James Rosen (jurist)}}|

state=NJ|

borndied=1909–1972|

term=1971–1972|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Nixon|List of federal judges appointed by Richard Nixon}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=35|

name={{sortname|James|Hunter III}}|

state=NJ|

borndied=1916–1989|

term=1971–1986|

chief term=—|

senior term=1986–1989|

appointer={{sortname||Nixon|List of federal judges appointed by Richard Nixon}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=36|

name={{sortname|Joseph F.|Weis Jr.}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1923–2014|

term=1973–1988|

chief term=—|

senior term=1988–2014|

appointer={{sortname||Nixon|List of federal judges appointed by Richard Nixon}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=37|

name=Leonard I. Garth|

state=NJ|

borndied=1921–2016|

term=1973–1986|

chief term=—|

senior term=1986–2016|

appointer={{sortname||Nixon|List of federal judges appointed by Richard Nixon}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=38|

name={{sortname|A. Leon|Higginbotham Jr.}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1928–1998|

term=1977–1991|

chief term=1990–1991|

senior term=1991–1993|

appointer={{sortname||Carter|List of federal judges appointed by Jimmy Carter}}|

termination=retirement|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=39|

name={{sortname|Dolores|Sloviter}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1932–2022|

term=1979–2013|

chief term=1991–1998|

senior term=2013–2022|

appointer={{sortname||Carter|List of federal judges appointed by Jimmy Carter}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=40|

name={{sortname|Edward R.|Becker}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1933–2006|

term=1981–2003|

chief term=1998–2003|

senior term=2003–2006|

appointer={{sortname||Reagan|List of federal judges appointed by Ronald Reagan}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=41|

name={{sortname|Carol Los|Mansmann}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1942–2002|

term=1985–2002|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Reagan|List of federal judges appointed by Ronald Reagan}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=42|

name={{Sortname|Walter King|Stapleton}}|

state=DE|

borndied=1934–2024|

term=1985–1999|

chief term=—|

senior term=1999–2024|

appointer={{sortname||Reagan|List of federal judges appointed by Ronald Reagan}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=43|

name={{Sortname|Morton Ira|Greenberg}}|

state=NJ|

borndied=1933–2021|

term=1987–2000|

chief term=—|

senior term=2000–2021|

appointer={{sortname||Reagan|List of federal judges appointed by Ronald Reagan}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=44|

name={{sortname|William D.|Hutchinson}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1932–1995|

term=1987–1995|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Reagan|List of federal judges appointed by Ronald Reagan}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=48|

name={{sortname|Samuel|Alito}}|

state=NJ|

borndied=1950–present|

term=1990–2006|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname|G.H.W.|Bush|List of federal judges appointed by George H. W. Bush}}|

termination=elevation to Supreme Court|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=50|

name={{sortname|Timothy K.|Lewis}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1954–present|

term=1992–1999|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname|G.H.W.|Bush|List of federal judges appointed by George H. W. Bush}}|

termination=resignation|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=52|

name={{sortname|H. Lee|Sarokin}}|

state=NJ|

borndied=1928–2023|

term=1994–1996|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Clinton|List of federal judges appointed by Bill Clinton}}|

termination=retirement|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=54|

name={{sortname|Maryanne Trump|Barry}}|

state=NJ|

borndied=1937–2023|

term=1999–2011|

chief term=—|

senior term=2011–2019|

appointer={{sortname||Clinton|List of federal judges appointed by Bill Clinton}}|

termination=retirement|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=58|

name={{sortname|Michael|Chertoff}}|

state=NJ|

borndied=1953–present|

term=2003–2005|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname|G.W.|Bush|List of federal judges appointed by George W. Bush}}|

termination=resignation|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=60|

name={{sortname|Franklin|Van Antwerpen}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1941–2016|

term=2004–2006|

chief term=—|

senior term=2006–2016|

appointer={{sortname|G.W.|Bush|List of federal judges appointed by George W. Bush}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=62|

name={{sortname|Kent A.|Jordan}}|

state=DE|

borndied=1957–present|

term=2006–2025|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname|G.W.|Bush|List of federal judges appointed by George W. Bush}}|

termination=retirement|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=64|

name={{sortname|Joseph A.|Greenaway Jr.}}|

state=NJ|

borndied=1957–present|

term=2010–2023|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Obama|List of federal judges appointed by Barack Obama|Obama}}|

termination=retirement|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=65|

name={{sortname|Thomas I.|Vanaskie}}|

state=PA|

borndied=1953–present|

term=2010–2018|

chief term=—|

senior term=2018–2019|

appointer={{sortname||Obama|List of federal judges appointed by Barack Obama|Obama}}|

termination=retirement|

}}

Chief judges

{{start U.S. judge succession

| float = right

| seat title = Chief Judge

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Biggs Jr.

| term = 1948–1965

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Kalodner

| term = 1965–1966

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Staley

| term = 1966–1967

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Hastie

| term = 1968–1971

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Seitz

| term = 1971–1984

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Aldisert

| term = 1984–1986

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Gibbons

| term = 1987–1990

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Higginbotham

| term = 1990–1991

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Sloviter

| term = 1991–1998

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Becker

| term = 1998–2003

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Scirica

| term = 2003–2010

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = McKee

| term = 2010–2016

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = D. Smith

| term = 2016–2021

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Chagares

| term = 2021–present

}}

Succession of seats

{{start U.S. judge succession

| seat title = Seat 1

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Established on December 10, 1869 by the Judiciary Act of 1869 as a circuit judgeship for the Third Circuit

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Reassigned on June 16, 1891 to the newly formed United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit by the Judiciary Act of 1891

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Acheson

| state = PA

| term = 1892–1906

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Buffington

| state = PA

| term = 1906–1938

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Biddle

| state = PA

| term = 1939–1940

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Goodrich

| state = PA

| term = 1940–1962

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Freedman

| state = PA

| term = 1964–1971

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Weis, Jr.

| state = PA

| term = 1973–1988

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Nygaard

| state = PA

| term = 1988–2005

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Hardiman

| state = PA

| term = 2007–present

}}

{{start U.S. judge succession

| seat title = Seat 2

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Established on June 16, 1891 by the Judiciary Act of 1891

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Dallas

| state = PA

| term = 1892–1909

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Lanning

| state = NJ

| term = 1909–1912

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = McPherson

| state = PA

| term = 1912–1919

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Haight

| state = NJ

| term = 1919–1920

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Davis

| state = NJ

| term = 1920–1939

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Jones

| state = PA

| term = 1939–1944

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Kalodner

| state = PA

| term = 1946–1969

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Adams

| state = PA

| term = 1969–1987

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Hutchinson

| state = PA

| term = 1987–1995

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Rendell

| state = PA

| term = 1997–2015

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Bibas

| state = PA

| term = 2017–present

}}

{{start U.S. judge succession

| seat title = Seat 3

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Established on February 23, 1899 by 30 Stat. 846

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Gray

| state = DE

| term = 1899–1914

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Woolley

| state = DE

| term = 1914–1938

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Maris

| state = PA

| term = 1938–1958

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Forman

| state = NJ

| term = 1959–1961

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = W. Smith

| state = NJ

| term = 1961–1968

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Hunter III

| state = NJ

| term = 1971–1986

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Cowen

| state = NJ

| term = 1987–1998

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Fuentes

| state = NJ

| term = 2000–2016

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Matey

| state = NJ

| term = 2019–present

}}

{{start U.S. judge succession

| seat title = Seat 4

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Established on June 10, 1930 by 46 Stat. 538

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Thompson

| state = PA

| term = 1931–1938

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Clark

| state = NJ

| term = 1938–1943

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = McLaughlin

| state = NJ

| term = 1943–1968

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Gibbons

| state = NJ

| term = 1969–1990

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Alito

| state = NJ

| term = 1990–2006

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Greenaway, Jr.

| state = NJ

| term = 2010–2023

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = vacant

| state = NJ

| term = 2023–present

}}

{{start U.S. judge succession

| seat title = Seat 5

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Established as a temporary judgeship on June 24, 1936 by 49 Stat. 1903

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Made permanent on May 31, 1938, by 52 Stat. 584

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Biggs, Jr.

| state = DE

| term = 1937–1965

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Seitz

| state = DE

| term = 1966–1989

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Roth

| state = DE

| term = 1991–2006

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Jordan

| state = DE

| term = 2006–2025

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row|name=vacant|state=DE|term=2025–present}}{{end U.S. judge succession}}

{{start U.S. judge succession

| seat title = Seat 6

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Established on December 7, 1944, by 58 Stat. 796

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = O'Connell

| state = PA

| term = 1945–1949

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Staley

| state = PA

| term = 1950–1967

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Aldisert

| state = PA

| term = 1968–1986

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Scirica

| state = PA

| term = 1987–2013

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Restrepo

| state = PA

| term = 2016–present

}}

{{start U.S. judge succession

| seat title = Seat 7

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Established on August 3, 1949 by 63 Stat. 493

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Hastie

| state = VI

| term = 1950–1971

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Rosen

| state = NJ

| term = 1971–1972

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Garth

| state = NJ

| term = 1973–1986

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Greenberg

| state = NJ

| term = 1987–2000

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Chertoff

| state = NJ

| term = 2003–2005

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Chagares

| state = NJ

| term = 2006–present

}}

{{start U.S. judge succession

| seat title = Seat 8

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Established on May 19, 1961 by 75 Stat. 80

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Ganey

| state = PA

| term = 1961–1966

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Van Dusen

| state = PA

| term = 1967–1977

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Higginbotham, Jr.

| state = PA

| term = 1977–1991

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = McKee

| state = PA

| term = 1994–2022

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Freeman

| state = PA

| term = 2022–present

}}

{{start U.S. judge succession

| seat title = Seat 9

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Established on June 18, 1968 by 82 Stat. 184

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Stahl

| state = PA

| term = 1968–1970

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Rosenn

| state = PA

| term = 1970–1981

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Becker

| state = PA

| term = 1981–2003

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Van Antwerpen

| state = PA

| term = 2004–2006

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Vanaskie

| state = PA

| term = 2010–2018

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Phipps

| state = PA

| term = 2019–present

}}

{{start U.S. judge succession

| seat title = Seat 10

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Established on October 20, 1978 by 92 Stat. 1629

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Sloviter

| state = PA

| term = 1979–2013

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Krause

| state = PA

| term = 2014–present

}}

{{start U.S. judge succession

| seat title = Seat 11

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Established on July 10, 1984 by 98 Stat. 333

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Mansmann

| state = PA

| term = 1985–2002

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Fisher

| state = PA

| term = 2003–2017

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Porter

| state = PA

| term = 2018–present

}}

{{start U.S. judge succession

| seat title = Seat 12

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Established on July 10, 1984 by 98 Stat. 333

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Stapleton

| state = DE

| term = 1985–1999

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Ambro

| state = DE

| term = 2000–2023

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Montgomery-Reeves

| state = DE

| term = 2023–present

}}

{{start U.S. judge succession

| seat title = Seat 13

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Established on December 1, 1990 by 104 Stat. 5089

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Lewis

| state = PA

| term = 1992–1999

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = D. Smith

| state = PA

| term = 2002–2021

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Chung

| state = PA

| term = 2023–present

}}

{{start U.S. judge succession

| seat title = Seat 14

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Established on December 1, 1990 by 104 Stat. 5089

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Sarokin

| state = NJ

| term = 1994–1996

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Barry

| state = NJ

| term = 1999–2011

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Shwartz

| state = NJ

| term = 2013–present

}}

References

External links

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Category:Newark, New Jersey

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Category:Courts and tribunals established in 1891

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Current composition of the court

Vacancies and pending nominations

List of former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

See also

References

External links