28 U.S.C. § 133. Appointment and number of district judges

1. (a)
   (a)The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, district judges for the several judicial districts, as follows:

   Districts	Judges
   Alabama:
   Northern	7
   Middle	3
   Southern	3
   Alaska	3
   Arizona	12
   Arkansas:
   Eastern	5
   Western	3
   California:
   Northern	14
   Eastern	6
   Central	27
   Southern	13
   Colorado	7
   Connecticut	8
   Delaware	4
   District of Columbia	15
   Florida:
   Northern	4
   Middle	15
   Southern	17
   Georgia:
   Northern	11
   Middle	4
   Southern	3
   Hawaii	3
   Idaho	2
   Illinois:
   Northern	22
   Central	4
   Southern	4
   Indiana:
   Northern	5
   Southern	5
   Iowa:
   Northern	2
   Southern	3
   Kansas	5
   Kentucky:
   Eastern	5
   Western	4
   Eastern and Western	1
   Louisiana:
   Eastern	12
   Middle	3
   Western	7
   Maine	3
   Maryland	10
   Massachusetts	13
   Michigan:
   Eastern	15
   Western	4
   Minnesota	7
   Mississippi:
   Northern	3
   Southern	6
   Missouri:
   Eastern	6
   Western	5
   Eastern and Western	2
   Montana	3
   Nebraska	3
   Nevada	7
   New Hampshire	3
   New Jersey	17
   New Mexico	6
   New York:
   Northern	5
   Southern	28
   Eastern	15
   Western	4
   North Carolina:
   Eastern	4
   Middle	4
   Western	4
   North Dakota	2
   Ohio:
   Northern	11
   Southern	8
   Oklahoma:
   Northern	3
   Eastern	1
   Western	6
   Northern, Eastern, and Western	1
   Oregon	6
   Pennsylvania:
   Eastern	22
   Middle	6
   Western	10
   Puerto Rico	7
   Rhode Island	3
   South Carolina	10
   South Dakota	3
   Tennessee:
   Eastern	5
   Middle	4
   Western	5
   Texas:
   Northern	12
   Southern	19
   Eastern	7
   Western	13
   Utah	5
   Vermont	2
   Virginia:
   Eastern	11
   Western	4
   Washington:
   Eastern	4
   Western	7
   West Virginia:
   Northern	3
   Southern	5
   Wisconsin:
   Eastern	5
   Western	2
   Wyoming	3.

2. (b)
   (b)

   1. (1)
      (b)(1)In any case in which a judge of the United States (other than a senior judge) assumes the duties of a full-time office of Federal judicial administration, the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an additional judge for the court on which such judge serves. If the judge who assumes the duties of such full-time office leaves that office and resumes the duties as an active judge of the court, then the President shall not appoint a judge to fill the first vacancy which occurs thereafter in that court.
   2. (2)
      (b)(2)For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “office of Federal judicial administration” means a position as Director of the Federal Judicial Center, Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, or Counselor to the Chief Justice.