§ 133 — Appointment And Number Of District Judges

(a) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, district judges for the several judicial districts, as follows:DistrictsJudgesAlabama:Northern8  Middle3  Southern3  Alaska3  Arizona13  Arkansas:Eastern5  Western3  California:Northern14  Eastern6  Central28  Southern13  Colorado7  Connecticut8  Delaware4  District of Columbia15  Florida:Northern4  Middle15  Southern18  Georgia:Northern11  Middle4  Southern3  Hawaii4  Idaho2  Illinois:Northern22  Central4  Southern4  Indiana:Northern5  Southern5  Iowa:Northern2  Southern3  Kansas6  Kentucky:Eastern5  Western4  Eastern and Western1  Louisiana:Eastern12  Middle3  Western7  Maine3  Maryland10  Massachusetts13  Michigan:Eastern15  Western4  Minnesota7  Mississippi:Northern3  Southern6  Missouri:Eastern7  Western5  Eastern and Western2  Montana3  Nebraska3  Nevada7  New Hampshire3  New Jersey17  New Mexico7  New York:Northern5  Southern28  Eastern15  Western4  North Carolina:Eastern4  Middle4  Western5  North Dakota2  Ohio:Northern11  Southern8  Oklahoma:Northern3  Eastern1  Western6  Northern, Eastern, and Western1  Oregon6  Pennsylvania:Eastern22  Middle6  Western10  Puerto Rico7  Rhode Island3  South Carolina10  South Dakota3  Tennessee:Eastern5  Middle4  Western5  Texas:Northern12  Southern19  Eastern8  Western13  Utah5  Vermont2  Virginia:Eastern11  Western4  Washington:Eastern4  Western7  West Virginia:Northern3  Southern5  Wisconsin:Eastern5  Western2  Wyoming3. (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) 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.