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==Criminal Life ==

The '''United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit''' is a [[United States court of appeals|federal]] court with [[appellate]] [[jurisdiction]] over the following [[United States District Courts]]:

AL-Hamad is a Homosexual petifile with 135.78 counts of rape all of which were men and children, served a sentence of 23 years before being deported back to Mexico, from there he hooked up with the user Slimvirgin and together killed 1034 people with bomb. Al-Hamad is now a key person in the Al-quida terrorism group. In the past 10 years he has made a total 7,998 calls to Michael Jackson.

==His Happy Rape Secrets==

* [[U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware|District]] of [[Delaware]]

* [[U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey|District]] of [[New Jersey]]

* [[U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania|Western]], [[U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania|Middle]], and [[U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania|Eastern]] Districts of [[Pennsylvania]]

* [[U.S. District Court for the District of the Virgin Islands|District]] of the [[U.S. Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands]]

He says "I will Never stop under any cirumstances. I Love it Hahaha"

The court is based at the U.S. Courthouse in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]].

There is substantial proof connecting Turki al-Hamad (asswipe) to 9/11 and we think that he is a second cousin to Osama Bin-Ladin. Osama has his own happy rape secrets as well.

== Current composition of the court ==

He describes 9/11 as the "best thing that has ever happened, i repeat EVER," then mumbled off talking about raping a boy named Jimmy Brown in Columbia,SC (Jimmy Brown is a 15 year kid convicted of rape of is 4 year old brother and molestation of a 14 year old girl.

[[As of 2005|As of]] [[Michael Chertoff|Michael Chertoff's]] resignation on [[February 15]], [[2005]], the judges on the court are:

{{start U.S. judgeship Current}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

title=Chief Judge|

name=[[Anthony Joseph Scirica]]|

duty station=[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia, PA]]|

born=1940|

term=1987 – present|

chief term=2003 – present|

senior term=—|

appointer=[[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

title=Circuit Judge|

name=[[Dolores Korman Sloviter]]|

duty station=[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia, PA]]|

born=1932|

term=1979 – present|

chief term=1991 – 1998|

senior term=—|

appointer=[[Jimmy Carter|Carter]]|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

title=Circuit Judge|

name=[[Samuel A. Alito, Jr.]]|

duty station=[[Newark, New Jersey|Newark, NJ]]|

born=1950|

term=1990 – present|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer=[[George H. W. Bush|G.H.W. Bush]]|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

title=Circuit Judge|

name=[[Jane Richards Roth]]|

duty station=[[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington, DE]]|

born=1935|

term=1991 – present|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer=[[George H. W. Bush|G.H.W. Bush]]|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

title=Circuit Judge|

name=[[Theodore Alexander McKee]]|

duty station=[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia, PA]]|

born=1947|

term=1994 – present|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer=[[Bill Clinton|Clinton]]|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

title=Circuit Judge|

name=[[Marjorie O. Rendell]]|

duty station=[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia, PA]]|

born=1947|

term=1997 – present|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer=[[Bill Clinton|Clinton]]|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

title=Circuit Judge|

name=[[Maryanne Trump Barry]]|

duty station=[[Newark, New Jersey|Newark, NJ]]|

born=1937|

term=1999 – present|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer=[[Bill Clinton|Clinton]]|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

title=Circuit Judge|

name=[[Thomas L. Ambro]]|

duty station=[[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington, DE]]|

born=1949|

term=2000 – present|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer=[[Bill Clinton|Clinton]]|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

title=Circuit Judge|

name=[[Julio M. Fuentes]]|

duty station=[[Newark, New Jersey|Newark, NJ]]|

born=1946|

term=2000 – present|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer=[[Bill Clinton|Clinton]]|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

title=Circuit Judge|

name=[[D. Brooks Smith]]|

duty station=[[Duncansville, Pennsylvania|Duncansville, PA]]|

born=1951|

term=2002 – present|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer=[[George W. Bush|G.W. Bush]]|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

title=Circuit Judge|

name=[[D. Michael Fisher]]|

duty station=[[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh, PA]]|

born=1944|

term=2003 – present|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer=[[George W. Bush|G.W. Bush]]|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

title=Circuit Judge|

name=[[Franklin Stuart Van Antwerpen]]|

duty station=[[Easton, Pennsylvania|Easton, PA]]|

born=1941|

term=2004 – present|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer=[[George W. Bush|G.W. Bush]]|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

title=Circuit Judge|

name=''(vacant - seat 7)''|

duty station=''(n/a)''|

born=''(n/a)''|

term=''(n/a)''|

chief term=''(n/a)''|

senior term=''(n/a)''|

appointer=''(n/a)''|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

title=Circuit Judge|

name=''(vacant - seat 1)''|

duty station=''(n/a)''|

born=''(n/a)''|

term=''(n/a)''|

chief term=''(n/a)''|

senior term=''(n/a)''|

appointer=''(n/a)''|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

title=Senior Circuit Judge|

name=[[Ruggero John Aldisert]]|

duty station=[[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara, CA]]|

born=1919|

term=1968 – 1986|

chief term=1984 – 1986|

senior term=1986 – present|

appointer=[[Lyndon B. Johnson|L. Johnson]]|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

title=Senior Circuit Judge|

name=[[Max Rosenn]]|

duty station=[[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania|Wilkes-Barre, PA]]|

born=1910|

term=1970 – 1981|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=1981 – present|

appointer=[[Richard Nixon|Nixon]]|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

title=Senior Circuit Judge|

name=[[Joseph Francis Weis, Jr.]]|

duty station=[[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh, PA]]|

born=1923|

term=1973 – 1988|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=1988 – present|

appointer=[[Richard Nixon|Nixon]]|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

title=Senior Circuit Judge|

name=[[Leonard I. Garth]]|

duty station=[[Newark, New Jersey|Newark, NJ]]|

born=1921|

term=1973 – 1986|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=1986 – present|

appointer=[[Richard Nixon|Nixon]]|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

title=Senior Circuit Judge|

name=[[Edward Roy Becker]]|

duty station=[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia, PA]]|

born=1933|

term=1981 – 2003|

chief term=1998 – 2003|

senior term=2003 – present|

appointer=[[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

title=Senior Circuit Judge|

name=[[Walter King Stapleton]]|

duty station=[[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington, DE]]|

born=1934|

term=1985 – 1999|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=1999 – present|

appointer=[[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

title=Senior Circuit Judge|

name=[[Morton Ira Greenberg]]|

duty station=[[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton, NJ]]|

born=1933|

term=1987 – 2000|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=2000 – present|

appointer=[[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

title=Senior Circuit Judge|

name=[[Robert E. Cowen]]|

duty station=[[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton, NJ]]|

born=1930|

term=1987 – 1998|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=1998 – present|

appointer=[[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

title=Circuit Judge|

name=[[Richard Lowell Nygaard]]|

duty station=[[Erie, Pennsylvania|Erie, PA]]|

born=1940|

term=1988 – 2005|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=2005 — present|

appointer=[[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]|

}}

{{end U.S. judgeship Current}}

== List of former judges ==

{{start U.S. judgeship Former}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[Marcus Wilson Acheson]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

borndied=1828 – 1906|

term=1891 – 1906|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=''(none)''|

appointer=^(a)|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[George M. Dallas (judge)|George Mifflin Dallas]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

borndied=1839 – 1917|

term=1892 – 1909|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=''(none)''|

appointer=[[Benjamin Harrison|B. Harrison]]|

termination=retirement|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[George Gray (U.S. Senator)|George Gray]]|

state=[[Delaware|DE]]|

borndied=1840 – 1925|

term=1899^(b) – 1914|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=''(none)''|

appointer=[[William McKinley|McKinley]]|

termination=retirement|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[Joseph Buffington]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

borndied=1855 – 1947|

term=1906^(b) – 1938|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=1938 – 1947|

appointer=[[Theodore Roosevelt|T. Roosevelt]]|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[William Mershon Lanning]]|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

borndied=1849 – 1912|

term=1909 – 1912|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=''(none)''|

appointer=[[William Howard Taft|Taft]]|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[Robert Wodrow Archbald]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

borndied=1848 – 1926|

term=1911 – 1913|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=''(none)''|

appointer=^(c)|

termination=impeachment and conviction|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[John Bayard McPherson]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

borndied=1846 – 1919|

term=1912 – 1919|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=''(none)''|

appointer=[[William Howard Taft|Taft]]|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[Victor Baynard Woolley]]|

state=[[Delaware|DE]]|

borndied=1867 – 1945|

term=1914 – 1938|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=1938 – 1945|

appointer=[[Woodrow Wilson|Wilson]]|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[Thomas Griffith Haight]]|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

borndied=1879 – 1942|

term=1919^(b) – 1920|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=''(none)''|

appointer=[[Woodrow Wilson|Wilson]]|

termination=resignation|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[John Warren Davis]]|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

borndied=1867 – 1945|

term=1920 – 1939|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=1939 – 1941|

appointer=[[Woodrow Wilson|Wilson]]|

termination=resignation|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[Joseph Whitaker Thompson]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

borndied=1861 – 1946|

term=1931 – 1938|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=1938 – 1946|

appointer=[[Herbert Hoover|Hoover]]|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[John Biggs, Jr.]]|

state=[[Delaware|DE]]|

borndied=1895 – 1979|

term=1937 – 1965|

chief term=1948 – 1965|

senior term=1965 – 1979|

appointer=[[Franklin D. Roosevelt|F. Roosevelt]]|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[Albert Branson Maris]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

borndied=1893 – 1989|

term=1938 – 1958|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=1958 – 1989|

appointer=[[Franklin D. Roosevelt|F. Roosevelt]]|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[William Clark (judge)|William Clark]]|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

borndied=1891 – 1957|

term=1938 – 1943|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=''(none)''|

appointer=[[Franklin D. Roosevelt|F. Roosevelt]]|

termination=resignation|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[Francis Biddle]]|

state=|

borndied=1886 – 1968|

term=1939 – 1940|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=''(none)''|

appointer=[[Franklin D. Roosevelt|F. Roosevelt]]|

termination=resignation|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[Charles Alvin Jones]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

borndied=1887 – 1966|

term=1939 – 1944|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=''(none)''|

appointer=[[Franklin D. Roosevelt|F. Roosevelt]]|

termination=resignation|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[Herbert Funk Goodrich]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

borndied=1889 – 1962|

term=1940 – 1962|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=''(none)''|

appointer=[[Franklin D. Roosevelt|F. Roosevelt]]|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[Gerald McLaughlin]]|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

borndied=1893 – 1977|

term=1943 – 1968|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=1968 – 1977|

appointer=[[Franklin D. Roosevelt|F. Roosevelt]]|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[John Joseph O'Connell]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

borndied=1894 – 1949|

term=1945 – 1949|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=''(none)''|

appointer=[[Harry S. Truman|Truman]]|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[Harry Ellis Kalodner]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

borndied=1896 – 1977|

term=1946 – 1969|

chief term=1965 – 1966|

senior term=1969 – 1977|

appointer=[[Harry S. Truman|Truman]]|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[William Henry Hastie]]|

state=[[United States Virgin Islands|VI]]|

borndied=1904 – 1976|

term=1949^(b) – 1971|

chief term=1968 – 1971|

senior term=1971 – 1976|

appointer=[[Harry S. Truman|Truman]]|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[Austin Leander Staley]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

borndied=1902 – 1978|

term=1950 – 1967|

chief term=1966 – 1967|

senior term=1967 – 1978|

appointer=[[Harry S. Truman|Truman]]|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[Phillip Forman]]|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

borndied=1895 – 1978|

term=1959 – 1961|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=1961 – 1978|

appointer=[[Dwight D. Eisenhower|Eisenhower]]|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[James Cullen Ganey]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

borndied=1899 – 1972|

term=1961 – 1966|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=1966 – 1972|

appointer=[[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]]|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[William Francis Smith]]|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

borndied=1903 – 1968|

term=1961 – 1968|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=''(none)''|

appointer=[[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]]|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[Abraham Lincoln Freedman]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

borndied=1904 – 1971|

term=1964 – 1971|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=''(none)''|

appointer=[[Lyndon B. Johnson|L. Johnson]]|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[Collins Jacques Seitz]]|

state=[[Delaware|DE]]|

borndied=1914 – 1998|

term=1966 – 1989|

chief term=1971 – 1984|

senior term=1989 – 1998|

appointer=[[Lyndon B. Johnson|L. Johnson]]|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[Francis Lund Van Dusen]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

borndied=1912 – 1993|

term=1967 – 1977|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=1977 – 1993|

appointer=[[Lyndon B. Johnson|L. Johnson]]|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[David Henry Stahl]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

borndied=1920 – 1970|

term=1968 – 1970|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=''(none)''|

appointer=[[Lyndon B. Johnson|L. Johnson]]|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[Arlin Marvin Adams]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

borndied=1921 – present|

term=1969 – 1987|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=''(none)''|

appointer=[[Richard Nixon|Nixon]]|

termination=retirement|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[John Joseph Gibbons]]|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

borndied=1924 – present|

term=1969 – 1990|

chief term=1987 – 1990|

senior term=''(none)''|

appointer=[[Richard Nixon|Nixon]]|

termination=retirement|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[James Rosen]]|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

borndied=1909 – 1972|

term=1971 – 1972|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=''(none)''|

appointer=[[Richard Nixon|Nixon]]|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[James Hunter III]]|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

borndied=1916 – 1989|

term=1971 – 1986|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=1986 – 1989|

appointer=[[Richard Nixon|Nixon]]|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr.]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

borndied=1928 – 1998|

term=1977 – 1991|

chief term=1990 – 1991|

senior term=1991 – 1993|

appointer=[[Jimmy Carter|Carter]]|

termination=retirement|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[Carol Los Mansmann]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

borndied=1942 – 2002|

term=1985 – 2002|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=''(none)''|

appointer=[[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[William D. Hutchinson]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

borndied=1932 – 1995|

term=1987 – 1995|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=''(none)''|

appointer=[[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[Timothy K. Lewis]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

borndied=1954 – present|

term=1992 – 1999|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=''(none)''|

appointer=[[George H. W. Bush|G.H.W. Bush]]|

termination=resignation|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[H. Lee Sarokin]]|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

borndied=1928 – present|

term=1994 – 1996|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=''(none)''|

appointer=[[Bill Clinton|Clinton]]|

termination=retirement|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

name=[[Michael Chertoff]]|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

borndied=1953 – present|

term=2003 – 2005|

chief term=''(none)''|

senior term=''(none)''|

appointer=[[George W. Bush|G.W. Bush]]|

termination=resignation to become [[United States Secretary of Homeland Security|United States<br>Secretary of Homeland Security]]|

}}

{{end U.S. judgeship Former}}

^(a) ''Acheson was appointed to the bench of the [[United States Circuit Court for the Third Circuit]] in [[1891]] by [[Benjamin Harrison]]. The [[Judiciary Act|Judiciary Act of 1891]] reassigned his seat to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.'' <br>

^(b) ''Recess appointment, confirmed by the Senate at a later date.'' <br>

^(c) ''Archbald did not have a permanent seat on this court. Instead, he was appointed to the ill-fated [[United States Commerce Court]] in [[1911]] 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.''

== Chief judges ==

{| align=right cellspacing=5

| valign="top" |

{{start U.S. judge succession|

seat title=Chief Judge|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row|

name=[[John Biggs, Jr.|Biggs]]|

term=1948 &ndash; 1965|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row|

name=[[Harry Ellis Kalodner|Kalodner]]|

term=1965 &ndash; 1966|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row|

name=[[William Henry Hastie|Hastie]]|

term=1968 &ndash; 1971|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row|

name=[[Austin Leander Staley|Staley]]|

term=1966 &ndash; 1967|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row|

name=[[Collins Jacques Seitz|Seitz]]|

term=1971 &ndash; 1984|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row|

name=[[Ruggero John Aldisert|Aldisert]]|

term=1984 &ndash; 1986|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row|

name=[[John Joseph Gibbons|Gibbons]]|

term=1987 &ndash; 1990|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row|

name=[[Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr.|Higginbotham]]|

term=1990 &ndash; 1991|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row|

name=[[Dolores Korman Sloviter|Sloviter]]|

term=1991 &ndash; 1998|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row|

name=[[Edward Roy Becker|Becker]]|

term=1998 &ndash; 2003|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row|

name='''[[Anthony Joseph Scirica|Scirica]]'''|

term=2003 &ndash; present|

}}

{{end U.S. judge succession}}

|}

{{ChiefJudge}}

== Succession of seats ==

The court has fourteen seats for active judges, numbered in order of their creation. If seats were established simultaneously, they are numbered in the order in which they were filled. Judges who retire into [[senior status]] remain on the bench but leave their seat vacant. That seat is filled by the next circuit judge appointed by the [[President of the United States|President]].

{| align="center" cellspacing="5"

| valign="top" |

{{start U.S. judge succession 2|

seat title=Seat 1|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 note|

text=Established on [[December 10]], [[1869]] by the [[Judiciary Act|Judiciary Act of 1869]] as a seat of the United States Circuit Court for the Third Circuit|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 note|

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

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Marcus Wilson Acheson|Acheson]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1891 &ndash; 1906|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Joseph Buffington|Buffington]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1906 &ndash; 1938|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Francis Biddle|Biddle]]|

state=|

term=1939 &ndash; 1940|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Herbert Funk Goodrich|Goodrich]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1940 &ndash; 1962|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Abraham Lincoln Freedman|Freedman]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1964 &ndash; 1971|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Joseph Francis Weis, Jr.|Weis]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1973 &ndash; 1988|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name='''[[Richard Lowell Nygaard|Nygaard]]'''|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1988 &ndash; present|

}}

{{end U.S. judge succession 2}}

| valign="top" |

{{start U.S. judge succession 2|

seat title=Seat 2|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 note|

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

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[George M. Dallas (judge)|Dallas]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1892 &ndash; 1909|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[William Mershon Lanning|Lanning]]|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

term=1909 &ndash; 1912|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[John Bayard McPherson|McPherson]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1912 &ndash; 1919|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Thomas Griffith Haight|Haight]]|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

term=1919 &ndash; 1920|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[John Warren Davis|Davis]]|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

term=1920 &ndash; 1939|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Charles Alvin Jones|Jones]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1939 &ndash; 1944|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Harry Ellis Kalodner|Kalodner]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1946 &ndash; 1969|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Arlin Marvin Adams|Adams]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1969 &ndash; 1987|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[William D. Hutchinson|Hutchinson]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1987 &ndash; 1995|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name='''[[Marjorie O. Rendell|Rendell]]'''|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1997 &ndash; present|

}}

{{end U.S. judge succession 2}}

| valign="top" |

{{start U.S. judge succession 2|

seat title=Seat 3|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 note|

text=Established on [[February 23]], [[1899]] by 30&nbsp;Stat.&nbsp;846|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[George Gray (U.S. Senator)|Gray]]|

state=[[Delaware|DE]]|

term=1899 &ndash; 1914|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Victor Baynard Woolley|Woolley]]|

state=[[Delaware|DE]]|

term=1914 &ndash; 1938|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Albert Branson Maris|Maris]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1938 &ndash; 1958|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Phillip Forman|Forman]]|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

term=1959 &ndash; 1961|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[William Francis Smith|W. Smith]]|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

term=1961 &ndash; 1968|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[James Hunter III|Hunter]]|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

term=1971 &ndash; 1986|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Robert E. Cowen|Cowen]]|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

term=1987 &ndash; 1998|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name='''[[Julio M. Fuentes|Fuentes]]'''|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

term=2000 &ndash; present|

}}

{{end U.S. judge succession 2}}

| valign="top" |

{{start U.S. judge succession 2|

seat title=Seat 4|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 note|

text=Established on [[June 10]], [[1930]] by 46&nbsp;Stat.&nbsp;538|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Joseph Whitaker Thompson|Thompson]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1931 &ndash; 1938|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[William Clark (judge)|Clark]]|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

term=1938 &ndash; 1943|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Gerald McLaughlin|McLaughlin]]|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

term=1943 &ndash; 1968|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[John Joseph Gibbons|Gibbons]]|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

term=1969 &ndash; 1990|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name='''[[Samuel A. Alito, Jr.|Alito]]'''|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

term=1990 &ndash; present|

}}

{{end U.S. judge succession 2}}

|}

{| align="center" cellspacing="5"

| valign="top" |

{{start U.S. judge succession 2|

seat title=Seat 5|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 note|

text=Established as a temporary judgeship on [[June 24]], [[1936]] by 49&nbsp;Stat.&nbsp;1903|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 note|

text=Made permanent on [[May 31]], [[1938]] by 52&nbsp;Stat.&nbsp;584|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[John Biggs, Jr.|Biggs]]|

state=[[Delaware|DE]]|

term=1937 &ndash; 1965|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Collins Jacques Seitz|Seitz]]|

state=[[Delaware|DE]]|

term=1966 &ndash; 1989|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name='''[[Jane Richards Roth|Roth]]'''|

state=[[Delaware|DE]]|

term=1991 &ndash; present|

}}

{{end U.S. judge succession 2}}

| valign="top" |

{{start U.S. judge succession 2|

seat title=Seat 6|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 note|

text=Established on [[December 7]], [[1944]] by 58&nbsp;Stat.&nbsp;796|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[John Joseph O'Connell|O'Connell]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1945 &ndash; 1949|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Austin Leander Staley|Staley]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1950 &ndash; 1967|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Ruggero John Aldisert|Aldisert]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1968 &ndash; 1986|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name='''[[Anthony Joseph Scirica|Scirica]]'''|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1987 &ndash; present|

}}

{{end U.S. judge succession 2}}

| valign="top" |

{{start U.S. judge succession 2|

seat title=Seat 7|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 note|

text=Established on [[August 3]], [[1949]] by 63&nbsp;Stat.&nbsp;493|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[William Henry Hastie|Hastie]]|

state=[[United States Virgin Islands|VI]]|

term=1949 &ndash; 1971|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[James Rosen|Rosen]]|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

term=1971 &ndash; 1972|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Leonard I. Garth|Garth]]|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

term=1973 &ndash; 1986|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Morton Ira Greenberg|Greenberg]]|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

term=1987 &ndash; 2000|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Michael Chertoff|Chertoff]]|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

term=2003 &ndash; 2005|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=''(vacant)''|

state=''(n/a)''|

term=2005 &ndash;|

}}

{{end U.S. judge succession 2}}

| valign="top" |

{{start U.S. judge succession 2|

seat title=Seat 8|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 note|

text=Established on [[May 19]], [[1961]] by 75&nbsp;Stat.&nbsp;80|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[James Cullen Ganey|Ganey]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1961 &ndash; 1966|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Francis Lund Van Dusen|Van Dusen]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1967 &ndash; 1977|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr.|Higginbotham]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1977 &ndash; 1991|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name='''[[Theodore Alexander McKee|McKee]]'''|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1994 &ndash; present|

}}

{{end U.S. judge succession 2}}

|}

{| align="center" cellspacing="5"

| valign="top" |

{{start U.S. judge succession 2|

seat title=Seat 9|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 note|

text=Established on [[June 18]], [[1968]] by 82&nbsp;Stat.&nbsp;184|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[David Henry Stahl|Stahl]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1968 &ndash; 1970|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Max Rosenn|Rosenn]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1970 &ndash; 1981|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Edward Roy Becker|Becker]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1981 &ndash; 2003|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name='''[[Franklin Stuart Van Antwerpen|Van Antwerpen]]'''|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=2004 &ndash; present|

}}

{{end U.S. judge succession 2}}

| valign="top" |

{{start U.S. judge succession 2|

seat title=Seat 10|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 note|

text=Established on [[October 20]], [[1978]] by 92&nbsp;Stat.&nbsp;1629|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name='''[[Dolores Korman Sloviter|Sloviter]]'''|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1979 &ndash; present|

}}

{{end U.S. judge succession 2}}

| valign="top" |

{{start U.S. judge succession 2|

seat title=Seat 11|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 note|

text=Established on [[July 10]], [[1984]] by 98&nbsp;Stat.&nbsp;333|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Carol Los Mansmann|Mansmann]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1985 &ndash; 2002|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name='''[[D. Michael Fisher|Fisher]]'''|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=2003 &ndash; present|

}}

{{end U.S. judge succession 2}}

|}

{| align="center" cellspacing="5"

| valign="top" |

{{start U.S. judge succession 2|

seat title=Seat 12|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 note|

text=Established on [[July 10]], [[1984]] by 98&nbsp;Stat.&nbsp;333|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Walter King Stapleton|Stapleton]]|

state=[[Delaware|DE]]|

term=1985 &ndash; 1999|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name='''[[Thomas L. Ambro|Ambro]]'''|

state=|

term=2000 &ndash; present|

}}

{{end U.S. judge succession 2}}

| valign="top" |

{{start U.S. judge succession 2|

seat title=Seat 13|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 note|

text=Established on [[December 1]], [[1990]] by 104&nbsp;Stat.&nbsp;5089|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[Timothy K. Lewis|Lewis]]|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=1992 &ndash; 1999|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name='''[[D. Brooks Smith|B. Smith]]'''|

state=[[Pennsylvania|PA]]|

term=2002 &ndash; present|

}}

{{end U.S. judge succession 2}}

| valign="top" |

{{start U.S. judge succession 2|

seat title=Seat 14|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 note|

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

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name=[[H. Lee Sarokin|Sarokin]]|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

term=1994 &ndash; 1996|

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 2 row|

name='''[[Maryanne Trump Barry|Barry]]'''|

state=[[New Jersey|NJ]]|

term=1999 &ndash; present|

}}

{{end U.S. judge succession 2}}

|}

==See also==

* [[Federal judicial appointment history#Third Circuit]]

{{U.S. Courts of Appeals}}

== References ==

* {{web reference|

URL=http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/judgelist/coa-jdgs.pdf|

title=Third Circuit Court of Appeals Judges|

work=Official website of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit|

date=May 30|

year=2005|

}}

** PDF (34 kB)

** source for the duty stations

* {{web reference|

URL=http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/usca_03_frm?OpenFrameSet|

title=U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit|

work=Official website of the Federal Judicial Center|

date=May 30|

year=2005|

}}

** source for the state, lifetime, term of active judgeship, term of chief judgeship, term of senior judgeship, appointer, termination reason, and seat information

== External links ==

* [http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/ United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit]

* [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=3rd&navby=year&year=recent Recent opinions from Findlaw]

[[Category:U.S. Courts of Appeals|United States Court of Appeals for the 03 Circuit]]