Federal judiciary · U.S. Courts of Appeals
Judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is one of the thirteen U.S. Courts of Appeals — the intermediate appellate courts of the federal judiciary that sit between the district courts and the Supreme Court of the United States. This page lists every judge currently serving on the court: those in regular active service, shown first, followed by those who have taken senior status. A senior judge is not retired — having met the age-and-service threshold set by statute, a senior judge continues to hear cases on a reduced caseload while opening a seat for a new appointment, so each senior judge below is still a sitting Article III judge. Circuit judges are nominated by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate, and under Article III of the Constitution they hold office during good behavior — in practice, for life, until they resign, are impeached, or die in office. Unlike senators and representatives, a circuit judge represents no state and belongs to no party while serving; each profile records the President who appointed the judge, the seat they fill, their confirmation and commission dates, and their full span of service, but never assigns the judge a party of their own. Each row links to a sourced page covering the judge's biography, appointment and service record, and the external authority records — the Federal Judicial Center Biographical Directory, Wikipedia, and Wikidata — that back every fact. The full machine-readable roster is published as a versioned JSON dataset for downstream researchers and language models.
- In active service
- 12
- Senior status
- 10
- Currently serving
- 22
In active service12
- Harris L. HartzActiveActive service · 2001–presentAppointed by George W Bush
- Timothy M. TymkovichActiveActive service · 2003–presentAppointed by George W Bush
- Jerome A. HolmesActiveActive service · 2006–presentAppointed by George W Bush
- Scott Milne Matheson Jr.ActiveActive service · 2010–presentAppointed by Barack Obama
- Gregory Alan PhillipsActiveActive service · 2013–presentAppointed by Barack Obama
- Robert Edwin BacharachActiveActive service · 2013–presentAppointed by Barack Obama
- Carolyn Baldwin McHughActiveActive service · 2014–presentAppointed by Barack Obama
- Nancy Louise MoritzActiveActive service · 2014–presentAppointed by Barack Obama
- Allison Hartwell EidActiveActive service · 2017–presentAppointed by Donald Trump
- Joel McElroy Carson IIIActiveActive service · 2018–presentAppointed by Donald Trump
- Veronica Sophia RossmanActiveActive service · 2021–presentAppointed by Joe Biden
- Richard Edward Neel FedericoActiveActive service · 2023–presentAppointed by Joe Biden
Senior status10
- Stephanie Kulp SeymourSeniorSenior status · 1979–presentAppointed by Jimmy Carter
- Bobby Ray BaldockSeniorSenior status · 1985–presentAppointed by Ronald Reagan
- John Carbone PorfilioSeniorSenior status · 1985–presentAppointed by Ronald Reagan
- Stephen Hale AndersonSeniorSenior status · 1985–presentAppointed by Ronald Reagan
- David M. EbelSeniorSenior status · 1988–presentAppointed by Ronald Reagan
- Wade BrorbySeniorSenior status · 1988–presentAppointed by Ronald Reagan
- Paul Joseph Kelly Jr.SeniorSenior status · 1992–presentAppointed by George H W Bush
- Carlos F. LuceroSeniorSenior status · 1995–presentAppointed by Bill Clinton
- Mary Beck BriscoeSeniorSenior status · 1995–presentAppointed by Bill Clinton
- Michael R. MurphySeniorSenior status · 1995–presentAppointed by Bill Clinton
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