Circuit Assignments
It is ordered that the following allotment be made of The Chief Justice and the Associate Justices of
this Court among the circuits, pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Section 42 and that such
allotment be entered of record, effective August 1, 2018.
- For the District of Columbia Circuit - John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice
- For the First Circuit - Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice
(Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island)
- For the Second Circuit - Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice
(Connecticut, New York, Vermont)
- For the Third Circuit - Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice
(Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virgin Island)
- For the Fourth Circuit - John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice
(Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia)
- For the Fifth Circuit - Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice
(Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
- For the Sixth Circuit - Elena Kagan, Associate Justice
(Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee)
- For the Seventh Circuit - Elena Kagan, Associate Justice
(Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin)
- For the Eighth Circuit - Neil M. Gorsuch, Associate Justice
(Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
- For the Ninth Circuit - John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice
(Alaska, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Nevada, Northern Mariana Islands, Washington)
- For the Tenth Circuit - Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice
(Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming)
- For the Eleventh Circuit - Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia)
- For the Federal Circuit - John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice.
