Below are tables showing authorized positions for U.S. district judges, U.S. bankruptcy judges, and U.S. magistrate judges. While district and bankruptcy judgeships are authorized by congressional statute, magistrate judgeships are authorized by the Judicial Conference of the United States. For more detail regarding the authorization of these judgeships, see the Legislative History and Succession Chart(s) pages for each district court (see menu at right), Authorized Bankruptcy Judgeships, Authorized Magistrate Judgeships (by location), and Authorized Magistrate Judgeships (by fiscal year).
Further explanation is provided on this page where the numbers of U.S. district court judgeships for each district do not add up to the total number of such judgeships for the state. This situation occurred when Congress authorized a single judgeship to serve more than one judicial district.
Authorized District Judgeships |
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New Jersey
District |
Eastern
District |
Western
District |
Total
Judgeships |
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| September 24, 1789 1 Stat. 73 |
1
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1
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| February 13, 1801 2 Stat. 89 (assigned the 1789 judgeship to the Eastern and Western Districts) |
1
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1
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1
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| March 8, 1802 (effective July 1, 1802) 2 Stat. 132 |
1
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1
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| March 3, 1905 33 Stat. 987 |
2
|
2
|
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| April 11, 1916 39 Stat. 48 |
3
|
3
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| September 14, 1922 42 Stat. 837 |
4
(3 + 1 temporary) |
4
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| November 9, 1931 Temporary judgeship expired |
3 | 3 | ||
| May 20, 1932 47 Stat. 161 Temporary judgeship reauthorized and made permanent |
4 | 4 | ||
| May 24, 1940 54 Stat. 219 |
5
(4 + 1 temporary) |
5
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| December 31, 1941 Temporary judgeship expired |
4 | 4 | ||
| April 28, 1942 56 Stat. 247 Temporary judgeship reauthorized |
5 (4 + 1 temporary) |
5 | ||
| January 21, 1944 Temporary judgeship expired |
4 | 4 | ||
| December 22, 1944 58 Stat. 887 Temporary judgeship reauthorized and made permanent |
5 | 5 | ||
| August 3, 1949 63 Stat. 493 |
6
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6
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| February 10, 1954 68 Stat. 8 |
7
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7
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| May 19, 1961 75 Stat. 80 |
8
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8
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| June 2, 1970 84 Stat. 294 |
10
(9 + 1 temporary) |
10
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April 1, 1972
Temporary judgeship expired |
9
|
9
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| October 20, 1978 92 Stat. 1629 |
11
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11
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| July 10, 1984 98 Stat. 333 |
14
|
14
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| December 1, 1990 104 Stat. 5089 |
17
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17
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Authorized Bankruptcy Judgeships |
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| July 10, 1984 98 Stat. 336 |
5 |
| October 27, 1986 100 Stat. 3088 |
7 |
| August 26, 1992 106 Stat. 965 |
8 |
| April 20, 2005 119 Stat. 196 |
9 (8 + 1 temporary) |
Authorized Magistrate Judgeships (by location) |
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| Location | Full-Time | Part-Time |
| Asbury Park | 1 (1971–1973) 0 (1974–1975) 1 (1976–1994) |
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| Atlantic City | 1 (1971–2015) | |
| Camden | 1 (1977–1987) 2 (1988–2009) 3 (2010–2021) 4 (2022–present) |
1 (1971–1976) |
| Camden or Newark or Trenton | 1 (2020–present) | |
| Camden or Trenton | 1 (2020–present) | |
| Fort Dix or Fort Monmouth | 1 (1995–present) | |
| Hackensack | 1 (1972–1974) | |
| Jersey City | 1 (1971) | |
| Newark | 1 (1972–1974) 2 (1975–1978) 3 (1979–1991) 4 (1992) 5 (1993–2001) 6 (2002–2010) 7 (2011–present) |
1 (1971) |
| Newton | 1 (1971–1976) | |
| Rumson | 1 (1974–1975) | |
| Trenton | 1 (1971–1985) 2 (1986–2009) 3 (2010–present) |
1 (1983–1987) |
| Total | 1 (1971) 2 (1972–1974) 3 (1975–1976) 4 (1977–1978) 5 (1979–1985) 6 (1986–1987) 7 (1988–1991) 8 (1992) 9 (1993–2001) 10 (2002–2009) 12 (2010) 13 (2011–2019) 15 (2020–2021) 16 (2022–present) |
6 (1971) 5 (1972–1974) 4 (1975–1976) 2 (1977–1982) 3 (1983–1987) 2 (1988–2015) 1 (2016–present) |
Authorized Magistrate Judgeships (by fiscal year) |
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| Fiscal Year(s) | Full-Time | Total | Part-Time | Total |
| 1971 | Trenton | 1 | Asbury Park, Atlantic City, Camden, Jersey City, Newark, Newton | 6 |
| 1972–1973 | Newark, Trenton | 2 | Asbury Park, Atlantic City, Camden, Hackensack, Newton | 5 |
| 1974 | Newark, Trenton | 2 | Atlantic City, Camden, Hackensack, Newton, Rumson | 5 |
| 1975 | Newark (2), Trenton | 3 | Atlantic City, Camden, Newton, Rumson | 4 |
| 1976 | Newark (2), Trenton | 3 | Asbury Park, Atlantic City, Camden, Newton | 4 |
| 1977–1978 | Camden, Newark (2), Trenton | 4 | Asbury Park, Atlantic City | 2 |
| 1979–1982 | Camden, Newark (3), Trenton | 5 | Asbury Park, Atlantic City | 2 |
| 1983–1985 | Camden, Newark (3), Trenton | 5 | Asbury Park, Atlantic City, Trenton | 3 |
| 1986–1987 | Camden, Newark (3), Trenton (2) | 6 | Asbury Park, Atlantic City, Trenton | 3 |
| 1988–1991 | Camden (2), Newark (3), Trenton (2) | 7 | Asbury Park, Atlantic City | 2 |
| 1992 | Camden (2), Newark (4), Trenton (2) | 8 | Asbury Park, Atlantic City | 2 |
| 1993–1994 | Camden (2), Newark (5), Trenton (2) | 9 | Asbury Park, Atlantic City | 2 |
| 1995–2001 | Camden (2), Newark (5), Trenton (2) | 9 | Atlantic City, Fort Dix or Fort Monmouth | 2 |
| 2002–2009 | Camden (2), Newark (6), Trenton (2) | 10 | Atlantic City, Fort Dix or Fort Monmouth | 2 |
| 2010 | Camden (3), Newark (6), Trenton (3) | 12 | Atlantic City, Fort Dix or Fort Monmouth | 2 |
| 2011–2015 | Camden (3), Newark (7), Trenton (3) | 13 | Atlantic City, Fort Dix or Fort Monmouth | 2 |
| 2016–2019 | Camden (3), Newark (7), Trenton (3) | 13 | Fort Dix or Fort Monmouth | 1 |
| 2020–2021 | Camden (3), Camden or Newark or Trenton, Camden or Trenton, Newark (7), Trenton (3) | 15 | Fort Dix or Fort Monmouth | 1 |
| 2022–present | Camden (4), Camden or Newark or Trenton, Camden or Trenton, Newark (7), Trenton (3) | 16 | Fort Dix or Fort Monmouth | 1 |