Judicial calendar 1980
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- Alaska Court of Appeals established.
- Thomas G. Armstrong was appointed to the Minnesota Tenth Judicial District.
- James Brogan was elected to the Ohio District Courts of Appeal.
- Robert E. Burch joined the Twenty Third circuit court, Tennessee.
- Robert Coats appointed to the Alaska Court of Appeals.
- Rudolph Hargrave, of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, was retained by voters.
- Wm. E. Higgins was elected to the Davidson County General Sessions Court, Tennessee.
- J. C. Irvin was appointed to Iowa District Four.
- Marian Opala, of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, was retained by voters.
- James P. Rielly was appointed to Iowa District Eight.
January
- January 19:
- William Douglas died, ending his service on the Supreme Court of the United States.
- January 31:
February
- February 3:
- Jose Toledo died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
- February 13:
- Leonard Walsh died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
- Paul Hays died, ending his service on the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.
- February 16:
- John Joseph Smith died, ending his service on the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.
- February 20:
- Harry Edwards received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
- Helen Frye received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
- Gilberto Gierbolini-Ortiz received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
- Diana Murphy received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.
- Owen Panner received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
- James Redden received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
- Robert Renner received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.
- Barbara Rothstein received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
- Henry Woods received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
- February 22:
- Harold Medina retired from the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.
- February 27:
- Charles Renfrew resigned from his position as a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
March
April
- April 2:
- Samuel Ervin was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit by President Jimmy Carter.
- Stanley Reed died, ending his service on the Supreme Court of the United States.
- Bernard Decker assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
- April 3:
- Truman Hobbs received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.
- April 14:
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg nominated to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
- April 20:
- Charles Blair died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
- April 30:
- Philip Tone resigned from his position on the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.
- Jacob Mishler assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
May
- May 1:
- Jack Roberts assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
- May 10:
- Robert Hemphill assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
- May 11:
- Daniel Snyder died while serving on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
- May 12:
- Odell Horton received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.
- Norma Johnson received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
- John Nixon received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
- May 23:
- George Anderson received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
- Earl Britt received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
- Clyde Cahill received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
- William Canby received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
- Charles Hardy received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
- John Holschuh received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
- Patrick Kelly received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
- Frank Polozola received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.
- Raul Ramirez received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
- Walter Rice received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
- Milton Shadur received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
- George White received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
- May 24: Ann Aldrich received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
- May 30:
- Elbert Haltom received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
- Robert Propst received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
June
- June 5:
- Arthur Spiegel received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
- June 11:
- Fred Nichol assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
- June 18:
- Robert Aguilar received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
- Robert Boochever received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
- Horace Gilmore received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg received her commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
- Helen Nies received her commission to be a judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
- Justin Quackenbush received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.
- Clyde Shannon received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
- Green Wix Unthank received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
- Filemon Vela received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- William Albert Norris received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
- June 30:
- Earl Carroll received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
- Carmen Cerezo received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
- U. W. Clemon received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
- James Foley assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.
- Thelton Henderson received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
- Judith Keep received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
- Alfredo Marquez received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
- Marilyn Patel received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
- Atsushi Tashima received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
July
- July 1:
- Don Young assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
- July 16:
- William Mehrtens died while serving on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
August
- August 19:
- William Collinson assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
- August 20: Earl Gilliam received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
September
- September 8:
- Charles Joseph Vogel died, ending his service on the Eighth Circuit.
- September 11:
- Stephen Reinhardt received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
- September 29:
- Myron Thompson received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.
- September 30:
- Richard Erwin received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.
- Hipolito Garcia received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
- Susan Getzendanner received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
- George Howard received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
- David Kenyon received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
- Charles Kocoras received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
- Consuelo Marshall received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
- James Michael received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia.
- Norman Ramsey received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
- Richard Williams received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
October
- October 1:
- President Jimmy Carter signed the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980 into law as the law set a defined procedure to hear complaints of misconduct and claims of disability against federal judges and establishes circuit-level judicial councils to discipline and or remove judges who commit misconduct on or off the bench[1].
- Anthony Celebrezze assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.
- October 15:
- President Jimmy Carter signs the Eleventh Circuit Act of 1980 into law splitting the Fifth Circuit in half and creating a new Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals based in Atlanta.
- Irving Hill assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
- October 19:
- Morell Sharp died while serving on the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
November
- November 1:
- Nils Boe was reassigned from the United States Customs Court to the United States Court of International Trade.
- Morgan Ford was reassigned from the United States Customs Court to the United States Court of International Trade.
- Frederick Landis was reassigned from the United States Customs Court to the United States Court of International Trade.
- Bernard Newman was reassigned from the United States Customs Court to the United States Court of International Trade.
- Paul Rao was reassigned from the United States Customs Court to the United States Court of International Trade.
- Edward Re was reassigned from the United States Customs Court to the United States Court of International Trade.
- Scovel Richardson was reassigned from the United States Customs Court to the United States Court of International Trade.
- Samuel Rosenstein was reassigned from the United States Customs Court to the United States Court of International Trade.
- James Watson was reassigned from the United States Customs Court to the United States Court of International Trade.
- November 3:
- November 30:
- Marion Matthes died, ending his service on the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.
December
- Larry Conmey was appointed to Iowa District Six.
- Thomas W. Mott was appointed associate judge of Iowa District Five.
- December 31:
- Elmo Hunter assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.