| June 20, 1910 36 Stat. 557 |
Congress organized New Mexico as one judicial district, authorized one judgeship for the U.S. district court, and assigned the District of New Mexico to the Eighth Circuit. The act became effective upon the admission of the State of New Mexico on January 6, 1912. |
| September 14, 1922 42 Stat. 837 |
One temporary judgeship authorized. This judgeship was never made permanent. |
| February 28, 1929 45 Stat. 1346 |
Congress assigned the District of New Mexico to the newly-organized Tenth Circuit. |
| February 10, 1954 68 Stat. 8 |
One temporary judgeship authorized. |
| May 19, 1961 75 Stat. 80 |
Temporary judgeship authorized in 1954 made permanent. |
| June 2, 1970 84 Stat. 294 |
One additional judgeship authorized. |
| October 20, 1978 92 Stat. 1629 |
One additional judgeship authorized. |
| December 1, 1990 104 Stat. 5089 |
One additional judgeship authorized. |
| December 21, 2000 114 Stat. 2762 |
One additional judgeship authorized. |
| November 2, 2002 116 Stat. 1758 |
One temporary judgeship authorized. (Judgeship extended by 127 Stat. 418, 128 Stat. 203, 128 Stat. 2352, 129 Stat. 2443, 131 Stat. 347, 132 Stat. 556, 133 Stat. 159, 133 Stat. 2454, 134 Stat. 1401, 136 Stat. 262, 136 Stat 4672, and 138 Stat. 542.) |
| December 23, 2024 138 Stat. 2693 |
Temporary judgeship authorized in 2002 made permanent. |