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The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (in case citations, 1st Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts: District of Maine; District of Massachusetts; District of New Hampshire; District of Puerto Rico; District of Rhode Island
In order to serve as counsel in a case appealed to a circuit court, the attorney must first be admitted to the bar of that circuit. Admission to the bar of a circuit court is granted as a matter of course to any attorney who is admitted to practice law in any state of the United States. The attorney submits an application, pays a fee, and takes ...
The thirteenth is the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit which has nationwide jurisdiction over appeals of certain, specific subject matter, for example, patent law. Congress has authorized 179 judgeships, [ 1 ] though the total number of judges will be higher than 179 because of some judges electing senior status.
David Souter, who retired from the high court in 2009, has served as a visiting judge on the First Circuit, while the late Sandra Day O'Connor, who retired in 2006, was a visiting judge with the ...
The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Sunday issued a ruling siding with educators at Nichols Middle School in Middleborough who last year required Liam Morrison to remove the ...
On September 24, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Barron to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, to the seat vacated by Judge Michael Boudin, who assumed senior status on June 1, 2013. [9] On January 16, 2014, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 10–8 vote. [10]
Unlike the Supreme Court, where one justice is specifically nominated to be chief, the office of chief judge rotates among the district court judges. To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge.
William Joseph Kayatta Jr. (born October 27, 1953) is an American lawyer who has served as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Early life and education