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When the office was created in 1948, the chief judge was the longest-serving judge who had not elected to retire, on what has since 1958 been known as senior status, or declined to serve as chief judge. After August 6, 1959, judges could not become or remain chief after turning 70 years old.
His service terminated on March 7, 1980, due to his elevation to the Eighth Circuit. [ 1 ] Arnold was nominated by President Carter on December 19, 1979, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit , to a new seat authorized by 92 Stat. 1629. [ 2 ]
The U.S. Courthouse & Post Office in Texarkana is shared with the Eastern District of Texas, making it the sole federal courthouse located in two states and a location of two federal districts. The United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Arkansas represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court.
Reassigned to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit by the Judiciary Act of 1891: Caldwell: AR: 1891–1903 Hook: KS: 1903–1921 Lewis: CO: 1921–1929 Reassigned on February 28, 1929, to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit by 45 Stat. 1346
In 1996, he was the Missouri state campaign director for Bob Dole's presidential campaign. [3] In 2000, he left Thompson Coburn to rejoin the United States Attorneys' Office, and in 2001 he became the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, a position he remained in until his confirmation to the Eighth Circuit in 2004. [4]
Steven Michael Colloton (born January 9, 1963) is the chief United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He has served as judge of the court since 2003 and became chief judge in March 2024.
The latest test to landmark civil rights law is a ‘travesty for democracy’ that could head to the Supreme Court
Each circuit covers at least one of Arkansas's 75 counties. [1] All judges in Arkansas are elected in non-partisan elections. Circuit judges serve six-year terms and must be attorneys licensed to practice law in Arkansas for six years before they assume office. [2]