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Laura Anne Taylor Swain [1] (born November 21, 1958) [2] is an American lawyer and jurist serving as the chief judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. She was appointed to the Southern District of New York in 2000 by President Bill Clinton and has served as its chief judge since 2021.
A chief judge (also known as presiding judge, president judge or principal judge) is the highest-ranking or most senior member of a lower court or circuit court with more than one judge. [1] According to the Federal judiciary of the United States , the chief judge has primary responsibility for the administration of the court.
The chief justice of the United States is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States and is the highest-ranking officer of the U.S. federal judiciary. Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution grants plenary power to the president of the United States to nominate, and, with the advice and consent of the United States Senate, appoint "Judges of the Supreme Court ...
John Glover Roberts Jr. (born January 27, 1955) is an American jurist serving since 2005 as the 17th chief justice of the United States.He has been described as having a moderate conservative judicial philosophy, though he is primarily an institutionalist.
[14] [15] Judge Karen L. Henderson signed Roberts's certificate of disability, allowing him to take early senior status. [16] That same day, Terry Mitchell, the eyewitness from the Franklin trial, filed a federal suit against him, accusing him of repeatedly raping her when she was a witness in a high-profile Utah murder case 35 years earlier.
She was nominated to fill a seat vacated by Judge Raymond C. Clevenger III, who assumed senior status on February 1, 2006. On September 5, 2006, her nomination was confirmed in the Senate by a 92–0 vote. [1] She received her commission on September 8, 2006. [2] On May 22, 2021, Moore became chief judge, succeeding Sharon Prost. [3] [4]
He served as chief judge from 2006 to 2013 and was a former nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit [5] to take the place of the retired James Dickson Phillips Jr. [6] [7] He previously served as a member of the executive committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 2016 to 2020. [8]
Jeffrey Stuart Sutton (born October 31, 1960) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.Sutton was appointed to the Sixth Circuit in 2003 by President George W. Bush and has served as its chief judge since 2021.