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Circuit Judge vacant — — — — — — 18 Senior Circuit Judge Levin H. Campbell: inactive: 1927 1972–1992 1983–1990 1992–present Nixon: 22 Senior Circuit Judge Bruce M. Selya: Providence, RI: 1934 1986–2006 — 2006–present Reagan: 27 Senior Circuit Judge Sandra Lynch: Boston, MA: 1946 1995–2022 2008–2015 2022–present ...
Per the practice of visiting judges, sometimes appeals courts cases are heard and decided by active, senior, or retired judges from the US district courts, US courts of appeals, or US Supreme Court, for cases either within or outside of their assigned geographical jurisdiction. While some judges with senior status are inactive, these judges are ...
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]
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
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 ...
While a single case can only be heard by one circuit court, a core legal principle may be tried through multiple cases in separate circuit courts, creating an inconsistency between different parts of the United States. This creates a split decision among the circuit courts. Often, if there is a split decision between two or more circuits, and a ...
On April 13, 2009, United States Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse announced that they were recommending that President Obama nominate Thompson to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, to fill the seat left vacant by First Circuit Judge Bruce M. Selya's transition to senior status at the end of 2006. [4]
7th Circuit Courts of Illinois intervened after U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn ruled on November 8th that the gun ban violated the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and that it could ...