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Judges can forfeit or resign their chief judgeship or acting chief judgeship while retaining their active status as a circuit judge. [ 5 ] 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.
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.
Pages in category "Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
On Monday, a three-judge panel with the US Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit upheld a lower court ruling that determined that citizens and groups like the American Civil Liberties Union and the ...
Hansen is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He was nominated by President George H. W. Bush, on July 30, 1991, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089. He was confirmed by the United States Senate, on November 15, 1991, and received his commission on November 18, 1991. He served as Chief ...
Although the courts of appeals are frequently called "circuit courts", ... Illinois: 1818 7th, 1837–1863 8th, 1863–1866 7th, 1866– Alabama: 1819 9th, 1837–1842
She then clerked for David R. Hansen, a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. [4] During the 1993–94 academic year, Kelly taught as a visiting instructor at the University of Illinois College of Law. [4] [5] [1] In 1994, Kelly became an assistant federal public defender in the Northern District of Iowa.
Lavenski R. Smith (born October 31, 1958) is an American lawyer who has served as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit since 2002, serving as chief judge from 2017 to 2024. He previously served as an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1999 to 2000.