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With six active judges and four active senior judges, the First Circuit has the fewest judges of any of the thirteen United States courts of appeals. It covers most of New England, as well as Puerto Rico. Since retiring from the United States Supreme Court, Associate Justice David Souter has occasionally sat on the First Circuit by designation.
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]
The circuit with the fewest appellate judges is the First Circuit, and the one with the most appellate judges is the geographically large and populous Ninth Circuit in the West. The number of judges that the U.S. Congress has authorized for each circuit is set forth by law in 28 U.S.C. § 44 , while the places where those judges must regularly ...
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 ...
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 ...
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]
The Federal Public Defender's Office represents individuals who cannot afford to hire a lawyer in federal criminal cases and related matters. The office is assigned to cases by the district courts in three districts (New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts), and by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. [3]
Sandra Lea Lynch (born July 31, 1946) [1] is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She is the first woman to serve on that court. [2] Lynch served as chief judge of the First Circuit from 2008 to 2015.