According to the Administrative Office of U.S. Some senior judges, however, elect to retain a full caseload after taking senior status. Senior judges are Article III judges who, having met eligibility through age and service requirements, continue to serve on federal courts while typically hearing a reduced number of cases. Senior status is a classification for federal judges at all levels who are semi-retired. It does not reflect how a judge may rule on specific cases or their own political preferences. Hebert Law Center, 1985Īctive Article III judges by appointing political partyīelow is a display of the number of active judges by the party of the appointing president. Loyola University, New Orleans School of Law, 1974 There are no pending nominees for this court. There is one current vacancy on the Fifth Circuit, out of the court's 17 judicial positions. Vacancies See also: Current federal judicial vacancies Appeals are heard in the John Minor Wisdom U.S. It hears appeals from all of the circuit courts within its jurisdiction and its rulings may be appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is a federal appellate court with appellate jurisdiction.
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