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"Judge retires, citing illness"

"Judge retires, citing illness": Today's edition of The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, South Carolina contains an article that begins, "U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Karen J. Williams of Orangeburg retired from her post Wednesday, citing illness in her decision to step down."

You can access the Federal Judicial Center's biography of Chief Judge Karen J. Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

The Fourth Circuit is authorized to have fifteen active judges. When Chief Judge Williams's retirement takes effect, the Fourth Circuit will have only ten active judges.

It appears that Judge William B. Traxler, Jr. would be the Fourth Circuit's next chief judge pursuant to the statutory criteria set forth in 28 U.S.C. sec. 45.

Full post as published by How Appealing on July 09, 2009 (boomark / email).