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The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:
These districts were originally part of the Fifth Circuit, but were split off to form the Eleventh effective October 1, 1981. The court is based at the Elbert P. Tuttle U.S. Court of Appeals Building in Atlanta, Georgia. It is one of thirteen United States courts of appeals.
Current composition of the court
As of 2005, the judges on the court are:
Title |
Name |
Duty Station |
Born |
Term of
Active Service |
Term of
Service
as Chief |
Term of
Senior Service |
Appointed by |
Chief Judge |
James Larry Edmondson |
Atlanta, GA |
1947 |
1986 – present |
2002 – present |
— |
Reagan |
Circuit Judge |
Gerald Bard Tjoflat |
Jacksonville, FL |
1929 |
1981 – present |
1989 – 1996 |
— |
(a) |
Circuit Judge |
R. Lanier Anderson III |
Macon, GA |
1936 |
1981 – present |
1999 – 2002 |
— |
(a) |
Circuit Judge |
Stanley F. Birch, Jr. |
Atlanta, GA |
1945 |
1990 – present |
— |
— |
G.H.W. Bush |
Circuit Judge |
Joel Fredrick Dubina |
Montgomery, AL |
1947 |
1990 – present |
— |
— |
G.H.W. Bush |
Circuit Judge |
Susan Harrell Black |
Jacksonville, FL |
1943 |
1992 – present |
— |
— |
G.H.W. Bush |
Circuit Judge |
Edward Earl Carnes |
Montgomery, AL |
1950 |
1992 – present |
— |
— |
G.H.W. Bush |
Circuit Judge |
Rosemary Barkett |
Miami, FL |
1939 |
1994 – present |
— |
— |
Clinton |
Circuit Judge |
Frank M. Hull |
Atlanta, GA |
1948 |
1997 – present |
— |
— |
Clinton |
Circuit Judge |
Stanley Marcus |
Miami, FL |
1946 |
1997 – present |
— |
— |
Clinton |
Circuit Judge |
Charles R. Wilson |
Tampa, FL |
1954 |
1999 – present |
— |
— |
Clinton |
Circuit Judge |
William H. Pryor, Jr. |
Birmingham, AL |
1962 |
2004(b) – present |
— |
— |
G.W. Bush |
Senior Circuit Judge |
John Cooper Godbold |
Montgomery, AL |
1920 |
1981 – 1987 |
1981 – 1986 |
1987 – present |
(a) |
Senior Circuit Judge |
Paul Hitch Roney |
St. Petersburg, FL |
1921 |
1981 – 1989 |
1986 – 1989 |
1989 – present |
(a) |
Senior Circuit Judge |
James Clinkscales Hill |
Jacksonville, FL |
1924 |
1981 – 1989 |
(none) |
1989 – present |
(a) |
Senior Circuit Judge |
Peter Thorp Fay |
Miami, FL |
1929 |
1981 – 1994 |
(none) |
1994 – present |
(a) |
Senior Circuit Judge |
Phyllis A. Kravitch |
Atlanta, GA |
1920 |
1981 – 1996 |
(none) |
1996 – present |
(a) |
Senior Circuit Judge |
Thomas Alonzo Clark |
(inactive) |
1920 |
1981 – 1991 |
(none) |
1991 – present |
(a) |
Senior Circuit Judge |
Emmett Ripley Cox |
Mobile, AL |
1935 |
1988 – 2000 |
(none) |
2000 – present |
Reagan |
(a) Reassigned from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit pursuant to 94 Stat. 1994.
(b) Recess appointment, confirmed by the Senate at a later date.
List of former judges
(a) Reassigned from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit pursuant to 94 Stat. 1994.
Chief judges
In order to qualify for the office of Chief Judge, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as Chief Judge. A vacancy in the office of Chief Judge is filled by the judge highest in seniority among the group of qualified judges. The Chief Judge serves for a term of seven years or until age 70, whichever occurs first. The age restrictions are waived if no members of the court would otherwise be qualified for the position. Unlike the Chief Justice of the United States, a Chief Judge returns to active service after the expiration of his or her term and does not create a vacancy on the bench by the fact of his or her promotion. See 28 U.S.C. § 45.
The above rules have applied since October 1,1982. The office of Chief Judge was created in 1948 and until August 6, 1959 was filled by 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. From then until 1982 it was filled by the senior such judge who had not turned 70.
Succession of seats
The court has twelve seats for active judges, numbered in order of their creation. If seats were established simultaneously, they are numbered in the order in which they were filled. Judges who retire into senior status remain on the bench but leave their seat vacant. That seat is filled by the next circuit judge appointed by the President.
See also
References
- "Standard Search". Federal Law Clerk Information System. URL accessed on June 20, 2005.
- primary but incomplete source for the duty stations
- "Instructions for Judicial Directory". Website of the University of Texas Law School. URL accessed on July 4, 2005.
- secondary source for the duty stations
- data is current to 2002
- "U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit". Official website of the Federal Judicial Center. URL accessed on June 20, 2005.
- source for the state, lifetime, term of active judgeship, term of chief judgeship, term of senior judgeship, appointer, termination reason, and seat information
External links