United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is a federal appellate court with appellate jurisdiction over the courts in the following districts:

The court is based at the Everett M. Dirksen Federal Building in Downtown Chicago. It is one of thirteen United States courts of appeals, composed of eleven judges.

The court offers a unique internet presence that includes wiki and RSS feeds of opinions and oral arguments. No other United States District or Appellate Court offers oral arguments using these feeds to the internet with the exception of United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit which offers RSS features.

Judges

Current judges

The Chief Judge of the court is Frank Easterbrook.

A vacancy on the Seventh Circuit is coming in 2010, when Judge Evans takes senior status. The Wisconsin Federal Judicial Nominating Commission has recommended federal district judge Lynn Adelman, Milwaukee County Circuit judge Richard John Sankovitz, attorneys Dean Strang and Linda Clifford, and UW law professors Anuj Desai and Victoria Nourse to President Obama for nomination. [1]

Senior judges

External links

References

  1. ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Adelman, Sankovitz among 6 recommended for federal job", November 16, 2009
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Federal judges who have served the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Active judges

Chief Judge: Easterbrook • Evans • Flaum • Hamilton • Kanne • Posner • Rovner • Sykes • Tinder • Williams • Wood

Senior judges

Bauer • Coffey • Cudahy • Manion • Ripple

Former judges

Alschuler • Anderson • Baker • Castle • Cummings • Duffy • Eschbach • Evans • Fairchild • Finnegan • FitzHenry • Gresham • Grosscup • Hastings • Jenkins • Kerner, Sr. • Kerner, Jr. • Kiley • Knoch • Kohlsaat • Lindley • Mack • Major • Minton • Page • Parkinson • Pell • Schnackenberg • Seaman • Showalter • Sparks • Sprecher • Stevens • Swaim • Swygert • Tone • Treanor • Wood • Woods

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