Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

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chief judgeship judicial office

The Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is the presiding judicial officer of one of the nation’s most influential federal appellate courts, often regarded as second in importance only to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit canonical	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chief judgeship ⓘ judicial office ⓘ
appliesToCourt	United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	judicial branch of the United States ⓘ
confirmedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
courtOftenDescribedAs	second in importance only to the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
hasAuthority	convene en banc hearings ⓘ issue administrative orders for the court ⓘ
hasDuty	assign cases among panels of the court ⓘ oversee administration of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ preside over en banc sessions of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ represent the court in dealings with the Judicial Conference of the United States ⓘ supervise court personnel and administration ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ federal law of the United States ⓘ
levelOfCourt	United States courts of appeals ⓘ surface form: United States court of appeals
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	District of Columbia ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mandatoryRetirementFromOfficeAtAge	70 ⓘ
notableFor	hearing many cases involving federal agencies ⓘ significant influence on United States administrative law ⓘ significant influence on separation of powers jurisprudence ⓘ
officeCreatedBy	federal statute ⓘ
officeHolderMustAlsoBe	Article III judge ⓘ United States circuit judge for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ
officeHoldersInclude	David B. Sentelle ⓘ David L. Bazelon ⓘ Harold Leventhal ⓘ Harry T. Edwards ⓘ J. Skelly Wright ⓘ James L. Buckley ⓘ Judith W. Rogers ⓘ Merrick Brian Garland ⓘ surface form: Merrick B. Garland Patricia M. Wald ⓘ Sri Srinivasan ⓘ
partOf	United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ
positionInHierarchy	presiding judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ
reportsTo	Judicial Conference of the United States ⓘ surface form: Judicial Conference of the United States (for administrative matters)
selectionCriteria	most senior active judge under age 65 ⓘ must have served at least one year on the court ⓘ must not have previously served as chief judge ⓘ
termDefinedBy	Title 28 of the United States Code ⓘ
termLength	7 years ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Merrick Garland (attended, transferred) → positionHeld → Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ

subject surface form: Merrick Garland

E. Barrett Prettyman → positionHeld → Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ