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These orders supersede General Orders , and Please see the Forms page for details. Chief Judge Diane S. Sykes of the U. Singleton as U. Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Indiana. Schrup, currently the Deputy Circuit Executive, to succeed Mr. Collins Fitzpatrick as Circuit Executive.

Please see the announcement for further details. See order for further details. Case remanded on grounds that the BIA failed to investigate whether the applicant faced a substantial risk of compulsory sterilization if removed. Court granted review of denial of application on the grounds that membership in a particular social group young Albanian women in danger of being trafficked for prostitution had not been established.

Previously review was denied see attachment. A , A Petitions for Review Granted and Cases Remanded. Agency No. Petition Denied. Customs House and Post Office. The building was gutted by the Great Chicago Fire in The court moved to a newly constructed building in located between Clark, Adams, and Dearborn streets and Jackson Boulevard.

The building was poorly constructed, and the court moved again in to the Monadnock building at the corner of Jackson Boulevard and Dearborn Street. The Monadnock building served as a temporary home until a new courthouse was built in by architect Henry Ives Cobb. The court moved again in to Lake Shore Drive and one final time in to its present location at the Everett M.

Dirksen Federal Building. The official court website describes the building, stating,. The United States courts of appeals or circuit courts are the intermediate appellate courts of the United States federal courts.

The court of appeals was originally created in and has grown to include thirteen courts. A court of appeals decides appeals from any of the district courts that are in its federal judicial circuit.

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The chart below shows the number of appeals court judges confirmed by the U. Senate through November 1 of the first year of each president's term in office. At this point in the term, President Biden had made the most appeals court appointments with nine. President Trump had six, President George W. Bush had four, Presidents Reagan and George H. Bush had three, President Clinton had two, and President Obama had one. The table below displays the number of judges in each circuit and indicates how many were appointed by presidents from each major political party.

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This page contains the following information on the Seventh Circuit. An overview of the court's jurisdiction A list of the court's active and senior judges A list of the court's current vacancies A brief history of the court Case reversal statistics by the Supreme Court of the United States Noteworthy cases heard by the court A list of the court's former judges Information about U.

Courts of Appeals Where the court is located Vacancies See also: Current federal judicial vacancies There are no current vacancies on the Seventh Circuit out of the court's 11 judicial positions. Pending nominations There are no pending nominees for this court. Democrat appointed: 3 Republican appointed: 8 Senior judges Senior status is a classification for federal judges at all levels who are semi-retired. Democrat appointed: 0 Republican appointed: 4 Former chief judges In order to qualify for the office of chief judge in one of the federal courts, 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.

Court strikes down Indiana abortion law See also: Seventh Circuit On April 19, , a panel of the Seventh Circuit ruled that an Indiana law prohibiting abortions if the provider knew the patient was terminating the pregnancy because of a reason listed in the statute, such as race or disability, was unconstitutional. Because the non-discrimination provisions are unconstitutional, so too is the provision that a woman be informed of them.

Additionally, the amended fetal disposition provisions violate substantive due process because they have no rational relationship to a legitimate state interest. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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