Senior status is a form of semi-retirement for United States federal judges. To qualify, a judge in the federal court system must be at least 65 years old.

Currently, any Article III judge or justice may take senior status after meeting the age and service requirements of the 'Rule of Eighty' – your age and years ...

Regardless of age, judges must serve at least 10 years to qualify for senior status. Upon taking senior status, judges may choose to handle a reduced caseload.

The "Rule of 80" is the commonly used shorthand for the age and service requirement for a judge to assume senior status, as set forth in Title 28 of the US.

Senior status is a classification for federal judges at all levels who are semi-retired. Senior judges are Article III judges who, having met eligibility ...

Lifetime federal judges who meet age and service requirements can take “senior status,” which allows the president to appoint new judges on their courts while ...

[4] This option, widely known as “senior status,” enables judges to continue hearing cases with a reduced workload instead of retiring entirely. Congress ...

A senior judge must be recommended for reappointment to senior status every four (4) years, unless the judge has reached age 74, in which case a recommendation ...

be at least 65 years of age on the date he or she begins senior service or have a combination of years of judicial service plus age that totals at least 70 for ...

25 авг. 2024 г. · Of those, 70 district judges and 34 appeals court judges are eligible to take senior status, whereby judges take on a lesser role but maintain ...