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The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is a Federal Court with Appellate Jurisdiction over the District Courts in the following Districts :


The court is based at the John Joseph Moakley Federal Courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts . Most sittings are held in Boston, but the court sits for two weeks each year in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico and occasionally at other locations within the circuit.

With five active (six authorized) and four senior judges, the First Circuit is the smallest of the thirteen United States Courts Of Appeals .

Despite its small size, the First Circuit has two alumni— David Souter and Stephen Breyer —who currently sit on the United States Supreme Court .


CURRENT COMPOSITION OF THE COURT

As Of 2006 , the judges on the court are:

  Index 25
  Title Chief Judge
  Name Michael Boudin
  Duty Station Boston, MA
  Born 1939
  Term 1992–present
  Chief Term 2001–present
  Senior Term —
  Appointer GHW Bush
  Seat 1


  Index 21
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Juan R Torruella
  Duty Station San Juan, PR
  Born 1933
  Term 1984–present
  Chief Term 1994–2001
  Senior Term —
  Appointer Reagan
  Seat 5
  Termination —


  Index 27
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Sandra Lea Lynch
  Duty Station Boston, MA
  Born 1946
  Term 1995–present
  Chief Term —
  Senior Term —
  Appointer Clinton
  Seat 4
  Termination —


  Index 28
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Kermit Victor Lipez
  Duty Station Portland, ME
  Born 1941
  Term 1998–present
  Chief Term —
  Senior Term —
  Appointer Clinton
  Seat 3
  Termination —


  Index 29
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Jeffrey R Howard
  Duty Station Concord, NH
  Born 1955
  Term 2002–present
  Chief Term —
  Senior Term —
  Appointer GW Bush
  Seat 2
  Termination —


  Index —
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name ''(vacant - seat 6)''
  Duty Station ''(n/a)''
  Born ''(n/a)''
  Term ''(n/a)''
  Chief Term ''(n/a)''
  Senior Term ''(n/a)''
  Appointer ''(n/a)''


  Index 18
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Levin Hicks Campbell
  Duty Station Boston, MA
  Born 1927
  Term 1972–1992
  Chief Term 1983–1990
  Senior Term 1992–present
  Appointer Nixon
  Seat 1
  Termination —


  Index 23
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Conrad Keefe Cyr
  Duty Station Portland, ME
  Born 1931
  Term 1989–1997
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1997–present
  Appointer GHW Bush
  Seat 3
  Termination —


  Index 26
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Norman H Stahl
  Duty Station Boston, MA
  Born 1931
  Term 1992–2001
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 2001–present
  Appointer GHW Bush
  Seat 2
  Termination —


  Index 22
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Bruce Marshall Selya
  Duty Station Providence, RI
  Born 1934
  Term 1986–2006
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 2006–present
  Appointer Reagan
  Seat 6
  Termination —



PENDING NOMINATIONS


  • There is a vacancy pending: Judge Bruce M. Selya assumed senior status at the end of 2006.

    • 1


President George W. Bush has not put forward a nomination to for the position. Senator Lincoln Chafee has recommended former Rhode Island Supreme Court Judge Robert G. Flanders Jr. to succeed Judge Selya.
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LIST OF FORMER JUDGES


  Index 1
  Name LeBaron B Colt
  State RI
  Borndied 1846–1924
  Term 1891–1913
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Colt was appointed as a Circuit Judge for the First Circuit in 1884 by Chester A Arthur The Judiciary Act Of 1891 reassigned his seat to what is now the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  Seat 1
  Termination resignation


  Index 2
  Name William LeBaron Putnam
  State ME
  Borndied 1835–1918
  Term 1892–1917
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer B Harrison
  Seat 2
  Termination retirement


  Index 3
  Name Francis Cabot Lowell
  State MA
  Borndied 1855–1911
  Term 1905–1911
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer T Roosevelt
  Seat 3
  Termination death


  Index 4
  Name William Schofield
  State MA
  Borndied 1857–1912
  Term 1911–1912
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Taft
  Seat 3
  Termination death


  Index 5
  Name Frederic Dodge
  State MA
  Borndied 1847–1927
  Term 1912–1918
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Taft
  Seat 3
  Termination resignation


  Index 6
  Name George Hutchins Bingham
  State NH
  Borndied 1864–1949
  Term 1913–1939
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1939–1949
  Appointer Wilson
  Seat 1
  Termination death


  Index 7
  Name Charles Fletcher Johnson
  State ME
  Borndied 1859–1930
  Term 1917–1929
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1929–1930
  Appointer Wilson
  Seat 2
  Termination death


  Index 8
  Name George Weston Anderson
  State MA
  Borndied 1861–1938
  Term 1918–1931
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1931–1938
  Appointer Wilson
  Seat 3
  Termination death


  Index 9
  Name Scott Wilson
  State ME
  Borndied 1870–1942
  Term 1929–1940
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1940–1942
  Appointer Hoover
  Seat 2
  Termination death


  Index 10
  Name James Madison Morton, Jr
  State MA
  Borndied 1869–1940
  Term 1932–1939
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1939–1940
  Appointer Hoover
  Seat 3
  Termination death


  Index 11
  Name Calvert Magruder
  State MA
  Borndied 1893–1968
  Term 1939–1959
  Chief Term 1948–1959
  Senior Term 1959–1968
  Appointer F Roosevelt
  Seat 1
  Termination death


  Index 12
  Name John Christopher Mahoney
  State RI
  Borndied 1882–1952
  Term 1940–1950
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1950–1952
  Appointer F Roosevelt
  Seat 3
  Termination death


  Index 13
  Name Peter Woodbury
  State NH
  Borndied 1899–1970
  Term 1941–1964
  Chief Term 1959–1964
  Senior Term 1964–1970
  Appointer F Roosevelt
  Seat 2
  Termination death


  Index 14
  Name John Patrick Hartigan
  State RI
  Borndied 1887–1968
  Term 1950–1965
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1965–1968
  Appointer Truman
  Seat 3
  Termination death


  Index 15
  Name Bailey Aldrich
  State MA
  Borndied 1907–2002
  Term 1959–1972
  Chief Term 1965–1972
  Senior Term 1972–2002
  Appointer Eisenhower
  Seat 1
  Termination death


  Index 16
  Name Edward Matthew McEntee
  State RI
  Borndied 1906–1981
  Term 1965–1976
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1976–1981
  Appointer L Johnson
  Seat 2
  Termination death


  Index 17
  Name Frank M Coffin
  State ME
  Borndied 1919-present
  Term 1965–1989
  Chief Term 1972–1983
  Senior Term 1989–2006
  Appointer L Johnson
  Seat 3


  Index 19
  Name Hugh Henry Bownes
  State NH
  Borndied 1920–2003
  Term 1977–1990
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1990–2003
  Appointer Carter
  Seat 2
  Termination death


  Index 20
  Name Stephen Breyer
  State MA
  Borndied 1938–present
  Term 1980–1994
  Chief Term 1990–1994
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Carter
  Seat 4
  Termination elevation to Supreme Court


  Index 24
  Name David Souter
  State NH
  Borndied 1939–present
  Term 1990
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer GHW Bush
  Seat 2
  Termination elevation to Supreme Court



CHIEF JUDGES

  Name Woodbury
  Term 1959–1964


  Name Aldrich
  Term 1965–1972


  Name Coffin
  Term 1972–1983


  Name Campbell
  Term 1983–1990


  Name Breyer
  Term 1990–1994


  Name Torruella
  Term 1994–2001


  Name '''Boudin'''
  Term 2001–present



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  Text Reassigned on June 16 , 1891 to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit by the Judiciary Act Of 1891


  Name Colt
  State RI
  Term 1891–1913


  Name Bingham
  State NH
  Term 1913–1939


  Name Magruder
  State MA
  Term 1939–1959


  Name Aldrich
  State MA
  Term 1959–1972


  Name Campbell
  State MA
  Term 1972–1992


  Name '''Boudin'''
  State DC
  Term 1992–present


  Valign "top"
  Text Established on June 16 , 1891 by the Judiciary Act Of 1891


  Name Putnam
  State ME
  Term 1892–1917


  Name Johnson
  State ME
  Term 1917–1929


  Name Wilson
  State ME
  Term 1929–1940


  Name Woodbury
  State NH
  Term 1941–1964


  Name McEntee
  State RI
  Term 1965–1976


  Name Bownes
  State NH
  Term 1977–1990


  Name Souter
  State NH
  Term 1990–1990


  Name Stahl
  State NH
  Term 1992–2001


  Name '''Howard'''
  State NH
  Term 2002–present


  Valign "top"
  Text Established on January 21 , 1905 by 33&nbspStat&nbsp611


  Name Lowell
  State MA
  Term 1905–1911


  Name Schofield
  State MA
  Term 1911–1912


  Name Dodge
  State MA
  Term 1912–1918


  Name Anderson
  State MA
  Term 1918–1931


  Name Morton
  State MA
  Term 1932–1939


  Name Mahoney
  State RI
  Term 1940–1950


  Name Hartigan
  State RI
  Term 1950–1965


  Name Coffin
  State ME
  Term 1965–1989


  Name Cyr
  State ME
  Term 1989–1997


  Name '''Lipez'''
  State ME
  Term 1998–present




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  Name Breyer
  State MA
  Term 1980–1994


  Name '''Lynch'''
  State MA
  Term 1995–present


  Valign "top"
  Text Established on July 10 , 1984 by 98&nbspStat&nbsp333


  Name '''Torruella'''
  State PR
  Term 1984–present


  Valign "top"
  Text Established on July 10 , 1984 by 98&nbspStat&nbsp333


  Name Selya
  State RI
  Term 1986–2006


  Name ''(vacant)''
  State ''(n/a)''
  Term 2006–present








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