Judges and Judiciary,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Nov. 22, 2021
No debate over one transfer of power: A new chief judge ascends the 9th Circuit
The daughter of Mexican immigrants who settled in one of the poorest parts of Kansas, Judge Mary Murguia next week will become the second federal chief circuit judge of Hispanic descent, and the second female chief judge of the 9th Circuit.
Ben Feuer
Chairman
Complex Appellate Litigation Group LLP
Appellate Law
Email: ben.feuer@calg.com
Northwestern Univ School of Law
Think back to 2014. A simpler time. Before pandemics. Before insurrections.
2014. Riots against police violence had only just gotten going, in Ferguson, Missouri. Russia had only just annexed Crimea. ISIS had only just invaded Iraq.
OK, so maybe the past isn't always as rosy as we like to think.
But at least one important transfer of power occurred in 2014, and it brought no angst, c...
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