United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
(11th Cir.)
Location	Elbert P. Tuttle U.S. Court of Appeals Building (Atlanta, Georgia)
Appeals from	Middle District of Alabama Northern District of Alabama Southern District of Alabama Middle District of Florida Northern District of Florida Southern District of Florida Middle District of Georgia Northern District of Georgia Southern District of Georgia
Established	October 1, 1981
Judges	12
Circuit Justice	Clarence Thomas
Chief Judge	Edward Earl Carnes
www.ca11.uscourts.gov

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (in case citations, 11th Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:

• Middle District of Alabama


• Northern District of Alabama


• Southern District of Alabama


• Middle District of Florida


• Northern District of Florida


• Southern District of Florida


• Middle District of Georgia


• Northern District of Georgia


• Southern District of Georgia

These districts were originally part of the Fifth Circuit, but were split off to form the Eleventh Circuit effective October 1, 1981.^[1] For this reason, Fifth Circuit decisions from before this split are considered binding precedent in the Eleventh Circuit.^[2][3]

The court is based at the Elbert P. Tuttle U.S. Court of Appeals Building in Atlanta, Georgia, named for Elbert Tuttle who served as Chief Judge of the Fifth Circuit in the 1960s and was known for issuing decisions which advanced the civil rights of African-Americans.

Eleventh Circuit Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat is currently the longest-serving federal appeals court judge still in active service, having served since 1975.

The Eleventh Circuit is one of the thirteen United States courts of appeals.

Contents

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  1 Current composition of the court
  


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  2 List of former judges
  


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  3 Chief judges
  


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  4 Succession of seats
  


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  5 See also
  


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  6 Notes
  


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  7 References
  


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  8 External links
  

Current composition of the court

#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Term of service			Appointed by
					Active	Chief	Senior
24	Chief Judge	Edward Earl Carnes	Montgomery, AL	1950	1992–present	2013–present	—	G.H.W. Bush
9	Circuit Judge	Gerald Bard Tjoflat	Jacksonville, FL	1929	1981–present	1989–1996	—	Ford[4]
27	Circuit Judge	Stanley Marcus	Miami, FL	1946	1997–present	—	—	Clinton
28	Circuit Judge	Charles R. Wilson	Tampa, FL	1954	1999–present	—	—	Clinton
29	Circuit Judge	William H. Pryor Jr.	Birmingham, AL	1962	2004–present[5]	—	—	G.W. Bush
30	Circuit Judge	Beverly B. Martin	Atlanta, GA	1955	2010–present	—	—	Obama
31	Circuit Judge	Adalberto Jordan	Miami, FL	1961	2012–present	—	—	Obama
32	Circuit Judge	Robin S. Rosenbaum	Fort Lauderdale, FL	1966	2014–present	—	—	Obama
34	Circuit Judge	Jill A. Pryor	Atlanta, GA	1963	2014–present	—	—	Obama
35	Circuit Judge	Kevin Newsom	Birmingham, AL	1972	2017–present	—	—	Trump
36	Circuit Judge	Elizabeth L. Branch	Atlanta, GA	1968	2018–present	—	—	Trump
37	Circuit Judge	Britt Grant	Atlanta, GA	1978	2018–present	—	—	Trump
11	Senior Circuit Judge	Peter T. Fay	Miami, FL	1929	1981–1994	—	1994–present	Ford[4]
15	Senior Circuit Judge	R. Lanier Anderson III	Macon, GA	1936	1981–2009	1999–2002	2009–present	Carter[4]
19	Senior Circuit Judge	James Larry Edmondson	Jasper, GA	1947	1986–2012	2002–2009	2012–present	Reagan
20	Senior Circuit Judge	Emmett Ripley Cox	Mobile, AL	1935	1988–2000	—	2000–present	Reagan
22	Senior Circuit Judge	Joel Fredrick Dubina	Montgomery, AL	1947	1990–2013	2009–2013	2013–present	G.H.W. Bush
23	Senior Circuit Judge	Susan H. Black	Jacksonville, FL	1943	1992–2011	—	2011–present	G.H.W. Bush
26	Senior Circuit Judge	Frank M. Hull	Atlanta, GA	1948	1997–2017	—	2017–present	Clinton
33	Senior Circuit Judge	Julie E. Carnes	Atlanta, GA	1950	2014–2018	—	2018–present	Obama

List of former judges

#	Judge	State	Born–died	Active service	Chief Judge	Senior status	Appointed by	Reason for termination
1	Richard Rives	AL	1895–1982	—	—	1981–1982	Truman[4]	death
2	Elbert Tuttle	GA	1897–1996	—	—	1981–1996	Eisenhower[4]	death
3	Warren Leroy Jones	FL	1895–1993	—	—	1981–1993	Eisenhower[4]	death
4	John Cooper Godbold	AL	1920–2009	1981–1987	1981–1986	1987–2009	L. Johnson[4]	death
5	David William Dyer	FL	1910–1998	—	—	1981–1998	L. Johnson[4]	death
6	John Milton Bryan Simpson	FL	1903–1987	—	—	1981–1987	L. Johnson[4]	death
7	Lewis Render Morgan	GA	1913–2001	—	—	1981–2001	L. Johnson[4]	death
8	Paul Hitch Roney	FL	1921–2006	1981–1989	1986–1989	1989–2006	Nixon[4]	death
10	James Clinkscales Hill	FL	1924–2017	1981–1989	—	1989–2017	Ford[4]	death
12	Robert Smith Vance	AL	1931–1989	1981–1989	—	—	Carter[4]	death
13	Phyllis A. Kravitch	GA	1920–2017	1981–1996	—	1996–2017	Carter[4]	death
14	Frank Minis Johnson	AL	1918–1999	1981–1991	—	1991–1999	Carter[4]	death
16	Joseph W. Hatchett	FL	1932–present	1981–1999	1996–1999	—	Carter[4]	retirement
17	Albert John Henderson	GA	1920–1999	1981–1986	—	1986–1999	Carter[4]	death
18	Thomas Alonzo Clark	GA	1920–2005	1981–1991	—	1991–2005	Carter[4]	death
21	Stanley F. Birch Jr.	GA	1945–present	1990–2010	—	—	G.H.W. Bush	retirement
25	Rosemary Barkett	FL	1939–present	1994–2013	—	—	Clinton	retirement

Chief judges

Chief Judge
Godbold	1981–1986
Roney	1986–1989
Tjoflat	1989–1996
Hatchett	1996–1999
Anderson	1999–2002
Edmondson	2002–2009
Dubina	2009–2013
E. Carnes	2013–present

Chief judges have administrative responsibilities with respect to their circuits, and preside over any panel on which they serve unless the circuit justice (i.e., the Supreme Court justice responsible for the circuit) is also on the panel. Unlike the Supreme Court, where one justice is specifically nominated to be chief, the office of chief judge rotates among the circuit judges. To be chief, 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. A vacancy is filled by the judge highest in seniority among the group of qualified judges. The chief judge serves for a term of seven years or until age 70, whichever occurs first. The age restrictions are waived if no members of the court would otherwise be qualified for the position.

When the office was created in 1948, the chief judge was the longest-serving judge who had not elected to retire on what has since 1958 been known as senior status or declined to serve as chief judge. After August 6, 1959, judges could not become or remain chief after turning 70 years old. The current rules have been in operation since October 1, 1982.

Succession of seats

The court has twelve seats for active judges, numbered in the order in which they were filled. Judges who retire into senior status remain on the bench but leave their seat vacant. That seat is filled by the next circuit judge appointed by the president.

Seat 1 Established on May 31, 1938 as a seat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by 52 Stat. 584 Reassigned on October 1, 1981 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by 94 Stat. 1994 Godbold AL 1981–1987 Cox AL 1988–2000 W. Pryor, Jr. AL 2004–present

Seat 2 Established on December 14, 1942 as a seat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by 56 Stat. 1050 Reassigned on October 1, 1981 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by 94 Stat. 1994 Fay FL 1981–1994 Marcus FL 1997–present

Seat 3 Established on February 10, 1954 as a seat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by 68 Stat. 8 Reassigned on October 1, 1981 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by 94 Stat. 1994 Kravitch GA 1981–1996 Hull GA 1997–2017 Branch GA 2018–present

Seat 4 Established on May 19, 1961 as a seat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by 75 Stat. 80 Reassigned on October 1, 1981 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by 94 Stat. 1994 Hill GA 1981–1989 Birch, Jr. GA 1990–2010 J. Pryor GA 2014–present

Seat 5 Established on May 19, 1961 as a seat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by 75 Stat. 80 Reassigned on October 1, 1981 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by 94 Stat. 1994 Vance AL 1981–1989 Dubina AL 1990–2013 Newsom AL 2017–present

Seat 6 Established on March 18, 1966 as a temporary seat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by 80 Stat. 75 Made permanent on June 18, 1968 by 82 Stat. 184 Reassigned on October 1, 1981 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by 94 Stat. 1994 Tjoflat FL 1981–present

Seat 7 Established on June 18, 1968 as a seat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by 82 Stat. 184 Reassigned on October 1, 1981 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by 94 Stat. 1994 Roney FL 1981–1989 Barkett FL 1994–2013 Rosenbaum FL 2014–present

Seat 8 Established on October 20, 1978 as a seat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by 92 Stat. 1629 Reassigned on October 1, 1981 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by 94 Stat. 1994 Johnson AL 1981–1991 E. Carnes AL 1992–present

Seat 9 Established on October 20, 1978 as a seat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by 92 Stat. 1629 Reassigned on October 1, 1981 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by 94 Stat. 1994 Anderson GA 1981–2009 Martin GA 2010–present

Seat 10 Established on October 20, 1978 as a seat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by 92 Stat. 1629 Reassigned on October 1, 1981 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by 94 Stat. 1994 Hatchett FL 1981–1999 Wilson FL 1999–present

Seat 11 Established on October 20, 1978 as a seat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by 92 Stat. 1629 Reassigned on October 1, 1981 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by 94 Stat. 1994 Henderson GA 1981–1986 Edmondson GA 1986–2012 J. Carnes GA 2014–2018 Grant GA 2018–present

Seat 12 Established on October 20, 1978 as a seat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by 92 Stat. 1629 Reassigned on October 1, 1981 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by 94 Stat. 1994 Clark FL 1981–1991 Black FL 1992–2011 Jordan FL 2012–present

See also

• Courts of Georgia


• Federal judicial appointment history#Eleventh Circuit


• Garcia-Mir v. Meese


• List of United States federal courthouses in the Eleventh Circuit

Notes

1. 
   ^ Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 1980, Pub.L. 96–452, 94 Stat. 1994, enacted October 14, 1980
   


2. 
   ^ Bonner v. City of Prichard, 661 F.2d 1206 (11th Cir. 1981).
   


3. 
   ^ Stein v. Reynolds Secs., Inc., 667 F.2d 33 (11th Cir. 1982).
   


4. 
   ^ ^{abcdefghijklmnopqr} Reassigned from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit pursuant to 94 Stat. 1994.
   


5. 
   ^ Recess appointment, confirmed by the United States Senate at a later date.
   

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  "Instructions for Judicial Directory". Website of the University of Texas Law School. Archived from the original on November 11, 2005. Retrieved July 4, 2005.
  
  
  
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  "U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit". Official website of the Federal Judicial Center. Archived from the original on April 24, 2005. Retrieved June 20, 2005.
  
  • source for the state, lifetime, term of active judgeship, term of chief judgeship, term of senior judgeship, appointer, termination reason, and seat information
  
  

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v t e Current judges of the United States courts of appeals
1st Circuit	Active Howard Torruella Lynch Thompson Kayatta Barron Senior Campbell Selya Boudin Stahl Lipez
2nd Circuit	Active Katzmann Jacobs Cabranes Pooler Hall Livingston Chin Lohier Carney Droney Sullivan 2 seats vacant Senior Newman Kearse Winter Walker Leval Calabresi Straub Sack Parker Raggi Wesley Lynch
3rd Circuit	Active Smith McKee Ambro Chagares Jordan Hardiman Greenaway Shwartz Krause Restrepo Bibas Porter 2 seats vacant Senior Sloviter Stapleton Greenberg Scirica Cowen Nygaard Roth Rendell Barry Fuentes Fisher
4th Circuit	Active Gregory Wilkinson Niemeyer Motz King Duncan Agee Keenan Wynn Diaz Floyd Thacker Harris Richardson Quattlebaum Senior Hamilton Traxler Shedd
5th Circuit	Active Stewart Jones Smith Dennis Owen Elrod Southwick Haynes Graves Higginson Costa Willett Ho Duncan Engelhardt Oldham 1 seat vacant Senior King Reavley Higginbotham Jolly Davis Duhé Barksdale Wiener Benavides Clement
6th Circuit	Active Cole Batchelder Moore Clay Gibbons Sutton Cook Griffin Kethledge White Stranch Donald Thapar Bush Larsen Nalbandian Senior Keith Merritt Wellford Guy Ryan Boggs Norris Suhrheinrich Siler Daughtrey Gilman Rogers McKeague
7th Circuit	Active Wood Flaum Easterbrook Kanne Rovner Sykes Hamilton Barrett Brennan Scudder St. Eve Senior Bauer Ripple Manion
8th Circuit	Active Smith Loken Colloton Gruender Benton Shepherd Kelly Erickson Grasz Stras Kobes Senior Bowman Wollman Beam Hansen Arnold Riley Melloy
9th Circuit	Active Thomas Graber McKeown Wardlaw Fletcher Gould Paez Berzon Rawlinson Bybee Callahan Bea M. Smith Ikuta Murguia Christen Nguyen Watford Hurwitz Owens Friedland Bennett R. Nelson 6 seats vacant Senior Goodwin Wallace Schroeder Farris D. Nelson Canby O'Scannlain Leavy Trott Fernandez Kleinfeld Hawkins Tashima Fisher Silverman Tallman Clifton N. Smith
10th Circuit	Active Tymkovich Briscoe Lucero Hartz Holmes Matheson Bacharach Phillips McHugh Moritz Eid Carson Senior McKay Seymour Porfilio Anderson Baldock Brorby Ebel Kelly Murphy O'Brien
11th Circuit	Active E. Carnes Tjoflat Marcus Wilson W. Pryor Martin Jordan Rosenbaum J. Pryor Newsom Branch Grant Senior Fay Anderson Edmondson Cox Dubina Black Hull J. Carnes
D.C. Circuit	Active Garland Henderson Rogers Tatel Griffith Srinivasan Millett Pillard Wilkins Katsas 1 seat vacant Senior Edwards Silberman Buckley Williams Ginsburg Sentelle Randolph
Federal Circuit	Active Prost Newman Lourie Dyk Moore O'Malley Reyna Wallach Taranto Chen Hughes Stoll Senior Mayer Plager Clevenger Schall Bryson Linn

v t e Current senior judges of the United States courts of appeals
1st Circuit	Campbell Selya Boudin Stahl Lipez
2nd Circuit	Newman Kearse Winter Walker Leval Calabresi Straub Sack Parker Raggi Wesley Lynch
3rd Circuit	Sloviter Stapleton Greenberg Scirica Cowen Nygaard Roth Rendell Barry Fuentes Fisher
4th Circuit	Hamilton Traxler Shedd
5th Circuit	King Reavley Higginbotham Jolly Davis Duhé Jr. Barksdale Wiener Benavides Clement
6th Circuit	Keith Merritt Wellford Guy Ryan Boggs Norris Suhrheinrich Siler Daughtrey Gilman Rogers McKeague
7th Circuit	Bauer Ripple Manion
8th Circuit	Bowman Wollman Beam Hansen Arnold Riley Melloy
9th Circuit	Goodwin Wallace Schroeder Farris Nelson Canby O'Scannlain Leavy Trott Fernandez Kleinfeld Hawkins Tashima Silverman Fisher Tallman Clifton N. Smith
10th Circuit	McKay Seymour Porfilio Anderson Baldock Brorby Ebel Kelly Murphy O'Brien
11th Circuit	Fay Anderson Edmondson Cox Dubina Black Hull J. Carnes
D.C. Circuit	Edwards Silberman Buckley Williams Ginsburg Sentelle Randolph
Federal Circuit	Mayer Plager Clevenger Schall Bryson Linn

v t e Active district judges of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
M. Alabama	Watkins Marks 1 seat vacant
N. Alabama	Bowdre Coogler Proctor Kallon Haikala Axon Burke 1 seat vacant
S. Alabama	DuBose Beaverstock Moorer
M. Florida	Merryday Corrigan Covington Howard Scriven Honeywell Dalton Chappell Davis Byron Mendoza Jung 3 seats vacant
N. Florida	Walker Rodgers 2 seats vacant
S. Florida	Moore Moreno Ungaro Middlebrooks Dimitrouleas Martinez Altonaga Cooke Williams Scola Gayles Bloom Rosenberg 5 seats vacant
M. Georgia	Land Treadwell Abrams Self
N. Georgia	Thrash Batten Totenberg Jones May Cohen Ross Brown Ray 2 seats vacant
S. Georgia	Hall Wood Baker

v t e Current senior district judges of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
M. Alabama	Thompson Albritton
N. Alabama	Hancock Propst Blackburn Smith Johnson Hopkins
S. Alabama	Butler Granade Steele
M. Florida	Hodges Castagna Kovachevich Sharp Fawsett Schlesinger Conway Adams Bucklew Lazzara Whittemore Antoon Steele Moody Presnell
N. Florida	Stafford Vinson Collier Mickle Smoak Hinkle
S. Florida	King Gonzalez Zloch Graham Hurley Lenard Gold Seitz Huck Marra Cohn
M. Georgia	Sands Lawson Royal
N. Georgia	Murphy Evans Vining Cooper Hunt Story Pannell
S. Georgia	Bowen Moore

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