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David W. Ling
David W. Ling (January 22, 1890 – May 17, 1965) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Education and career Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ling received a Bachelor of Laws from the USC Gould School of Law in 1913. He was in private practice in Clifton, Arizona from 1913 to 1927, and was a county attorney of Greenlee County Greenlee County is a County (United States), county in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 9,563, making it Arizona's least populous county. The county seat i ..., Arizona from 1921 to 1927. He was a Judge of the Superior Court of Greenlee County from 1927 to 1936. Federal judicial service On May 28, 1936, Ling was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona vacated by Judge Fred Clinton Jacobs. Ling was confirmed by the United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senior Status
Senior status is a form of semi-retirement for United States federal judges. To qualify, a judge in the Federal judiciary of the United States, federal court system must be at least 65 years old, and the sum of the judge's age and years of service as a federal judge must be at least 80 years. As long as senior judges carry at least a 25 percent caseload or meet other criteria for activity, they remain entitled to maintain a staffed office and chambers, including a secretary and their normal complement of law clerks, and they continue to receive annual cost-of-living increases. Senior judges vacate their seats on the bench, and the President of the United States, president may appoint new full-time judges to fill those seats. Some U.S. states have similar systems for senior judges. State court (United States), State courts with a similar system include Iowa (for judges on the Iowa Court of Appeals), Pennsylvania, and Virginia (for justices of the Virginia Supreme Court). Statuto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |