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Thomas J. MacBride
Thomas Jamison MacBride (March 25, 1914 – January 6, 2000) was a United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Education and career He was born in Sacramento, California, Sacramento, California and attended Sacramento High School. He received an Bachelor of Arts, Artium Baccalaureus degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1936 and a Juris Doctor from the UC Berkeley School of Law in 1940. He was a law clerk for the Office of the Deputy State Attorney General of California from 1940 to 1942. He was in the United States Naval Reserve during World War II, from 1942 to 1946. While in the Navy, he served as a Combat Intelligence Officer with the Seventh Fleet Headquarters of General Douglas MacArthur in Brisbane, Australia. He was in private practice in Sacramento from 1946 to 1961. California Legislature M ... [...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] |