SCOTUS Shuffles Circuit Assignments; Kavanaugh Gets Seventh

Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh will be the circuit justice for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

The U.S. Supreme Court announced new circuit assignments Oct. 19, as it does whenever a new justices joins the court.

The circuit assignments designate to which justices applications should be addressed. Such applications include routine deadline extension requests and emergency stay requests. The circuit assignment doesn’t often make a difference in the most consequential matters, as those are often referred to the entire court for consideration. But they can affect run-of-the-mill requests, like requests for extensions to file petitions.

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