President Donald Trump could again get the chance to influence the nation’s largest federal appeals court with another lifetime appointment, possibly with an openly gay prosecutor.
Judge Carlos Bea of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit plans to take “senior status upon the nomination, confirmation and appointment of his successor,” a court spokesperson said.
Senior status is a type of semi-retirement which allows judges to keep working but relinquish their active seats.
Patrick J. Bumatay, an openly gay assistant U.S. attorney, could be a potential Trump pick to fill the opening, a source close to the nomination ...
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