The Federal Judicial Center Web site has added a dozen new search criteria by which to search for Federal judges.
An expanded research question form now allows users to retrieve a list of all judges who meet the following particular, user-defined criteria:
- Chief Judges
- Court
- Court Type
- Nominating President
- Party of Nominating President
- Nomination Date
- Commission Date
- Retirement from Active Service Date
- Termination Date
- Termination Reason
- Gender
- Race or Ethnicity
Date fields may be defined to select all entries before, after, or on a single date or within a date range.
For example, a user could check off the boxes "Chief Judges" and "Gender" to return a list of all female (or male) Chief Judges.
Previously, the FJC's database of judges was only searchable by the judge's name.
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