“I will take senior status if a confirmed successor lives in this area and is permanently assigned to the United States Courthouse in Utica, New York,” U.S. District Judge David N. Hurd wrote in a July 2022 ultimatum letter to the White House. “Otherwise, I shall remain on full-time active status until I retire or die.”
August 01, 2024 at 04:33 PM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
The U.S. Senate confirmed two of President Joe Biden’s federal trial court judicial appointees in a bipartisan vote Wednesday as the president attempted to resolve the “senior status” retirement drama playing out in the Northern District of New York.
State Judge Meredith A. Vacca of New York and U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph Francis Saporito Jr. of Pennsylvania now have the advice and consent to serve as U.S. district judges in their respective states.
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U.S. District Judge for the Western District of New York Meredith A. Vacca, left, and U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Joseph Francis Saporito Jr., right. Photos: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM
