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Here is some background for this topic regarding Judge Sullivan's curent so-called retirement.
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Q 4770 noted the date 3-27-18
Sullivan annunced he will retire on 4-3-21
APRIL 3, 2021
Not March 2021
Announced
Sullivan will retire from full-time duty.
But he is not full retired.
https://lawsintexas.com/judge-emmet-sullivan-moves-sideways-taking-his-unconstitutional-seat-as-a-senior-federal-judge/
Sullivan notified President Biden by letter Thursday that he will step back April 3, allowing Biden to fill a vacancy on the influential court that oversees the nation’s capital.
“I plan to be as active as always; my colleagues and the courthouse are my extended family and second home!” the judge said in a statement.
He will take “senior status” and maintain a reduced case load as permitted for federal judges after age 65 based on their age and tenure. He joins a wave of departing veteran U.S. jurists, as partisan fighting over ideological control of the judiciary has expanded to lower-court appointments.
Sullivan presided over four federal cases brought against the U.S. Postal Service in the run-up to the November 2020 election. He took on the role of an independent monitor of the mail service, holding daily status hearings on poor performance and ordering remedies that election administration experts say preserved the franchise for millions of Americans who cast mail ballots.
Sullivan exerted “tremendous influence” chairing for decades a commission that has recommended scores of judicial nominations by presidents to the D.C. superior and appeals courts.
As of this week, there are at least 66 current and announced trial court vacancies — almost 10 percent of total judgeships — including 44 judges nominated by Republican presidents.
Progressive groups last year identified about 100 active judges appointed by Democratic presidents who are retirement-eligible, and who could create additional vacancies for Biden.
Sullivan will join seven judges on senior status in Washington’s influential U.S. District Court, which oversees numerous high-profile lawsuits involving the federal government. His retirement leaves Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, appointed in 1997, as the only one of 13 active judges named before Obama took office, including nine named by Obama and four by Trump.
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Sullivan
27-year tenure
Aged 73.
Senior Judges
https://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships/about-federal-judges
Article III judges who have met age and service requirements set by federal statute are eligible to take senior status if they are at least 65 years old and have served at least 15 years on the bench ...
Upon taking senior status, judges may choose to handle a reduced caseload. Senior judges handle about 20 percent of the total district and appellate caseload. By taking senior status, even if maintaining a full caseload, a judge creates a vacancy on the court, to be filled by the nomination and confirmation process for Article III judges.
Senior judges receive the salary of their position at the time of taking senior status as an annuity.
Because there is no mandatory retirement age for Article III judges, there is no requirement that they take senior status.
Sulivan's Retirement Letter, dated 4 FEB 2021
https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/letter-from-judge-emmet-g-sullivan-to-president-biden/8472c16d-0b32-4c98-bf6e-ffae6e8dc3a3/?itid=lk_inline_manual_3
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