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"Effective at noon on Friday, August 14, 2009, Hon. Alice M. Batchelder of Medina, Ohio, became Chief Judge of the Sixth Circuit, succeeding Hon. Danny J. Boggs, who had served in that capacity since October 1, 2003."

"Effective at noon on Friday, August 14, 2009, Hon. Alice M. Batchelder of Medina, Ohio, became Chief Judge of the Sixth Circuit, succeeding Hon. Danny J. Boggs, who had served in that capacity since October 1, 2003." So states a notice posted today at the home page of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

A reader emails, "Note that Judge Batchelder's 65th birthday is tomorrow." Thus, by stepping down as Chief Judge today instead of serving his full seven-year term as the Sixth Circuit's Chief Judge -- which apparently would have expired sometime in 2010 -- Judge Boggs has allowed Judge Batchelder to become the Sixth Circuit's Chief Judge, a post she would have been statutorily ineligible to assume once she turned 65 years of age.

Full post as published by How Appealing on August 14, 2009 (boomark / email).