Chief Judge of 10th Circuit Court of Appeals and Clinton appointee to retire

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DENVER -- Judge Robert H. Henry, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, was today named to be the 17th President and CEO of Oklahoma City University by the Board of Trustees. He will also be a tenured Professor of Law and Political Science. Judge Henry will step down from the bench effective June 30, 2010.

http://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/downloads/henry.pdf


According to Howard Bashman of How Appealing blog: "It appears that Circuit Judge Mary Beck Briscoe is next in line to be chief judge of the Tenth Circuit." She was nominated by Bill Clinton on March 14, 1995.


Current composition (this will make 2 vacancies)