Judges and Judiciary
Dec. 10, 2014
New 9th Circuit may shift the influential appeals court to the left
Chief Judge Sidney R.Thomas keeps a low profile, but the President Bill Clinton appointee is a liberal centrist now at the forefront of a bloc of 20 active circuit judges placed on the bench by Democratic presidents.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - As Sidney R. Thomas took the gavel as chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at a ceremony here Friday, he rejected an earlier speaker's suggestion that steering a crowd of federal judges is like herding cats. "These are lions," he said of the district and circuit judges he'll lead as he replaces Alex Kozinski for a seven-year term as chief. The low-key Thomas spok...
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