Judges and Judiciary,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Dec. 31, 2020
9th Circuit chief reflects on accomplishments as exit looms
He drove. The 2,000-mile road trip gave Thomas a chance to reflect on the challenges he's met six years into his seven-year term as chief.
Chief Judge Sidney R. Thomas of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
In the months since the pandemic shifted how courts hear cases, the usually peripatetic Chief Judge Sidney R. Thomas of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has traveled to circuit headquarters in San Francisco just once, in August, from his chambers in Billings, Montana.
He drove. The 2,000-mile road trip gave Thomas a chance to reflect on the challenges he's met six...
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