Eleventh Circuit Judge Wilson Plans to Take Senior Status, Creates Vacancy

Judge Charles Wilson of the U.S Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit will take senior status upon confirmation of his successor, but no earlier than Dec. 31 (article available here).

Judge Wilson, nominated by President Bill Clinton, has been on the Atlanta-based court since 1999. Prior to that, he was a U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida and magistrate judge for the district. 

By taking senior status, Judge Wilson would open up a vacancy on the Eleventh Circuit. President Joe Biden has had only one other judge confirmed to the circuit bench so far, Judge Nancy Gbana Abudu, the first Black woman to sit on the court.