United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit - wikipedia United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ( 11th Cir. ) Location Elbert P. Tuttle U.S. Court of Appeals Building ( Atlanta, Georgia ) Appeals from Middle District of Alabama Northern District of Alabama Southern District of Alabama Middle District of Florida Northern District of Florida Southern District of Florida Middle District of Georgia Northern District of Georgia Southern District of Georgia Established October 1, 1981 Circuit Justice Clarence Thomas Chief Judge Edward Earl Carnes Active judges 12 Senior judges 8 www.ca11.uscourts.gov The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ( in case citations, 11th Cir. ) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts : Middle District of Alabama Northern District of Alabama Southern District of Alabama Middle District of Florida Northern District of Florida Southern District of Florida Middle District of Georgia Northern District of Georgia Southern District of Georgia These districts were originally part of the Fifth Circuit, but were split off to form the Eleventh Circuit effective October 1, 1981. For this reason, Fifth Circuit decisions from before this split are considered binding precedent in the Eleventh Circuit. The court is based at the Elbert P. Tuttle U.S. Court of Appeals Building in Atlanta, Georgia, named for Elbert Tuttle who served as Chief Judge of the Fifth Circuit in the 1960s and was known for issuing decisions which advanced the civil rights of African - Americans. Eleventh Circuit Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat is currently the longest - serving federal appeals court judge still in active service, having served since 1975. The Eleventh Circuit is one of the thirteen United States courts of appeals. Contents 1 Current composition of the court 2 List of former judges 3 Chief judges 4 Succession of seats 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External links Current composition of the court # Title Judge Duty station Term of service Appointed by Active Chief Senior 24 Chief Judge Edward Earl Carnes Montgomery, AL 1950 1992 -- present 2013 -- present -- G.H.W. Bush 9 Circuit Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat Jacksonville, FL 1929 1981 -- present 1989 -- 1996 -- Ford 27 Circuit Judge Stanley Marcus Miami, FL 1946 1997 -- present -- -- Clinton 28 Circuit Judge Charles R. Wilson Tampa, FL 1954 1999 -- present -- -- Clinton 29 Circuit Judge William H. Pryor Jr. Birmingham, AL 1962 2004 -- present -- -- G.W. Bush 30 Circuit Judge Beverly B. Martin Atlanta, GA 1955 2010 -- present -- -- Obama 31 Circuit Judge Adalberto Jordan Miami, FL 1961 2012 -- present -- -- Obama 32 Circuit Judge Robin S. Rosenbaum Fort Lauderdale, FL 1966 2014 -- present -- -- Obama 34 Circuit Judge Jill A. Pryor Atlanta, GA 1963 2014 -- present -- -- Obama 35 Circuit Judge Kevin Newsom Birmingham, AL 1972 2017 -- present -- -- Trump 36 Circuit Judge Elizabeth L. Branch Atlanta, GA 1968 2018 -- present -- -- Trump 37 Circuit Judge Britt Grant Atlanta, GA 1978 2018 -- present -- -- Trump 11 Senior Circuit Judge Peter T. Fay Miami, FL 1929 1981 -- 1994 -- 1994 -- present Ford 15 Senior Circuit Judge R. Lanier Anderson III Macon, GA 1936 1981 -- 2009 1999 -- 2002 2009 -- present Carter 19 Senior Circuit Judge James Larry Edmondson Jasper, GA 1947 1986 -- 2012 2002 -- 2009 2012 -- present Reagan 20 Senior Circuit Judge Emmett Ripley Cox Mobile, AL 1935 1988 -- 2000 -- 2000 -- present Reagan 22 Senior Circuit Judge Joel Fredrick Dubina Montgomery, AL 1947 1990 -- 2013 2009 -- 2013 2013 -- present G.H.W. Bush 23 Senior Circuit Judge Susan H. Black Jacksonville, FL 1943 1992 -- 2011 -- 2011 -- present G.H.W. Bush 26 Senior Circuit Judge Frank M. Hull Atlanta, GA 1948 1997 -- 2017 -- 2017 -- present Clinton 33 Senior Circuit Judge Julie E. Carnes Atlanta, GA 1950 2014 -- 2018 -- 2018 -- present Obama List of former judges # Judge State Born -- died Active service Chief Judge Senior status Appointed by Reason for termination Richard Rives AL 1895 -- 1982 -- -- 1981 -- 1982 Truman death Elbert Tuttle GA 1897 -- 1996 -- -- 1981 -- 1996 Eisenhower death Warren Leroy Jones FL 1895 -- 1993 -- -- 1981 -- 1993 Eisenhower death John Cooper Godbold AL 1920 -- 2009 1981 -- 1987 1981 -- 1986 1987 -- 2009 L. Johnson death 5 David William Dyer FL 1910 -- 1998 -- -- 1981 -- 1998 L. Johnson death 6 John Milton Bryan Simpson FL 1903 -- 1987 -- -- 1981 -- 1987 L. Johnson death 7 Lewis Render Morgan GA 1913 -- 2001 -- -- 1981 -- 2001 L. Johnson death 8 Paul Hitch Roney FL 1921 -- 2006 1981 -- 1989 1986 -- 1989 1989 -- 2006 Nixon death 10 James Clinkscales Hill FL 1924 -- 2017 1981 -- 1989 -- 1989 -- 2017 Ford death 12 Robert Smith Vance AL 1931 -- 1989 1981 -- 1989 -- -- Carter death 13 Phyllis A. Kravitch GA 1920 -- 2017 1981 -- 1996 -- 1996 -- 2017 Carter death 14 Frank Minis Johnson AL 1918 -- 1999 1981 -- 1991 -- 1991 -- 1999 Carter death 16 Joseph W. Hatchett FL 1932 -- present 1981 -- 1999 1996 -- 1999 -- Carter retirement 17 Albert John Henderson GA 1920 -- 1999 1981 -- 1986 -- 1986 -- 1999 Carter death 18 Thomas Alonzo Clark GA 1920 -- 2005 1981 -- 1991 -- 1991 -- 2005 Carter death 21 Stanley F. Birch Jr. GA 1945 -- present 1990 -- 2010 -- -- G.H.W. Bush retirement 25 Rosemary Barkett FL 1939 -- present 1994 -- 2013 -- -- Clinton retirement Chief judges Chief Judge Godbold 1981 -- 1986 Roney 1986 -- 1989 Tjoflat 1989 -- 1996 Hatchett 1996 -- 1999 Anderson 1999 -- 2002 Edmondson 2002 -- 2009 Dubina 2009 -- 2013 E. Carnes 2013 -- present Chief judges have administrative responsibilities with respect to their circuits, and preside over any panel on which they serve unless the circuit justice ( i.e., the Supreme Court justice responsible for the circuit ) is also on the panel. Unlike the Supreme Court, where one justice is specifically nominated to be chief, the office of chief judge rotates among the circuit judges. To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge. A vacancy is filled by the judge highest in seniority among the group of qualified judges. The chief judge serves for a term of seven years or until age 70, whichever occurs first. The age restrictions are waived if no members of the court would otherwise be qualified for the position. When the office was created in 1948, the chief judge was the longest - serving judge who had not elected to retire on what has since 1958 been known as senior status or declined to serve as chief judge. After August 6, 1959, judges could not become or remain chief after turning 70 years old. The current rules have been in operation since October 1, 1982. Succession of seats The court has twelve seats for active judges, numbered in the order in which they were filled. Judges who retire into senior status remain on the bench but leave their seat vacant. That seat is filled by the next circuit judge appointed by the president. Seat 1 Established on May 31, 1938 as a seat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by 52 Stat. 584 Reassigned on October 1, 1981 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by 94 Stat. 1994 Godbold AL 1981 -- 1987 Cox AL 1988 -- 2000 W. Pryor, Jr. AL 2004 -- present Seat 2 Established on December 14, 1942 as a seat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by 56 Stat. 1050 Reassigned on October 1, 1981 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by 94 Stat. 1994 Fay FL 1981 -- 1994 Marcus FL 1997 -- present Seat 3 Established on February 10, 1954 as a seat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by 68 Stat. 8 Reassigned on October 1, 1981 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by 94 Stat. 1994 Kravitch GA 1981 -- 1996 Hull GA 1997 -- 2017 Branch GA 2018 -- present Seat 4 Established on May 19, 1961 as a seat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by 75 Stat. 80 Reassigned on October 1, 1981 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by 94 Stat. 1994 Hill GA 1981 -- 1989 Birch, Jr. GA 1990 -- 2010 J. Pryor GA 2014 -- present Seat 5 Established on May 19, 1961 as a seat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by 75 Stat. 80 Reassigned on October 1, 1981 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by 94 Stat. 1994 Vance AL 1981 -- 1989 Dubina AL 1990 -- 2013 Newsom AL 2017 -- present Seat 6 Established on March 18, 1966 as a temporary seat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by 80 Stat. 75 Made permanent on June 18, 1968 by 82 Stat. 184 Reassigned on October 1, 1981 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by 94 Stat. 1994 Tjoflat FL 1981 -- present Seat 7 Established on June 18, 1968 as a seat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by 82 Stat. 184 Reassigned on October 1, 1981 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by 94 Stat. 1994 Roney FL 1981 -- 1989 Barkett FL 1994 -- 2013 Rosenbaum FL 2014 -- present Seat 8 Established on October 20, 1978 as a seat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by 92 Stat. 1629 Reassigned on October 1, 1981 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by 94 Stat. 1994 Johnson AL 1981 -- 1991 E. Carnes AL 1992 -- present Seat 9 Established on October 20, 1978 as a seat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by 92 Stat. 1629 Reassigned on October 1, 1981 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by 94 Stat. 1994 Anderson GA 1981 -- 2009 Martin GA 2010 -- present Seat 10 Established on October 20, 1978 as a seat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by 92 Stat. 1629 Reassigned on October 1, 1981 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by 94 Stat. 1994 Hatchett FL 1981 -- 1999 Wilson FL 1999 -- present Seat 11 Established on October 20, 1978 as a seat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by 92 Stat. 1629 Reassigned on October 1, 1981 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by 94 Stat. 1994 Henderson GA 1981 -- 1986 Edmondson GA 1986 -- 2012 J. Carnes GA 2014 -- 2018 Grant GA 2018 -- present Seat 12 Established on October 20, 1978 as a seat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by 92 Stat. 1629 Reassigned on October 1, 1981 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by 94 Stat. 1994 Clark FL 1981 -- 1991 Black FL 1992 -- 2011 Jordan FL 2012 -- present See also Courts of Georgia Federal judicial appointment history # Eleventh Circuit Garcia - Mir v. Meese List of United States federal courthouses in the Eleventh Circuit Notes Jump up ^ Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 1980, Pub. L. 96 -- 452, 94 Stat. 1994, enacted October 14, 1980 Jump up ^ Bonner v. City of Prichard, 661 F. 2d 1206 ( 11th Cir. 1981 ). Jump up ^ Stein v. Reynolds Secs., Inc., 667 F. 2d 33 ( 11th Cir. 1982 ). ^ Jump up to : Reassigned from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit pursuant to 94 Stat. 1994. Jump up ^ Recess appointment, confirmed by the United States Senate at a later date. References `` Standard Search ''. Federal Law Clerk Information System. Archived from the original on October 21, 2005. Retrieved June 20, 2005. primary but incomplete source for the duty stations `` Instructions for Judicial Directory ''. Website of the University of Texas Law School. Archived from the original on November 11, 2005. Retrieved July 4, 2005. secondary source for the duty stations data is current to 2002 `` U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ''. Official website of the Federal Judicial Center. Archived from the original on April 24, 2005. Retrieved June 20, 2005. source for the state, lifetime, term of active judgeship, term of chief judgeship, term of senior judgeship, appointer, termination reason, and seat information External links Wikisource has original works on the topic : United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Recent opinions from FindLaw Courthouse map links : 33 ° 45 ′ 23 '' N 84 ° 23 ′ 25 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 33.75639 ° N 84.39028 ° W ﻿ / 33.75639 ; - 84.39028 Current judges of the United States courts of appeals 1st Circuit Active Howard Torruella Lynch Thompson Kayatta Barron Senior Campbell Selya Boudin Stahl Lipez 2nd Circuit Active Katzmann Jacobs Cabranes Pooler Raggi Hall Livingston Chin Lohier Carney Droney 2 seats vacant Senior Newman Kearse Winter Walker Leval Calabresi Straub Sack Parker Wesley Lynch 3rd Circuit Active D. Smith McKee Ambro Chagares Jordan Hardiman Greenaway Vanaskie Shwartz Krause Restrepo Bibas 2 seats vacant Senior Sloviter Stapleton Greenberg Scirica Cowen Nygaard Roth Rendell Barry Fuentes Fisher 4th Circuit Active Gregory Wilkinson Niemeyer Motz Traxler King Duncan Agee Keenan Wynn Diaz Floyd Thacker Harris Richardson Quattlebaum ( Designate ) Senior Hamilton Shedd 5th Circuit Active Stewart Jones Smith Dennis Owen Elrod Southwick Haynes Graves Higginson Costa Willett Ho Duncan Engelhardt Oldham 1 seat vacant Senior King Reavley Higginbotham Jolly Davis Duhé Barksdale Wiener Benavides Clement 6th Circuit Active Cole Batchelder Moore Clay Gibbons Sutton Cook Griffin Kethledge White Stranch Donald Thapar Bush Larsen Nalbandian Senior Keith Merritt Wellford Guy Ryan Boggs Norris Suhrheinrich Siler Daughtrey Gilman Rogers McKeague 7th Circuit Active Wood Flaum Easterbrook Kanne Rovner Sykes Hamilton Barrett Brennan Scudder St. Eve Senior Bauer Ripple Manion 8th Circuit Active L. Smith Wollman Loken Colloton Gruender Benton Shepherd Kelly Erickson Grasz Stras Senior Bowman Beam Hansen Arnold Riley Melloy 9th Circuit Active Thomas Graber McKeown Wardlaw Fletcher Gould Paez Berzon Rawlinson Bybee Callahan Bea M. Smith Ikuta Murguia Christen Nguyen Watford Hurwitz Owens Friedland Bennett 7 seats vacant Senior Goodwin Wallace Schroeder Farris Nelson Canby O'Scannlain Leavy Trott Fernandez Kleinfeld Hawkins Tashima Fisher Silverman Tallman Clifton N. Smith 10th Circuit Active Tymkovich Briscoe Lucero Hartz Holmes Matheson Bacharach Phillips McHugh Moritz Eid Carson Senior McKay Seymour Porfilio Anderson Baldock Brorby Ebel Kelly Murphy O'Brien 11th Circuit Active E. Carnes Tjoflat Marcus Wilson W. Pryor Martin Jordan Rosenbaum J. Pryor Newsom Branch Grant Senior Fay Anderson Edmondson Cox Dubina Black Hull J. Carnes D.C. Circuit Active Garland Henderson Rogers Tatel Griffith Kavanaugh Srinivasan Millett Pillard Wilkins Katsas Senior Edwards Silberman Buckley Williams Ginsburg Sentelle Randolph Federal Circuit Active Prost Newman Lourie Dyk Moore O'Malley Reyna Wallach Taranto Chen Hughes Stoll Senior Mayer Plager Clevenger Schall Bryson Linn Current senior judges of the United States courts of appeals 1st Circuit Campbell Selya Boudin Stahl Lipez 2nd Circuit Newman Kearse Winter Walker Leval Calabresi Straub Sack Parker Wesley Lynch 3rd Circuit Sloviter Stapleton Greenberg Scirica Cowen Nygaard Roth Rendell Barry Fuentes Fisher 4th Circuit Hamilton Shedd 5th Circuit King Reavley Higginbotham Jolly Davis Duhé Jr. Barksdale Wiener Benavides Clement 6th Circuit Keith Merritt Wellford Guy Ryan Boggs Norris Suhrheinrich Siler Daughtrey Gilman Rogers McKeague 7th Circuit Bauer Ripple Manion 8th Circuit Bowman Beam Hansen Arnold Riley Melloy 9th Circuit Goodwin Wallace Schroeder Farris Nelson Canby O'Scannlain Leavy Trott Fernandez Kleinfeld Hawkins Tashima Silverman Fisher Tallman Clifton N. Smith 10th Circuit McKay Seymour Porfilio Anderson Baldock Brorby Ebel Kelly Murphy O'Brien 11th Circuit Fay Anderson Edmondson Cox Dubina Black Hull J. Carnes D.C. Circuit Edwards Silberman Buckley Williams Ginsburg Sentelle Randolph Federal Circuit Mayer Plager Clevenger Schall Bryson Linn Current active district judges of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals M. Alabama Watkins Marks 1 seat vacant N. Alabama Bowdre Coogler Proctor Kallon Haikala Axon 2 seats vacant S. Alabama DuBose Beaverstock Moorer ( Designate ) M. Florida Merryday Kovachevich Corrigan Covington Howard Scriven Honeywell Dalton Chappell Davis Byron Mendoza 3 seats vacant N. Florida Walker Rodgers 2 seats vacant S. Florida Moore Moreno Ungaro Middlebrooks Dimitrouleas Martinez Altonaga Cooke Williams Scola Gayles Bloom Rosenberg 5 seats vacant M. Georgia Land Treadwell Abrams Self N. Georgia Thrash Story Batten Totenberg Jones May Cohen Ross Brown 2 seats vacant S. Georgia Hall Wood Baker ( Designate ) Current senior district judges of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals M. Alabama Thompson Albritton N. Alabama Hancock Propst Blackburn Smith Johnson Hopkins S. Alabama Butler Granade Steele M. Florida Hodges Castagna Sharp Fawsett Schlesinger Conway Adams Bucklew Lazzara Whittemore Antoon Steele Moody Presnell N. Florida Stafford Vinson Collier Mickle Smoak Hinkle S. Florida King Gonzalez Zloch Graham Hurley Lenard Gold Seitz Huck Marra Cohn M. Georgia Sands Lawson Royal N. Georgia Murphy Evans Vining Cooper Hunt Pannell S. Georgia Bowen Moore United States courts of appeals 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th D.C. 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Question: when did the 5th circuit became the 11th circuit
Answer: October 1, 1981