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28 USC § 458 - Relative of justice or judge ineligible to appointment
With respect to the appointment of a judge of a court exercising judicial power under article III of the United States Constitution (other than the Supreme Court), subsection (b) shall apply in lieu of this subsection.
In this subsection, the term—
“same court” means—
in the case of a district court, the court of a single judicial district; and
in the case of a court of appeals, the court of appeals of a single circuit; and
means an active judge or a judge retired in senior status under section 371
shall not include a retired judge, except as described under clause (i).
No person may be appointed to the position of judge of a court exercising judicial power under article III of the United States Constitution (other than the Supreme Court) who is related by affinity or consanguinity within the degree of first cousin to any judge who is a member of the same court.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 908; Pub. L. 105–300, § 1(a),Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2836.)
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 126 (Mar. 3, 1887, ch. 373, § 7,24 Stat. 555; Aug. 13, 1888, ch. 866, § 7,25 Stat. 437; Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 67,36 Stat. 1105; Dec. 21, 1911, ch. 4, 37 Stat. 46).
1998—Pub. L. 105–300designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)(1) and added subsecs. (a)(2) and (b).
Pub. L. 105–300, § 1(b),Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2837, provided that: “This Act [amending this section] shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 27, 1998] and shall apply only to any individual whose nomination is submitted to the Senate on or after such date.”