Fifth Circuit Judge to Exit Court Hearing Texas Abortion Law (2)

Judge Gregg Costa will resign in August as one of the far outnumbered Democratic-appointed jurists in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, according to a notice on the U.S. Courts website.

A representative from the Fifth Circuit clerk’s office also confirmed to Bloomberg Law on Thursday that the circuit has received a copy of Costa’s letter to President Joe Biden informing him of his intentions to resign Aug. 5.

Costa, 49, joined the Fifth Circuit in 2014 after being nominated by Barack Obama. His departure will create a vacancy for Biden in a deeply conservative jurisdiction ...