Fourth Circuit Judge Rescinds Plans to Give Up Active Role (1)

Judge Robert B. King on Wednesday rescinded plans to step down from active service on the Virginia-based federal appeals court where he’s served for more than two decades.

The Bill Clinton-appointee who will be 82 in January withdrew his intent to take senior status, a form of semi-retirement, upon the appointment of a successor, said Patricia Connor, clerk of court for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

No reason was given for the decision, and King declined to comment. He’s been on the court since October 1998 and is based in West Virginia.

“It’s not unprecedented to ...