Seventh Circuit Judge Diane Wood to Take Senior Status (3)

Judge Diane Wood became the second member of the Chicago-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit this month to announce plans to take senior status.

Wood, 71, notified the court of her plans on Thursday, according to the U.S. Courts judicial vacancy site. She was nominated by Bill Clinton in 1995 and served as chief judge from 2013 to 2020.

Wood’s decision to scale back her duties and give Joe Biden another seat to fill on the Seventh Circuit was made public eight days after her colleague, Judge David Hamilton, announced that he, too, would take senior status. ...