Seventh Circuit Chief Judge Diane Sykes plans to give up her active seat, giving President Donald Trump a vacancy to fill on a court narrowly divided between Republican and Democratic appointees.
Sykes, 67, plans to assume senior status, a form of semi-retirement, on Oct. 1, according to the Administrative Office of the US Courts website for future vacancies.
The George W. Bush appointee is a 21-year veteran of the Chicago-based court who presides in Milwaukee.
She’s the second appellate judge after the Ninth Circuit’s Sandra Segal Ikuta to announce plans to step away from active service since Trump took office ...
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