Third Circuit Republican Appointee Kent Jordan Plans to Retire

Judge Kent Jordan will retire from the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in January 2025, according to the federal judiciary.

Jordan, an appointee of President George W. Bush, has served on the Third Circuit since 2006 and was previously a judge on the federal trial court in Delaware.

His intended retirement date posted on the federal courts website is Jan. 15, 2025, five days before the presidential inauguration, which gives President Joe Biden an opportunity to flip the seat to a Democratic appointee.

There is already a pending vacancy on the Third Circuit as the nomination of ...