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 92 STAT. 1632

PUBLIC LAW 95-486—OCT. 20, 1978 "Districts Texas: Northern Southern Eastern Western Utah Vermont Virginia: Eastern Western Washington: Eastern Western West Virginia: Northern Southern Northern and Southern Wisconsin: Eastern Western Wyoming

28 USC 133 note.

Vacancies.

Circuit judges. 28 USC 44 note.

28 USC 45 note.

9 13 4 6 3 2 8 4 2 5 1 3 1 4 2 1".

SEC. 2. The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the eastern district of Kentucky, one additional district judge for the district of Minnesota, one additional district judge for the northern district of Ohio, and one additional district judge for the southern district of West Virginia. The first vacancy in the office of district judge in the judicial districts named in this section occurring five years or more after the effective date of this Act shall not be filled. SEC. 3. (a) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional circuit judgeship for the first circuit, two additional circuit judgeships for the second circuit, one additional circuit judgeship for the third circuit, three additional circuit judgeships for the fourth circuit, eleven additional circuit judgeships for the fifth circuit, two additional circuit judgeships for the sixth circuit, one additional circuit judgeship for the seventh circuit, one additional circuit judgeship for the eighth circuit, ten additional circuit judgeships for the ninth circuit, one additional circuit judgeship for ithe tenth circuit, and two additional circuit judgeships for the District of Columbia. (b) In order that the table contained in section 44(a) of title 28, United States Code, will, with respect to each circuit, reflect the changes in the number of judgeships made by this Act, such table is amended to read as follows: "Circuits District of Columbia First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth

28 USC 45 note.

Judges

Number of judges 11 4 11 10 10 26 11 9 9 28 8".

SEC. 4. Section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide that chief judges of circuit courts and chief judges of district courts having three or more judges shall cease to serve as such upon reaching the age of seventy" (Public Law 85-593, approved August 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 497)) is amended by striking out ", except that the amendment made by

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