What Is The Remedy For Judge Wynn’s “Brazenly Partisan” Withdrawal of Senior Status?
The Article III project filed a judicial misconduct complaint against Judge Wynn of the Fourth Circuit. Yesterday, I wrote about Wynn’s “brazenly partisan” withdrawal of his intent to take senior status because Trump prevailed. But the facts are even worse than I knew. The complaint recites:
In January 2024, Judge Wynn announced his intention to assume senior status upon the confirmation of his successor.1 In March 2024, he attended a “retirement celebration” held in his honor, where prepared remarks from President Obama, who had nominated Judge Wynn, were read to the crowd.
Is it common for the President who appointed a judge to provide remarks when the judge retires? When Judge Kim Gibson, for whom I clerked, took senior status, there was a statement read from Circuit Justice Alito (who attended the same High School as Judge Gibson). I thought that was quite appropriate. But from the former President? From nomination to retirement, Judge Wynn was an Obama judge.
As we know now, he did not retire. The complaint states the obvious:
Given the timing of his announcement, the fact that he celebrated his retirement nine months earlier, and the
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