Nation’s oldest federal judge dies at age 104. WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — As the nation’s oldest sitting federal judge in history, U.S. District Judge Wesley Brown allowed himself few concessions to his advancing age as he insisted on presiding over significant and often complex cases right up until his death at 104.
http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/24/nations-oldest-federal-judge-dies-at-age-104/
District Courts. The district courts are the general trial courts of the federal court system. Each district court has at least one United States District Judge, appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate for a life term.
https://www.justice.gov/usao/justice-101/federal-courts
Introduction To The Federal Court System. The federal court system has three main levels: district courts (the trial court), circuit courts which are the first level of appeal, and the Supreme Court of the United States, the final level of appeal in the federal system.
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United States federal judge. In the United States, the title of federal judge means a judge (Article Three of the United States Constitution) appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate pursuant to the Appointments Clause in Article II of the United States Constitution.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_judge
The Oldest Bench Ever. Extreme aging in the federal judiciary—and the trouble it causes. Judge Richard Owen of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan gathered a group of lawyers in his courtroom in 2007 to discuss the possible leak of sealed documents in a business case.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2011/01/the_oldest_bench_ever.html
Wesley Brown, a Kennedy Appointee and Oldest-Sitting Federal Judge, Has Died at 104. of Judge Brown, then 102. Corrected: U.S. District Judge Wesley Brown, who continued working in Wichita until about a month ago, has died. He was 104. Brown died Monday evening at Larksfield Place, where he’d lived for several years, the Wichita Eagle reports.
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/wesley_brown_a_kennedy_appointee_and_longest-serving_federal_judge_has_died/
Every judge appointed to such a court may be categorized as a federal judge; such positions include the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, Circuit Judges of the courts of appeals, and district judges of the United States district courts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_judge
Circuit Courts. Once the federal district court has decided a case, the case can be appealed to a United States court of appeal. There are twelve federal circuits that divide the country into different regions. The Fifth Circuit, for example, includes the states of Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
https://www.justice.gov/usao/justice-101/federal-courts
Eleven federal judges over the age of 90 are hearing cases—compared with four just 20 years ago. (One judge, a Kansan appointed by President John F. Kennedy, is over 100.) The share of octogenarians and nonagenarians on the federal bench has doubled in the past 20 years.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2011/01/the_oldest_bench_ever.html
The Oldest Bench Ever. Extreme aging in the federal judiciary—and the trouble it causes. By Joseph Goldstein. Judge Richard Owen of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan gathered a group of lawyers in his courtroom in 2007 to discuss the possible leak of sealed documents in a business case.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2011/01/the_oldest_bench_ever.html
who is the oldest u.s. federal judge
Wesley Brown is the oldest federal judge of United States.