Longest-serving Circuit Exec retires

Some non-California appellate news today:

Collins Fitzpatrick, Longest-Serving Circuit Executive, Reflects on Career

"On Sept. 28, Collins Fitzpatrick will retire as Circuit Executive of the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, after 50 years of service in the federal Judiciary. ... He is by far the longest-serving circuit executive in the federal court system."

After His 100th Oral Argument, Kannon Shanmugam Reflects on Appellate Practice

4th Circuit vacates decision striking down age limit for handgun sales; is opinion still a 'persuasive source'?

Too far afield for you? See At The Lectern's post about this: “Conservative Group Targets California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger’s Records”