2d/6th Circuit Chiefs to go senior

Appellate news of note: Senior Status announcements from chiefs in in the 2d and 6th Circuits: 

2nd Circuit Chief Judge Livingston to Take Senior Status -- Debra Ann Livingston’s departure from active service will give President Donald Trump his first opportunity in his second term to make an appointment to the New York City-based federal appeals court. (Law.com)

6th Circ. Chief Judge To Take Senior Status -- Chief Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey Sutton announced on Friday that he will take senior status on Oct. 1 after more than 20 years on the bench. (Law360) Judge Sutton's seat will give Trump the second opening on the Sixth Circuit of his second term.

And Law360 also has 10th, 5th Circ. Stalwarts Step Back From Bench

U.S. Circuit Judge Timothy Tymkovich has announced that he'll take senior status from his seat on the Tenth Circuit, just a day after U.S. Circuit Judge James L. Dennis said he'd step down from the Fifth Circuit.