Sandra Segal Ikuta will step down from her role as an active judge on the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, giving President Donald Trump a seat to fill on a longtime liberal-leaning court he moved further to the right in his first term.
Ikuta plans to take senior status, a form of semi-retirement afforded to judges that allows for a lighter workload, upon the appointment of her successor, a court representative confirmed.
Ikuta, 70, is an appointee of George W. Bush. She presides in Pasadena, California, and has served over a decade on the court. She is ...