Supreme Court Reveals New Circuit Assignments for Justices

The justices on the U.S. Supreme Court have received their circuit assignments. The most notable of these, perhaps, is that the newest Justice Amy Coney Barrett will handle applications submitted in the Seventh Circuit, where she was a circuit judge for three years.

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Here’s what the Supreme Court’s Friday order said on the assignment front:

For the District of Columbia Circuit, John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice,

For the First Circuit, Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice,

For the Second Circuit, Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice,

For the Third Circuit, Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice,

For the Fourth Circuit, John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice,

For the Fifth Circuit, Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice,

For the Sixth Circuit, Brett M. Kavanaugh, Associate Justice,

For the Seventh Circuit, Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice,

For the Eighth Circuit, Brett M. Kavanaugh, Associate Justice,

For the Ninth Circuit, Elena Kagan, Associate Justice,

For the Tenth Circuit, Neil M. Gorsuch, Associate Justice,

For the Eleventh Circuit, Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice,

For the Federal Circuit, John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice.

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