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4th Circuit Chief Judge Williams retires


Posted on Jul 10, 2009

By Jeffrey Collins - The Associated Press

COLUMBIA -- The chief judge of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday she is retiring because she has early onset Alzheimer's disease and doesn't want her future rulings to be questioned.

Judge Karen Williams, 57, sent a letter to President Obama on Wednesday night to let him know of her decision.

By the next day, her name was off the court's Web site, leaving five open seats on a 15-judge court that has for years has been considered one of the most conservative courts in the land. It falls to the Democratic president to nominate judges to fill them.

Williams' clerk said she wasn't giving interviews, but released a short statement from her Orangeburg office.

"Judge Williams has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's and while she is presently able to perform her judicial duties, because of the nature of the disease she has elected to retire so any future decisions would not be called into question," the statement read.

The 4th Circuit covers cases in South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland.









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