28 U.S.C. § 44 : US Code - Section 44: Appointment, tenure, residence and salary of circuit judges

Search 28 U.S.C. § 44 : US Code - Section 44: Appointment, tenure, residence and salary of circuit judges

(a) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, circuit judges for the several circuits as
follows:
Circuits Number of
Judges
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District of Columbia 12
First 6
Second 13
Third 14
Fourth 15
Fifth 17
Sixth 16
Seventh 11
Eighth 11
Ninth 28
Tenth 12
Eleventh 12
Federal 12.
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(b) Circuit judges shall hold office during good behavior.
(c) Except in the District of Columbia, each circuit judge shall
be a resident of the circuit for which appointed at the time of his
appointment and thereafter while in active service. While in active
service, each circuit judge of the Federal judicial circuit
appointed after the effective date of the Federal Courts
Improvement Act of 1982, and the chief judge of the Federal
judicial circuit, whenever appointed, shall reside within fifty
miles of the District of Columbia. In each circuit (other than the
Federal judicial circuit) there shall be at least one circuit judge
in regular active service appointed from the residents of each
state (!1) in that circuit.
(d) Each circuit judge shall receive a salary at an annual rate
determined under section 225 of the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2
U.S.C. 351-361), as adjusted by section 461 of this title.