Biden Resolves 'Senior Status' Drama as US Senate Confirms Judges for NY and Pa.
"I will take senior status if a confirmed successor lives in this area and is permanently assigned to the United States Courthouse in Utica, New York," U.S. District Judge David N. Hurd wrote in a July 2022 ultimatum letter to the White House. "Otherwise, I shall remain on full-time active status until I retire or die."