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レーダー氏(Randall R. Rader)は2014年5月30日付でCAFC判事長の職責を返上されましたが、そのわずか2週間後の6月13日に正式に判事の職務から去ることを公言されました。
そもそも判事長の職責を返上することになった理由は CAFC事件を取り扱う訴訟弁護士の仕事ぶり（Performance)に対して個人的なメイルで称賛を述べたこと(即ち、連邦裁判所判事長の名声を私人の利益のためにに供与してしまった。故に判事の倫理規定に違反する）に起因するようです。

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後任のProst判事長：2014年5月31日〜（CAFC判事長）

SHARON PROST, CHIEF CIRCUIT JUDGE

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SHARON PROST was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001 and assumed the duties of Chief Circuit Judge on May 31, 2014. Prior to her appointment, Judge Prost served as Minority Chief Counsel, Deputy Chief Counsel, and Chief Counsel of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate from 1993 to 2001. She also served as Chief Labor Counsel (Minority), Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources from 1989 to 1993. Prior to her work on Capitol Hill, she served for fifteen years in five different agencies of the executive branch. These agencies included the Department of Treasury, National Labor Relations Board, and General Accounting Office. Judge Prost received a B.S. from Cornell University in 1973, an M.B.A. from George Washington University in 1975, a J.D. from the Washington College of Law, American University in 1979, and an LL.M. in tax law from George Washington University School of Law in 1984.

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