Chief U.S. Circuit Judge Diane Sykes plans to step down from active service on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, ...

Seventh Circuit judges on Tuesday wrestled with what Chief Judge Diane S. Sykes called “an unusual use” of a procedural mechanism: an attempt to have a Chicago federal judge decide a case involving a ...

Diane Sykes, chief judge of the 7th Circuit Appeals Court, is moving to semi-retirement after 33 years on the bench, opening ...

Sykes, who joined the Seventh Circuit in 2004 after serving on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, was reportedly on President ...

The daughter of a former Indiana Department of Correction inmate failed to prove a doctor's liability in the inmate's death ...

and the Seventh Circuit’s chief judge, Diane Sykes, 67. Both were appointed by George W. Bush. Those remaining include the ...

The chief judge of the Seventh Circuit is an example for others to follow — including in her decision to retire. Why does a judge choose to retire? Not long ago in these pages, I described the ...

At National Review, Fragoso applies this approach to the vacancy for Chief Judge Sykes's seat. (Fragoso clerked for Sykes). The Seventh Circuit is, more-or-less, a court in equipoise. Here is how ...

The Supreme Court rejected a petition from a Missouri man sentenced to death over the 2005 killing of a police officer.

Jamie M. McClendon is challenging incumbent Jon Fredrickson for Racine County Circuit Court Branch 7 judge. Responses to a ...

The Journal Sentinel reported now that Sykes is moving to senior status, Michael Brennan, also from Wisconsin, will become ...