J. Curtis Joyner, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, plans to step down and take senior status this spring, leaving the top spot to U.S. District Judge Petrese Tucker, who will be the first woman to serve that position in the district.
Having been on the bench for 21 years and the chief judge for just under two years, Joyner, at 64, “wanted to slow down a little bit,” he said. Joyner came on the bench, after having been a judge in Chester County for five years, younger than most district court judges do, he said.
