SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit announced Tuesday that Judge Richard Tallman will take senior status in March 2018.

“It has been my honor and a distinct pleasure to serve the nation and the people of the western United States as a member of the federal judiciary,” Tallman wrote in an Aug. 10 letter informing President Donald Trump of his intentions. Tallman is set to go senior on March 3, his 65th birthday.