[truthkeeper]

Is the 4th Circuit considered conservative or left-leaning?

[blueyon]

Bet you it is left wing

[SkyDancer]

Two judges on it were appointed by Obamalamadingdong.

[downtownconservative]

This is the current membership and who appointed:

38
William Byrd Traxler, Jr.
Greenville, SC
1948
1998
2009–
Clinton

29
J. Harvie Wilkinson III
Charlottesville, VA
1944
1984
1996–2003
Reagan

32
Paul V. Niemeyer
Baltimore, MD
1941
1990
——
G.H.W. Bush

37
Diana Gribbon Motz
Baltimore, MD
1943
1994
——
Clinton

39
Robert Bruce King
Charleston, WV
1940
1998
——
Clinton

40
Roger Gregory
Richmond, VA
1953
2000
——
Clinton/
G.W. Bush[3]

41
Dennis Shedd
Columbia, SC
1953
2002
——
G.W. Bush

42
Allyson Kay Duncan
Raleigh, NC
1951
2003
——
G.W. Bush

43
G. Steven Agee
Salem, VA
1952
2008
——
G.W. Bush

44
Andre M. Davis
Baltimore, MD
1949
2009
——
Obama

45
Barbara Milano Keenan
Alexandria, VA
1950
2010
——
Obama

46
James A. Wynn
Raleigh, NC
1954
2010
——
Obama

47
Albert Diaz
Charlotte, NC
1960
2010
——
Obama

[newzjunkey]

Diana Gribbon Motz was nominated to the bench by former President Bill Clinton, while the other two — Andre M. Davis and James A. Wynn Jr. — were nominated by Obama.

I'd guess… left-leaning in this instance.