In less than a month, only one of three federal judges who preside over cases at the Paul G. Rogers Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in West Palm Beach will be left.

U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg stepped down this month to accept a job directing the Federal Judicial Center in Washington, the research and educational arm of the federal court system.

After spending eight years as a senior judge, longtime U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra will retire on Sept. 19, although he said he has a few cases he plans to finish up.

That means only 78-year-old U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks, who was appointed to the bench in 1997 by President Bill Clinton, will remain at the courthouse on Clematis Street.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon was appointed in 2020 to replace Marr

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