The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (in case citations, 11th Cir.)

The building is named for Elbert Tuttle, who served as Chief Judge of the Fifth Circuit in the 1960s and was known for issuing decisions which advanced the civil rights of African-Americans.

The chief judge serves for a term of seven years, or until age 70, whichever occurs first.

The court has twelve seats for active judges, numbered in the order in which they were initially filled.

Judges who assume senior status enter a kind of retirement in which they remain on the bench but vacate their seats, thus allowing the U.S. President to appoint new judges to fill their seats.