Illinois State Sen. Mark L. Walker announced Tuesday he will not seek reelection next year. The Democrat from Arlington ...

Walker, who was nominated in 2012 by President Obama and confirmed in the Senate on a 94-0 vote, became chief judge of the Northern District of Florida in Tallahassee in 2018.

Mark Eaton Walker, chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. Credit: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary via ...

"Once again, the State of Florida has a First Amendment problem," U.S. District Judge Mark Eaton Walker, a Barack Obama appointee, opined in a 60-page order.