States Senate confirmed Duncan by a 93–0 vote on July 17, 2003. She was the third judge nominated to the Fourth Circuit by Bush and confirmed by the Senate. She received her commission on August 15, 2003. In May 2018, Duncan announced that she would assume senior status upon the confirmation of her successor. In September 2018, President Donald Trump nominated Allison Jones Rushing to replace Duncan on the 4th Circuit Court. Rushing was confirmed by the Senate on March 5, 2019. Duncan assumed senior status on March 21, 2019, and retired on July 31, 2019. See also List of African-American jurists List of first women lawyers and judges in North Carolina References External links 1951 births Living people 21st-century American judges African-American judges Duke University School of Law alumni Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit North Carolina Central University faculty North Carolina Court of Appeals judges People from Durham, North Carolina United States court of appeals judges appointed by George W. Bush 21st-century American women judges