After last month’s presidential election, a number of judges who had announced their intent to retire when a successor was chosen withdrew their decisions. After 22 years as a United States district judge and five years as a magistrate judge, I made the difficult decision in 2016 to retire from the bench. It was important to me that I leave while still at the top of my game and able to have a “third act,” so to speak. As for my colleagues who choose to retire, some have found that the work is