<Tr> <Td> Eleventh Circuit </Td> <Td> Justice Thomas </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Federal Circuit </Td> <Td> Chief Justice Roberts </Td> </Tr> <P> Four of the current justices are assigned to circuits on which they previously sat as circuit judges: Chief Justice Roberts (D.C. Circuit), Justice Breyer (First Circuit), Justice Alito (Third Circuit), and Justice Kennedy (Ninth Circuit). </P> <P> A term of the Supreme Court commences on the first Monday of each October, and continues until June or early July of the following year . Each term consists of alternating periods of around two weeks known as "sittings" and "recesses ." Justices hear cases and deliver rulings during sittings; they discuss cases and write opinions during recesses . </P>

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