Last week, President Biden announced two new circuit-court nominees: District Court Judge Ana de Alba for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Magistrate Judge Irma Carrillo Ramirez for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

As one would expect, the White House heralded these two nominees as the fourth and first Hispanic women on their respective courts (if confirmed). What the White House did not mention, however, is that Magistrate Judge Ramirez would be the rare judicial nominee who is older than the judge she is meant to replace. Magistrate Judge Ramirez has been nominated to fill the seat left open by Judge Greg Costa’s decision to retire from the bench and return to private practice. Judge Costa is 50. Magistrate Judge Ramirez is 59.