Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Barack ObamaDemocratic president
Seat
CA111203
Nominated
Aug. 2, 2011
Committee hearing
Sept. 20, 2011
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Oct. 13, 2011
Senate vote
94โ€“5Roll Call
Confirmed
Feb. 15, 2012
Commissioned
Feb. 17, 2012
ABA rating
Well Qualified

Source Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Judges. Party shown is the party of the appointing president, which is a fact about the president, not about the judge.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Judge Sept. 9, 1999 Feb. 24, 2012 Appointment to Another Judicial Position William J. Clinton
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Judge Feb. 17, 2012 In service Barack Obama

Recent judicial activity

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

  • No recorded activity.

Cases

Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.

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Judicial writings

No writings are attributed to this judge in the ingested records.

Source Authorship is recorded only where the source data carries it. For recent Courts of Appeals opinions CourtListener frequently publishes the decision as a single document without naming the authoring judge, so an absence here means the attribution is unavailable upstream โ€” not that the judge has written nothing.