Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
George H.W. BushRepublican
Seat
CA91303
Nominated
May 23, 1991
Committee hearing
July 19, 1991
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Sept. 12, 1991
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Sept. 12, 1991
Commissioned
Sept. 16, 1991
ABA rating
Qualified
Senior status
June 12, 2010
Service ended
Nov. 7, 2025Death

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska Judge May 15, 1986 Oct. 7, 1991 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Ronald Reagan
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Judge Sept. 16, 1991 Nov. 7, 2025 Death George H.W. Bush

Recent judicial activity

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

Cases

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

CaseNo.StatusDate
GIOVANNY HERNANDEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND 20-72138 Decided Oct. 31, 2022
Lino Chavez v. Mark Brnovich 21-15454 Decided Aug. 1, 2022
Sergio Hernandez Flores v. Jeffrey Rosen 17-72888 Decided Dec. 30, 2020
Jacob Benson v. Casa De Capri Enterprises 19-16686 Decided Nov. 23, 2020
State of California v. the Little Sisters of the Poor 19-15072 Decided Oct. 8, 2020
J.R. v. William Barr 18-72812 Decided Sept. 11, 2020
Norman Shaw v. Bank of America 17-56706 Decided Dec. 27, 2019
Baldemar Zuniga v. William Barr 16-72982 Decided Dec. 26, 2019
Guadalupe Salazar v. McDonald's Corp. 17-15673 Decided Dec. 11, 2019
Richard Lehman v. Warner Nelson 18-35321 Decided Dec. 3, 2019
Gabriel Moran v. the Screening Pros 12-57246 Decided Nov. 21, 2019 Authored
State of California v. the Little Sisters of the Poor 19-15072 Decided Oct. 22, 2019 Authored
Guadalupe Salazar v. McDonald's Corp. 17-15673 Decided Oct. 1, 2019
City of San Juan Capistrano v. Cpuc 17-56693 Decided Sept. 11, 2019
Baldemar Zuniga v. William Barr 16-72982 Decided Aug. 20, 2019
Christopher Batterton v. Dutra Group 15-56775 Decided Aug. 12, 2019
Lamar Dawson v. Ncaa 17-15973 Decided Aug. 12, 2019
California Sportfishing Protection Alliance v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Decided Dec. 12, 2006

Judicial writings

Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Dissent Gabriel Moran v. the Screening Pros Ninth Circuit Nov. 21, 2019
Order Gabriel Moran v. the Screening Pros Ninth Circuit Nov. 21, 2019
Dissent State of California v. the Little Sisters of the Poor Ninth Circuit Oct. 22, 2019
Dissent Cohen & Steinbrecher v. Steinbrecher & Associates Ninth Circuit April 25, 2003