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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Ronald ReaganRepublican
Seat
CA30704
Nominated
June 26, 1987
Committee hearing
July 21, 1987
Committee action
Reported (favorably)July 31, 1987
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Aug. 5, 1987
Commissioned
Aug. 6, 1987
Chief Judge from
Jan. 1, 2003until Jan. 1, 2010
Senior status
July 1, 2013

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Judge Sept. 18, 1984 Sept. 11, 1987 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Ronald Reagan
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Judge Aug. 6, 1987 In service Ronald Reagan

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
United States v. Jose Tavares 25-1489 Decided Aug. 17, 2026
S.A.S.B. CORP v. Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc 25-2302 Decided Aug. 7, 2026
Paul Lisenby v. Olympus Corporation of the Americas 25-1480 Decided Aug. 4, 2026
City of Chester Pennsylvania v. 24-3144 Decided July 17, 2026
Jeffrey Ahn v. Cigna Health and Life Insurance Co 25-1723 Decided June 24, 2026
United States v. Nicole Schuster 24-2942 Decided March 23, 2026
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Lo v. Energy Harbor Nuclear Corp 25-1066 Decided March 23, 2026
Christopher Massey v. Borough of Bergenfield 24-2761 Decided March 6, 2026
United States v. Jerome Brown 23-3184 Decided March 6, 2026
Defense Distributed v. Attorney General New Jersey 23-3058 Decided Feb. 12, 2026
United States v. James Abrams 24-1998 Decided Jan. 30, 2026
Rodney Phath v. Central Transport LLC 25-1028 Decided Jan. 28, 2026
Richard Miller v. City of Philadelphia 24-3191 Decided Dec. 15, 2025
Frank Giordano v. Andrews Hohns 24-1305 Decided Nov. 18, 2025
Andrew Perrong v. Matthew Bradford 24-1925 Decided Oct. 6, 2025 Authored
Christian Lauria v. Lieb 24-1461 Decided Sept. 12, 2025
United States v. Marquis Smalls 25-1383 Decided Sept. 5, 2025
In re: Walmart Inc. Securities Litigation v. 24-1818 Decided Aug. 29, 2025 Authored
Rolando Muniz v. United States 24-1028 Decided Aug. 18, 2025 Authored
Leon Drummond v. Progressive Specialty Insurance Co 24-1267 Decided July 15, 2025 Authored

Judicial writings

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

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion Andrew Perrong v. Matthew Bradford Third Circuit Oct. 6, 2025
Opinion In re: Walmart Inc. Securities Litigation v. Third Circuit Aug. 29, 2025
Opinion Rolando Muniz v. United States Third Circuit Aug. 18, 2025
Opinion Leon Drummond v. Progressive Specialty Insurance Co Third Circuit July 15, 2025
Opinion Alaris Health at Boulevard East v. NLRB Third Circuit Dec. 9, 2024
Opinion John Kalu v. Spaulding Third Circuit Aug. 21, 2024
Opinion United States v. Abdur Islam Third Circuit May 16, 2024
Opinion Troy Moore, Sr. v. Saajida Walton Third Circuit March 21, 2024
Opinion Jaswinder Singh v. Uber Technologies Inc Third Circuit May 4, 2023
Opinion Home Depot USA Inc v. Lafarge North America Inc Third Circuit Feb. 2, 2023
Opinion Christa Fischer v. Federal Express Corp Third Circuit July 26, 2022
Opinion Mary Boley v. Universal Health Services Inc Third Circuit June 1, 2022
Opinion Dritan Duka v. United States Third Circuit March 8, 2022
Opinion PDX North Inc v. Commissioner New Jersey Dept Third Circuit Oct. 22, 2020
Opinion United States v. Clarence Hoffert Third Circuit Feb. 11, 2020
Opinion Marilyn Adams v. Zimmer US, Inc. Third Circuit Nov. 20, 2019
Opinion Silvie Pomicter v. Luzerne County Convention Ctr Third Circuit Sept. 23, 2019
Opinion Nicole Haberle v. Borough of Nazareth Third Circuit Aug. 29, 2019
Opinion Pablo Mejia-Castanon v. Attorney General United States Third Circuit July 25, 2019
Opinion League of Women Voters of Penn v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Third Circuit April 24, 2019