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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Ronald ReaganRepublican
Seat
CA100204
Nominated
Oct. 7, 1985
Committee hearing
Oct. 30, 1985
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Nov. 14, 1985
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Dec. 16, 1985
Commissioned
Dec. 17, 1985
ABA rating
Qualified
Senior status
Jan. 26, 2001

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 New Mexico Judge June 7, 1983 Jan. 24, 1986 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Ronald Reagan
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Judge Dec. 17, 1985 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
Eaves v. Polis 23-1143 Decided March 4, 2026 Authored
Montgomery v. Cruz 23-1315 Decided Jan. 6, 2026
Russell v. Driscoll 24-3187 Decided Nov. 5, 2025
United States v. Baker 24-7017 Decided Oct. 27, 2025 Authored
Center for Biological Diversity v. EPA 23-9503 Decided Aug. 12, 2025
United States v. Garcia-Limon 23-7055 Decided July 22, 2025
United States v. Roark 24-5062 Decided June 23, 2025
United States v. Sjodin 23-4069 Decided June 11, 2025
United States v. Cortez 23-2177 Decided June 10, 2025 Authored
United States v. Calderon-Padilla 24-2097 Decided May 13, 2025
United States v. Zamora 23-2178 Decided May 13, 2025 Authored
Lawson v. Spirit Aerosystems 23-3136 Decided April 25, 2025
United States v. Holder 23-1021 Decided April 22, 2025
United States v. Gutierrez 23-2076 Decided April 4, 2025
United States v. Vazquez-Garcia 24-2074 Decided March 12, 2025
United States v. Lucero 23-2190 Decided March 11, 2025
United States v. Gaye 23-1240 Decided March 10, 2025
United States v. Norton 24-2059 Decided March 5, 2025
United States v. Brown 23-7041 Decided Feb. 25, 2025 Authored
United States v. Woodmore 23-7044 Decided Jan. 22, 2025

Judicial writings

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

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion Eaves v. Polis Tenth Circuit March 4, 2026
Opinion United States v. Baker Tenth Circuit Oct. 27, 2025
Opinion United States v. Cortez Tenth Circuit June 10, 2025
Opinion United States v. Zamora Tenth Circuit May 13, 2025
Opinion United States v. Brown Tenth Circuit Feb. 25, 2025
Opinion United States v. Ruiz Tenth Circuit Sept. 16, 2024
Opinion United States v. Hicks Tenth Circuit Sept. 9, 2024
Opinion Owens v. Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas Tenth Circuit May 7, 2024
Opinion United States v. Morales-Lopez Tenth Circuit Feb. 9, 2024
Opinion United States v. Dawson Tenth Circuit Jan. 22, 2024
Opinion United States v. Jimenez Tenth Circuit March 14, 2023
Opinion United States v. Nevarez Tenth Circuit Dec. 19, 2022
Opinion Lewis v. City of Edmond Tenth Circuit Sept. 16, 2022
Opinion Estrada-Cardona v. Garland Tenth Circuit Aug. 17, 2022
Opinion United States v. Reed Tenth Circuit July 7, 2022
Opinion United States v. Sanchez Tenth Circuit Jan. 10, 2022
Opinion Ibrahim Iman v. William Barr Ninth Circuit Aug. 25, 2020
Opinion Harry Robinson and Kay Robinson, Eva May McCarthy and George Samuel Robinson v. Volkswagenwerk Ag, Greer & Greer, and Herzfeld & Rubin, P.C. Tenth Circuit Aug. 1, 1991