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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Joseph R. BidenDemocratic president
Seat
CADC0507
Nominated
Jan. 3, 2023
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Feb. 2, 2023
Senate vote
53–40Roll Call
Confirmed
May 15, 2023
Commissioned
May 16, 2023
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.

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
SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd. v. DOD 25-5367 Decided Aug. 14, 2026 Authored
Ramona Matos Rodriguez v. Pan American Health Organization 24-7135 Decided Aug. 14, 2026 Authored
City Utilities of Springfield, Missouri v. FERC 24-1270 Decided Aug. 11, 2026 Authored
Jared Fishman v. DC 25-7050 Decided Aug. 11, 2026
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States v. National Park Service 26-5123 Decided Aug. 7, 2026
United States v. Antonio Payne 24-3130 Decided July 31, 2026
Ralph de la Torre v. Bill Cassidy 25-5353 Decided July 31, 2026
Environmental Defense Fund v. EPA 18-1149 Decided July 28, 2026
PhantomALERT Inc. v. Apple Inc. 25-7017 Decided July 24, 2026
Beyond Nuclear, Inc. v. NRC 24-1318 Decided July 21, 2026 Authored
Titan Consortium 1, LLC v. Argentine Republic 25-7007 Decided July 21, 2026
Clean Air Council v. EPA 25-1163 Decided July 17, 2026
Mary Trongone v. Cmsnr. IRS (PUBLIC REDACTED) 25-1050 Decided July 13, 2026
Norwich Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 23-5311 Decided June 26, 2026
Trevor Kitchen v. CFTC 25-1098 Decided June 5, 2026
MISO Transmission Owners v. FERC 25-1045 Decided June 5, 2026
Global Voice Group SA v. Republic of Guinea 25-7033 Decided May 29, 2026
ModernWest Longmont, LLC v. FAA 25-1150 Decided May 29, 2026
United States v. All Petroleum-Product Cargo Onboard the M/T Arina 24-5218 Decided April 21, 2026 Authored
United States v. Linwood Thorne 23-3054 Decided March 17, 2026

Judicial writings

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

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd. v. DOD D.C. Circuit Aug. 14, 2026
Opinion Ramona Matos Rodriguez v. Pan American Health Organization D.C. Circuit Aug. 14, 2026
Opinion City Utilities of Springfield, Missouri v. FERC D.C. Circuit Aug. 11, 2026
Opinion Beyond Nuclear, Inc. v. NRC D.C. Circuit July 21, 2026
Opinion United States v. All Petroleum-Product Cargo Onboard the M/T Arina D.C. Circuit April 21, 2026
Opinion Clean Fuels Alliance America v. EPA D.C. Circuit March 13, 2026
Opinion Ryan Paul v. FAA D.C. Circuit Feb. 27, 2026
Opinion Cboe Global Markets, Inc. v. SEC D.C. Circuit Oct. 14, 2025
Opinion In re: Sealed Case D.C. Circuit Sept. 24, 2025
Opinion Lisa Cook v. Donald Trump D.C. Circuit Sept. 15, 2025
Opinion Pauline Newman v. Kimberly Moore D.C. Circuit Aug. 22, 2025
Opinion KLEO AG v. Rivada Networks, Inc. D.C. Circuit Aug. 19, 2025
Opinion Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority v. FEMA D.C. Circuit Aug. 15, 2025
Opinion Nia Lucas v. American Federation of Government Employees D.C. Circuit Aug. 15, 2025
Opinion Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. FDA D.C. Circuit Aug. 15, 2025
Opinion Seth Hettena v. CIA (PENDING CLASSIFICATION REVIEW) D.C. Circuit July 31, 2025
Opinion United States v. Keith Berman D.C. Circuit July 25, 2025
Opinion In re: Sealed Case D.C. Circuit July 18, 2025
Opinion Junius Joyner, III v. Morrison and Foerster LLP D.C. Circuit June 20, 2025
Opinion Ammar Al-Baluchi v. Pete Hegseth D.C. Circuit June 17, 2025