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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
George W. BushRepublican
Seat
CA92103
Nominated
Feb. 12, 2003
Committee hearing
May 7, 2003
Committee action
Reported (favorably)May 8, 2003
Senate vote
99–0Roll Call
Confirmed
May 22, 2003
Commissioned
May 28, 2003
ABA rating
Well Qualified

Source Federal Judicial Center.

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
Medrano v. Acosta 24-6346 Decided Sept. 25, 2026 Authored
Handy v. Jones 25-5105 Decided Sept. 15, 2026 Authored
Cedar Park Assembly of God of Kirkland, Washington v. Patty Kuderer 23-35585 Decided Sept. 14, 2026 Authored
Powers v. McDonough 24-6576 Decided Sept. 11, 2026
Rocky Patel Premium Cigars, Inc. v. Bonta 25-8060 Decided Aug. 27, 2026
State of California v. United States Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Et A 24-2701 Decided Aug. 21, 2026 Authored
Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans v. Kristin K. Mayes 22-16490 Decided Aug. 7, 2026
Shenzhen Zehuijin Investment Center v. Yingkui 24-6215 Decided Aug. 3, 2026
Multiple Energy Technologies, LLC v. Casden 24-4691 Decided July 30, 2026
United States v. Anten 24-7261 Decided July 27, 2026 Authored
Roberto Diaz-Boyzo v. Todd Blanche 17-72894 Decided July 23, 2026
United States v. Pereda 25-4461 Decided July 23, 2026
Sotero Rivera-Mendoza v. Todd Blanche 21-70107 Decided June 25, 2026 Authored
People of the State of Cal. v. Fmcsa 20-70706 Decided June 4, 2026
Fresh Mix, LLC v. Pisanelli Bice, Pllc 25-2462 Decided May 28, 2026
Michael Ray Hogan v. Jeremy Bean 18-99004 Decided May 8, 2026
Gessele v. Jack in the Box Inc. 23-2527 Decided April 20, 2026
King v. Villegas 23-1713 Decided April 3, 2026
United States v. Ferrari 24-6007 Decided March 23, 2026
Powley v. Bisignano 24-4063 Decided March 18, 2026 Authored

Judicial writings

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

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion of the Court Medrano v. Acosta Ninth Circuit Sept. 25, 2026
Opinion Handy v. Jones Ninth Circuit Sept. 15, 2026
Dissent Cedar Park Assembly of God of Kirkland, Washington v. Patty Kuderer Ninth Circuit Sept. 14, 2026
Opinion State of California v. United States Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Et A Ninth Circuit Aug. 21, 2026
Opinion United States v. Anten Ninth Circuit July 27, 2026
Opinion of the Court Sotero Rivera-Mendoza v. Todd Blanche Ninth Circuit June 25, 2026
Opinion Powley v. Bisignano Ninth Circuit March 18, 2026
Concurrence Wells v. Bnsf Railway Company Ninth Circuit Feb. 24, 2026
Opinion United States of America v. State of Alaska Ninth Circuit Aug. 20, 2025
Dissent Kate Adams v. County of Sacramento Ninth Circuit July 9, 2025
Opinion Sterling Atkins v. Jeremy Bean Ninth Circuit Dec. 2, 2024
Dissent In Re: Jorden Saldana v. Martha Bronitsky Ninth Circuit Nov. 22, 2024
Dissent Kate Adams v. County of Sacramento Ninth Circuit Sept. 9, 2024
Opinion Mendocino Railway v. Jack Ainsworth Ninth Circuit Aug. 29, 2024
Opinion Zia v. Garland Ninth Circuit Aug. 26, 2024
Opinion Nawg v. Rob Bonta Ninth Circuit Nov. 7, 2023
Opinion United States v. John Barlow Ninth Circuit Oct. 4, 2023
Opinion Fellowship of Christian Athlet v. San Jose Unified School Distri Ninth Circuit Sept. 13, 2023
Opinion Airlines for America v. City and County of San Francisco Ninth Circuit Aug. 29, 2023
Dissent Nery Salguero Sosa v. Merrick Garland Ninth Circuit Aug. 15, 2023