Third Circuit
D. Michael Fisher
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appointment
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- Title
- Judge
- Appointed by
- George W. BushRepublican
- Seat
- CA31202
- Nominated
- May 1, 2003
- Committee hearing
- Oct. 15, 2003
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)Nov. 6, 2003
- Senate vote
- Voice
- Confirmed
- Dec. 9, 2003
- Commissioned
- Dec. 11, 2003
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Senior status
- Feb. 1, 2017
Source Federal Judicial Center.
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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Aug. 25
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Aug. 25opinion issued Authored the opinion in Timofey V v. United States
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Aug. 24panel identified Sat on the panel in Roger Salvatora v. XTO Energy Inc
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June 18
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June 17panel identified Sat on the panel in Mark Justman v. Accenture LLP
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June 15panel identified Sat on the panel in Jafarnia Williams v. Superintendent Rockview SCI
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May 29
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May 18
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Feb. 3opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Dameia Smith
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Dec. 1, 2025panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Julien Giraud, Jr.
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Aug. 27, 2025
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Aug. 26, 2025panel identified Sat on the panel in Rashonna Ransom v. GreatPlains Finance LLC
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
Judicial writings
Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.