D.C. Circuit
David Bryan Sentelle
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Appointment
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- Title
- Judge
- Appointed by
- Ronald ReaganRepublican
- Seat
- CADC0407
- Nominated
- Feb. 2, 1987
- Committee hearing
- April 1, 1987
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)May 1, 1987
- Senate vote
- 87–0Roll Call
- Confirmed
- Sept. 9, 1987
- Commissioned
- Sept. 11, 1987
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Chief Judge from
- Jan. 1, 2008until Jan. 1, 2013
- Senior status
- Feb. 12, 2013
Source Federal Judicial Center.
Judicial service history
Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.
| Court | Title | Commissioned | Ended | Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina | Judge | Oct. 17, 1985 | Oct. 19, 1987 Appointment to Another Judicial Position | Ronald Reagan |
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | Judge | Sept. 11, 1987 | In service | Ronald Reagan |
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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Aug. 13, 2019panel identified Sat on the panel in Children's Hospital Ass'n v. Alex Azar
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July 19, 2019panel identified Sat on the panel in Idaho Conservation League v. Andrew Wheeler
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July 19, 2019panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Rodney Class
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July 2, 2019
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June 28, 2019
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June 18, 2019
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June 11, 2019panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Alicia Norman
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May 21, 2019panel identified Sat on the panel in DL v. Dist. of Columbia, Corp.
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May 7, 2019panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Tyrone Wright
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
| Case | No. | Status | Date | |
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| Children's Hospital Ass'n v. Alex Azar | 18-5135 | Decided | Aug. 13, 2019 | |
| Idaho Conservation League v. Andrew Wheeler | 18-1141 | Decided | July 19, 2019 | |
| United States v. Rodney Class | 15-3015 | Decided | July 19, 2019 | |
| California Communities Against Toxics v. Envtl. Prot. Agency | 18-1163 | Decided | July 2, 2019 | |
| Electronic Privacy Information Center v. US Department of Commerce and Bureau of the Census | 19-5031 | Decided | June 28, 2019 | |
| N.Y. Republican State Comm. v. SEC. & Exch. Comm'n | 18-1111 | Decided | June 18, 2019 | |
| United States v. Alicia Norman | 17-3070; C/w 17-3073, 17-3074 | Decided | June 11, 2019 | |
| DL v. Dist. of Columbia, Corp. | 18-7004 | Decided | May 21, 2019 | |
| United States v. Tyrone Wright | 17-3033 | Decided | May 7, 2019 |
Judicial writings
No writings are attributed to this judge in the ingested records.
Source Authorship is recorded only where the source data carries it. For recent Courts of Appeals opinions CourtListener frequently publishes the decision as a single document without naming the authoring judge, so an absence here means the attribution is unavailable upstream — not that the judge has written nothing.