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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
William J. ClintonDemocratic
Seat
CADC0308
Nominated
June 20, 1994
Committee hearing
Sept. 21, 1994
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Sept. 28, 1994
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Oct. 6, 1994
Commissioned
Oct. 7, 1994
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Senior status
May 16, 2022
Service ended
Jan. 16, 2024Retirement

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
Capitol Services Management v. Vesta Corporation 18-7135 Decided Aug. 13, 2019
Hamed Almaqrami v. Michael Pompeo 18-5156 Decided Aug. 13, 2019
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Okla v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n 18-1129; C/w 18-1135, 18-1148, 18-1159, 18-1184 Decided Aug. 9, 2019
Allegheny Def. Project v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n 17-1098; C/w 17-1128, 17-1263, 18-1030 Decided Aug. 2, 2019
In re Sealed 19-5068; C/w 19-5100, 19-5102, 19-5103 Decided July 30, 2019 Authored
Temple Univ. Hosp., Inc. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. 18-1150; C/w 18-1164 Decided July 9, 2019
U.S. Office of Pers. Mgmt. Data SEC. Breach Litig. v. Office of Pers. Mgmt. 17-5117 Decided June 21, 2019
Sierra Club v. Envtl. Prot. Agency 18-1038 Decided June 14, 2019
Sw. Airlines Co. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n 18-1134; C/w 18-1136, 18-1137, 18-1138 Decided June 14, 2019
Birckhead v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n 18-1218 Decided June 4, 2019
Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Wash. & Nat'l SEC. Archive v. Trump 18-5150 Decided May 28, 2019
Libertarian Nat'l Comm., Inc. v. Fed. Election Comm'n 18-5227 Decided May 21, 2019 Authored
DL v. Dist. of Columbia, Corp. 18-7004 Decided May 21, 2019
Commonwealth Land Title Ins. v. KCI Technologies, Inc. 18-7051 Decided April 26, 2019
Air Transport Association of America, Inc. v. Faa 18-1157 Decided April 23, 2019
Daniel Barker v. Patrick Conroy 17-5278 Decided April 19, 2019
In re: Mary E. Spears and Rosa A. Eliades 18-1279; 18-1315 Decided April 16, 2019

Judicial writings

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

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion of the Court In re Sealed D.C. Circuit July 30, 2019
Opinion of the Court Libertarian Nat'l Comm., Inc. v. Fed. Election Comm'n D.C. Circuit May 21, 2019