Eighth Circuit
Diana E. Murphy
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appointment
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- Title
- Judge
- Appointed by
- William J. ClintonDemocratic
- Seat
- CA80805
- Nominated
- July 28, 1994
- Committee hearing
- Oct. 4, 1994
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)Oct. 5, 1994
- Senate vote
- Voice
- Confirmed
- Oct. 7, 1994
- Commissioned
- Oct. 11, 1994
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Senior status
- Nov. 29, 2016
- Service ended
- May 16, 2018Death
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 District of Minnesota | Judge | Feb. 20, 1980 | Oct. 13, 1994 Appointment to Another Judicial Position | Jimmy Carter |
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Judge | Oct. 11, 1994 | May 16, 2018 Death | William J. Clinton |
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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March 13, 2015panel identified Sat on the panel in Branden Clark v. Leann Bertsch
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
| Case | No. | Status | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branden Clark v. Leann Bertsch | Decided | March 13, 2015 |
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.