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Ninth Circuit

Diarmuid Fionntain O'Scannlain

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Senior Born 1937, New York, NY 25 panel seats recorded

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Ronald ReaganRepublican
Seat
CA91103
Nominated
Aug. 11, 1986
Committee hearing
Sept. 10, 1986
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Sept. 19, 1986
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Sept. 25, 1986
Commissioned
Sept. 26, 1986
ABA rating
Qualified
Senior status
Dec. 31, 2016

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Recent judicial activity

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

Cases

All cases

Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.

CaseNo.StatusDate
John Hendrix v. J-M Manufacturing Co., Inc. 21-56276 Decided Aug. 8, 2023
CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY V. MICHAEL REGAN 19-72109 Decided Dec. 21, 2022
A. CLARK V. SHIRLEY WEBER 21-56337 Decided Nov. 29, 2022
BLISS SEQUOIA INSURANCE V. ALLIED PROPERTY & CASUALTY INS 20-35890 Decided Oct. 27, 2022
United States v. Riley Briones, Jr. 16-10150 Decided Dec. 6, 2021 Authored
FTC v. Amg Capital Management, LLC 16-17197 Decided June 8, 2021
Harvest Rock Church, Inc. v. Gavin Newsom 20-56357 Decided Dec. 23, 2020 Authored
Harvest Rock Church, Inc. v. Gavin Newsom 20-55907 Decided Dec. 3, 2020
Arizona Democratic Party v. Katie Hobbs 20-16759 Decided Oct. 6, 2020
Harvest Rock Church, Inc. v. Gavin Newsom 20-55907 Decided Oct. 1, 2020 Authored
Jeremy Revitch v. Directv, LLC 18-16823 Decided Sept. 30, 2020 Authored
Ibrahim Bare v. William Barr 17-73269 Decided Sept. 16, 2020
Clayton Salter v. Quality Carriers, Inc. 20-55709 Decided Sept. 8, 2020
William Grice v. Usdc-Cala 20-70780 Decided Sept. 4, 2020
Shkelzen Berisha v. Guy Lawson 19-10315 Decided Sept. 2, 2020 Authored
Anthony Barritt v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections 16-17789 Decided Aug. 4, 2020 Authored
Michael Lavigne v. Mark Addy 18-14048 Decided July 29, 2020 Authored
Caradigm USA LLC v. Pruithealth, Inc. 19-11648 Decided July 10, 2020
Wade Steven Gardner v. William Mutz 19-10461 Decided June 22, 2020
United States v. Alexander Norris 17-10354 Decided Nov. 4, 2019

Judicial writings

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

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Writing Gloria Johnson v. City of Grants Pass Ninth Circuit July 5, 2023
Opinion George Young, Jr. v. State of Hawaii Ninth Circuit Aug. 19, 2022
Opinion United States v. Riley Briones, Jr. Ninth Circuit Dec. 6, 2021
Dissent Harvest Rock Church, Inc. v. Gavin Newsom Ninth Circuit Dec. 23, 2020
Order Harvest Rock Church, Inc. v. Gavin Newsom Ninth Circuit Dec. 23, 2020
Order Harvest Rock Church, Inc. v. Gavin Newsom Ninth Circuit Oct. 1, 2020
Dissent Harvest Rock Church, Inc. v. Gavin Newsom Ninth Circuit Oct. 1, 2020
Opinion Jeremy Revitch v. Directv, LLC Ninth Circuit Sept. 30, 2020
Concurrence Jeremy Revitch v. Directv, LLC Ninth Circuit Sept. 30, 2020
Opinion Shkelzen Berisha v. Guy Lawson Eleventh Circuit Sept. 2, 2020
Opinion Anthony Barritt v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Aug. 4, 2020
Opinion Michael Lavigne v. Mark Addy Eleventh Circuit July 29, 2020
Opinion Daniel Kim v. United States Ninth Circuit Oct. 10, 2019
Opinion Larry Flynt v. Stephanie K. Shimazu Ninth Circuit Oct. 7, 2019
Opinion Mohammad Poursina v. Uscis Ninth Circuit Aug. 28, 2019
Opinion United States v. Joseph Shayota Ninth Circuit Aug. 19, 2019
Concurrence United States v. Joseph Shayota Ninth Circuit Aug. 19, 2019
Opinion of the Court Brinson v. Ramos Ninth Circuit June 13, 2002