Don R. Willett

Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Title

Judge

Appointed by

Donald J. TrumpRepublican

Seat

CA52203

Nominated

Oct. 3, 2017

Committee hearing

Nov. 15, 2017

Committee action

Reported (favorably)Dec. 7, 2017

Senate vote

50–47Roll Call

Confirmed

Dec. 13, 2017

Commissioned

Jan. 2, 2018

ABA rating

Well Qualified

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

• Sept. 22
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Marshall v. Guerrero
• Sept. 15
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Harward v. City of Austin
• Sept. 9
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Eriakha v. University of MS
• Sept. 9
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Breaux v. Worrell
• Sept. 4
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Okene v. Blanche
• Sept. 4
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Nyandoro
• Sept. 4
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Sterling v. City of Jackson
• Sept. 3
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Konan v. USPS
• Aug. 25
  opinion issued Concurred in United States v. Luna
• Aug. 24
  opinion issued Dissented in Fogleman-Laxey v. Guillory
• Aug. 21
  panel identified Sat on the panel in In Re: Media Matters for America
• Aug. 21
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Norcave Properties v. IRS

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

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