D.C. Circuit
Douglas Howard Ginsburg
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
- CADC0207
- Nominated
- Sept. 23, 1986
- Committee hearing
- Oct. 1, 1986
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)Oct. 2, 1986
- Senate vote
- Voice
- Confirmed
- Oct. 8, 1986
- Commissioned
- Oct. 14, 1986
- ABA rating
- Qualified
- Chief Judge from
- Jan. 1, 2001until Jan. 1, 2008
- Senior status
- Oct. 14, 2011
Source Federal Judicial Center.
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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Aug. 25panel identified Sat on the panel in Slash Creek Waterworks, Inc. v. Howard Lutnick
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Aug. 25opinion issued Authored the opinion in For a Better Bayou v. FERC
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Aug. 21panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Garrick Richardson
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July 24opinion issued Authored the opinion in Fairholme Funds, Inc v. FHFA
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June 26
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June 5
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May 22
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April 28panel identified Sat on the panel in Evergreen Shipping Agency (America) Corp. v. FMC
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April 10panel identified Sat on the panel in Susan Qashu v. Marco Rubio
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April 3panel identified Sat on the panel in Andi Gjoci v. DOS
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March 31opinion issued Authored the opinion in World Shipping Council v. FMC
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Feb. 10panel identified Sat on the panel in Affirmed Energy, LLC v. FERC
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
| Case | No. | Status | Date | |
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| For a Better Bayou v. FERC | 24-1291 | Decided | Aug. 25, 2026 | Authored |
| Slash Creek Waterworks, Inc. v. Howard Lutnick | 25-5042 | Decided | Aug. 25, 2026 | |
| United States v. Garrick Richardson | 24-3151 | Decided | Aug. 21, 2026 | |
| Fairholme Funds, Inc v. FHFA | 25-5113 | Decided | July 24, 2026 | Authored |
| Ardelyx, Inc. v. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | 24-5290 | Decided | June 26, 2026 | Authored |
| Luis Castillo Butters v. National Academy of Sciences | 24-7068 | Decided | May 22, 2026 | Authored |
| Evergreen Shipping Agency (America) Corp. v. FMC | 25-1104 | Decided | April 28, 2026 | |
| Susan Qashu v. Marco Rubio | 24-5201 | Decided | April 10, 2026 | |
| Andi Gjoci v. DOS | 24-5261 | Decided | April 3, 2026 | |
| World Shipping Council v. FMC | 24-1298 | Decided | March 31, 2026 | Authored |
| Affirmed Energy, LLC v. FERC | 25-1091 | Decided | Feb. 10, 2026 | |
| Shahnaz Haeri Mehneh v. Marco Rubio | 25-5001 | Decided | Jan. 16, 2026 | Authored |
| America First Legal Foundation v. Jamieson Greer | 24-5168 | Decided | Oct. 3, 2025 | |
| Marseille-Kliniken AG v. Republic of Equatorial Guinea | 23-7169 | Decided | Sept. 23, 2025 | |
| El Puente de Williamsburg, Inc. v. FERC | 23-1333 | Decided | Sept. 19, 2025 | |
| SSM Litigation Group v. EPA | 23-1267 | Decided | Sept. 5, 2025 | |
| Michael Hurd, Jr. v. DC | 23-7176 | Decided | Aug. 5, 2025 | |
| United States v. Keith Berman | 24-3044 | Decided | July 25, 2025 | |
| Adam Steele v. United States | 24-5076 | Decided | July 18, 2025 | |
| Gary Brown, III v. FBI | 23-5244 | Decided | July 15, 2025 |
Judicial writings
Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.