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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Donald J. TrumpRepublican
Seat
CADC0706
Nominated
Sept. 7, 2017
Committee hearing
Oct. 17, 2017
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Nov. 9, 2017
Senate vote
50–48Roll Call
Confirmed
Nov. 28, 2017
Commissioned
Dec. 8, 2017
ABA rating
Well Qualified

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
Alstom Transportation, Inc. v. FRA 25-5456 Decided Sept. 25, 2026 Authored
Anthropic PBC v. United States Department of War 26-1049 Decided Sept. 25, 2026 Authored
League of Women Voters v. DHS 26-5243 Decided Sept. 4, 2026 Authored
Robert Bergdahl v. United States 24-5150 Decided Sept. 1, 2026
East Tennessee Group v. FERC 24-1253 Decided Aug. 28, 2026
Shana Hargrove v. MedStar Washington Hospital Center 25-7129 Decided Aug. 21, 2026
United States v. Garrick Richardson 24-3151 Decided Aug. 21, 2026 Authored
Evangelistic Godson v. Johns Hopkins Medicine 25-7011 Decided Aug. 21, 2026 Authored
Adsync Technologies, Inc. v. FAA (PUBLIC REISSUED) 25-1148 Decided Aug. 20, 2026
Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. 25-5054 Decided Aug. 18, 2026
James Knight v. NTSB 25-1158 Decided Aug. 18, 2026
Bruno Mpoy v. John Burst 24-7120 Decided Aug. 18, 2026
Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. EPA 24-1193 Decided Aug. 18, 2026
United States v. Edward William 24-3067 Decided Aug. 11, 2026 Authored
Goce Gligorov v. Nation of Brunei 24-7150 Decided Aug. 7, 2026
Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation v. United States 25-5111 Decided July 31, 2026 Authored
Arthur Sookra v. Pfizer Inc. 25-5200 Decided July 31, 2026
The Estate of Stephen M. Jennions v. CFTC 25-1106 Decided July 28, 2026
Public Safety Spectrum Alliance v. FCC 24-1363 Decided July 21, 2026 Authored
Heritage Foundation v. DOJ 26-5235 Decided July 21, 2026

Judicial writings

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

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion of the Court Alstom Transportation, Inc. v. FRA D.C. Circuit Sept. 25, 2026
Opinion Anthropic PBC v. United States Department of War D.C. Circuit Sept. 25, 2026
Dissent League of Women Voters v. DHS D.C. Circuit Sept. 4, 2026
Opinion United States v. Garrick Richardson D.C. Circuit Aug. 21, 2026
Concurrence Evangelistic Godson v. Johns Hopkins Medicine D.C. Circuit Aug. 21, 2026
Opinion United States v. Edward William D.C. Circuit Aug. 11, 2026
Opinion Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation v. United States D.C. Circuit July 31, 2026
Opinion Public Safety Spectrum Alliance v. FCC D.C. Circuit July 21, 2026
Opinion Save the Sound, Inc. v. FAA D.C. Circuit July 21, 2026
Concurrence United States v. David Zobel D.C. Circuit July 17, 2026
Opinion Axel Diegelmann v. Scott Bessent D.C. Circuit July 14, 2026
Opinion Trustees of the IAM National Pension Fund v. M & K Employee Solutions D.C. Circuit July 7, 2026
Concurrence Massimiliano Cali v. Donald Trump D.C. Circuit June 15, 2026
Order Massimiliano Cali v. Donald Trump D.C. Circuit June 15, 2026
Writing Massimiliano Cali v. Donald Trump D.C. Circuit June 15, 2026
Concurrence in part Farah Naz v. Chris Wright D.C. Circuit June 9, 2026
Order Jorge Lujan v. FMCSA D.C. Circuit May 5, 2026
Order Nicolas Talbott v. USA D.C. Circuit Dec. 9, 2025
Opinion America First Legal Foundation v. Jamieson Greer D.C. Circuit Oct. 3, 2025
Opinion Deutsche Telekom, A.G. v. Republic of India D.C. Circuit Oct. 3, 2025