Ninth Circuit
John Byron Owens
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appointment
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Title
- Judge
- Appointed by
- Barack ObamaDemocratic
- Seat
- CA90606
- Nominated
- Jan. 6, 2014
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)Jan. 16, 2014
- Senate vote
- 56–43Roll Call
- Confirmed
- March 31, 2014
- Commissioned
- April 2, 2014
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
Source Federal Judicial Center.
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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Sept. 30opinion issued Authored the opinion in Baker Ranches, Inc. v. Burgum
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Sept. 22opinion issued Authored the opinion in Todd Yukutake v. Anne E. Lopez
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Sept. 18panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. State of Idaho
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Sept. 4opinion issued Authored the opinion in Trigueros Quizar v. Blanche
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July 21
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June 17
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June 9opinion issued Authored the opinion in Forward, Inc. v. MacOmber
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May 20opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Tekola
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May 6
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April 27opinion issued Authored the opinion in Forward, Inc. v. MacOmber
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April 15panel identified Sat on the panel in Detwiler v. Mid-Columbia Medical Center
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April 13panel identified Sat on the panel in Abdollah Nia v. Bank of America, N.A.
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
| Case | No. | Status | Date | |
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| Baker Ranches, Inc. v. Burgum | 24-5713 | Decided | Sept. 30, 2026 | Authored |
| Todd Yukutake v. Anne E. Lopez | 21-16756 | Decided | Sept. 22, 2026 | Authored |
| United States v. State of Idaho | 25-947 | Decided | Sept. 18, 2026 | |
| Trigueros Quizar v. Blanche | 24-4847 | Decided | Sept. 4, 2026 | Authored |
| American Federation of Government Employees, Afl-Cio v. Trump | 25-4014 | Decided | June 17, 2026 | Authored |
| Lifevoxel Virginia Spv, LLC v. lifevoxel.ai, Inc. | 25-613 | Decided | June 17, 2026 | |
| Forward, Inc. v. MacOmber | 24-4983 | Decided | June 9, 2026 | Authored |
| United States v. Tekola | 24-5467 | Decided | May 20, 2026 | Authored |
| Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians v. Blanche | 25-2340 | Decided | May 6, 2026 | |
| Detwiler v. Mid-Columbia Medical Center | 23-3710 | Decided | April 15, 2026 | |
| Abdollah Nia v. Bank of America, N.A. | 24-6187 | Decided | April 13, 2026 | |
| Alfonso Verduzco Ruiz v. Pamela Bondi | 18-71787 | Decided | April 1, 2026 | |
| Sweet v. McMahon | 26-1136 | Decided | March 25, 2026 | |
| United States v. Boylan | 24-3077 | Decided | March 3, 2026 | Authored |
| Guam Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists v. Douglas Moylan | 23-15602 | Decided | Feb. 3, 2026 | |
| Fiedler v. United States | 24-5064 | Decided | Jan. 30, 2026 | Authored |
| United States v. Kittson | 23-4132 | Decided | Dec. 10, 2025 | Authored |
| United States v. Hutton | 24-2202 | Decided | Nov. 17, 2025 | |
| Faulk v. Jeld-Wen, Inc. | 24-4078 | Decided | Nov. 14, 2025 | |
| Rene Lemus-Escobar v. Pamela Bondi | 18-73423 | Decided | Nov. 10, 2025 |
Judicial writings
Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.
| Type | Case | Court | Filed |
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| Opinion of the Court | Baker Ranches, Inc. v. Burgum | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 30, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | Todd Yukutake v. Anne E. Lopez | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 22, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | Trigueros Quizar v. Blanche | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 4, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | Theis v. Intermountain Education Service District - Board of Directors | Ninth Circuit | July 21, 2026 |
| Opinion | Forward, Inc. v. MacOmber | Ninth Circuit | June 9, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Tekola | Ninth Circuit | May 20, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | Forward, Inc. v. MacOmber | Ninth Circuit | April 27, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Tekola | Ninth Circuit | March 9, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | United States v. Boylan | Ninth Circuit | March 3, 2026 |
| Concurrence | American Federation of Government Employees, Afl-Cio v. Trump | Ninth Circuit | Feb. 26, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | Fiedler v. United States | Ninth Circuit | Jan. 30, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Kittson | Ninth Circuit | Dec. 10, 2025 |
| Opinion | King v. Navy Federal Credit Union | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 1, 2025 |
| Opinion | United States v. Trumbull | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 22, 2024 |
| Opinion | Benjamin Kohn v. State Bar of California | Ninth Circuit | Dec. 6, 2023 |
| Opinion | USA Sales, Inc. v. Office of the U.S. Trustee | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 10, 2023 |
| Opinion | United States v. Maurice Hollins | Ninth Circuit | June 20, 2023 |
| Dissent | United States v. Alexis Jaimez | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 23, 2022 |
| Opinion | United States v. Juan Bastide-Hernandez | Ninth Circuit | July 11, 2022 |
| Opinion | Lawrence Kalbers v. Volkswagen Ag | Ninth Circuit | Dec. 28, 2021 |