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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Richard M. NixonRepublican
Seat
CA90904
Nominated
May 22, 1972
Committee hearing
June 22, 1972
Committee action
Reported (favorably)June 27, 1972
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
June 28, 1972
Commissioned
June 28, 1972
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Chief Judge from
Jan. 1, 1991until Jan. 1, 1996
Senior status
April 8, 1996

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California Judge Oct. 16, 1970 July 14, 1972 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Richard M. Nixon
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Judge June 28, 1972 In service Richard M. Nixon

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
Manuel De Jesus Ortega Melendres v. Russ Skinner 23-15036 Decided Aug. 19, 2024 Authored
Colin-Villavicencio v. Garland 22-507 Decided July 23, 2024
Jamien Jensen v. Exc Incorporated 20-15908 Decided Sept. 22, 2023
E. Ohman J:or Fonder Ab v. Nvidia Corporation 21-15604 Decided Aug. 25, 2023
Todd Ashker v. Gavin Newsom 21-15839 Decided Aug. 24, 2023
United States v. Francisco Lucas, Jr. 22-50064 Decided Aug. 16, 2023 Authored
Corby Kuciemba v. Victory Woodworks, Inc. 21-15963 Decided July 25, 2023
Shane Love v. Aaron Villacana 20-56003 Decided July 11, 2023 Authored
BYRON MCKNIGHT V. UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 21-16623 Decided Nov. 30, 2022
Francisco Negrete v. City of Oakland 20-16244 Decided Aug. 19, 2022 Authored
David Demarest v. City of Vallejo 20-15872 Decided Aug. 16, 2022
Caremark, LLC v. Chickasaw Nation 21-16209 Decided Aug. 9, 2022
Caremark, LLC v. Chickasaw Nation 21-16209 Decided Aug. 9, 2022
MacOmb County Empl. Ret. Sys. v. Align Technology, Inc. 21-15823 Decided July 7, 2022
Jose Fierro v. Keith Smith 19-16786 Decided July 5, 2022
Robert Kreb v. Usdol Decided June 17, 2022
Michael Rattagan v. Uber Technologies, Inc. 20-16796 Decided Dec. 6, 2021
Delfina Soto-Soto v. Merrick Garland 20-70587 Decided Nov. 18, 2021
Martin Walsh v. Usdc-Azp 21-70685 Decided Oct. 19, 2021 Authored
Morgan Sanders v. City of Pittsburg 19-16920 Decided Sept. 23, 2021

Judicial writings

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

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion Manuel De Jesus Ortega Melendres v. Russ Skinner Ninth Circuit Aug. 19, 2024
Opinion Shane Love v. Aaron Villacana Ninth Circuit July 11, 2023
Opinion United States v. Francisco Lucas, Jr. Ninth Circuit June 14, 2023
Opinion Francisco Negrete v. City of Oakland Ninth Circuit Aug. 19, 2022
Opinion Martin Walsh v. Usdc-Azp Ninth Circuit Oct. 19, 2021
Opinion Hong Li v. Merrick Garland Ninth Circuit Sept. 21, 2021
Opinion Zhirayr Lalayan v. Merrick Garland Ninth Circuit July 13, 2021
Dissent Prge&j Ret. Sys. Admin. v. Volkswagen Ninth Circuit June 25, 2021
Dissent Delfina Soto-Soto v. Merrick Garland Ninth Circuit June 11, 2021
Opinion Minh Nguyen v. William Barr Ninth Circuit Dec. 21, 2020
Opinion Eli Attia v. Google LLC Ninth Circuit Dec. 16, 2020
Opinion Juan Castillo v. William Barr Ninth Circuit Nov. 18, 2020
Opinion United States v. Cole Lusby Ninth Circuit Aug. 25, 2020
Order Liliana Canela v. Costco Ninth Circuit Aug. 21, 2020
Opinion United States v. David Lague Ninth Circuit Aug. 20, 2020
Opinion State of California v. the Little Sisters of the Poor Ninth Circuit Oct. 22, 2019
Order Richard Zabriskie v. fnma/fannie Mae Ninth Circuit Oct. 8, 2019
Concurrence Hiq Labs, Inc. v. Linkedin Corporation Ninth Circuit Sept. 9, 2019
Opinion John O'Rourke v. No. California Electrical Ninth Circuit Aug. 16, 2019
Opinion United States v. Daniel Newton Flickinger, United States of America v. John H. Munier, Jr., United States of America v. Robert William McLaughlin United States of America v. Stanley David Hayduk Ninth Circuit May 25, 1978