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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
George W. BushRepublican president
Seat
CA70408
Nominated
July 17, 2007
Committee hearing
Sept. 25, 2007
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Nov. 1, 2007
Senate vote
93โ€“0Roll Call
Confirmed
Dec. 18, 2007
Commissioned
Dec. 21, 2007
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Senior status
Feb. 18, 2015
Service ended
Oct. 9, 2015Retirement

Source Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Judges. Party shown is the party of the appointing president, which is a fact about the president, not about the judge.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana Judge Aug. 10, 1987 Dec. 21, 2007 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Ronald Reagan
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Judge Dec. 21, 2007 Oct. 9, 2015 Retirement George W. Bush

Recent judicial activity

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

  • No recorded activity.

Cases

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Judicial writings

No writings are attributed to this judge in the ingested records.

Source Authorship is recorded only where the source data carries it. For recent Courts of Appeals opinions CourtListener frequently publishes the decision as a single document without naming the authoring judge, so an absence here means the attribution is unavailable upstream โ€” not that the judge has written nothing.