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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Ronald ReaganRepublican
Seat
CA92901
Nominated
Oct. 16, 1985
Committee hearing
Nov. 6, 1985
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Nov. 21, 1985
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Dec. 16, 1985
Commissioned
Dec. 17, 1985
ABA rating
Qualified
Senior status
Dec. 27, 1996
Service ended
April 17, 2017Death

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.

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Judicial writings

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

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Dissent Silva-Jacinto v. Immigration & Naturalization Service Ninth Circuit June 11, 2002