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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
William J. ClintonDemocratic president
Seat
CA90506
Nominated
Feb. 22, 2000
Committee hearing
June 15, 2000
Committee action
Reported (favorably)July 20, 2000
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
July 21, 2000
Commissioned
July 26, 2000
ABA rating
Qualified

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 District of Nevada Judge April 7, 1998 July 26, 2000 Appointment to Another Judicial Position William J. Clinton
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Judge July 26, 2000 In service William J. Clinton

Recent judicial activity

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Cases

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Judicial writings

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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 — not that the judge has written nothing.