Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Jimmy CarterDemocratic president
Seat
CA21201
Nominated
April 30, 1979
Committee hearing
June 7, 1979
Committee action
Reported (favorably)June 14, 1979
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
June 19, 1979
Commissioned
June 21, 1979
Chief Judge from
Jan. 1, 1993until Jan. 1, 1997
Senior status
July 1, 1997

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 Connecticut Judge Dec. 15, 1971 June 25, 1979 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Richard M. Nixon
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Judge June 21, 1979 In service Jimmy Carter

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.