Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Jimmy CarterDemocratic
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.

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

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
United States v. Ramirez Rodriguez 24-2059(L) Decided Dec. 16, 2025
Villalta Martinez v. Bondi 24-115 Decided Oct. 8, 2025
City of Hialeah Employees' Retirement System v. Peloton Interactive, Inc. 24-2803 Decided Aug. 27, 2025
Lalama Gomez v. United States 25-386 Decided June 9, 2025
Zherka v. Bondi 22-1108 Decided June 9, 2025
Alexander v. City of Syracuse 21-3075 Decided March 14, 2025
United States v. Bradley 24-935 Decided Dec. 23, 2024
United States v. Huggins Orelien 23-6175 Decided Oct. 3, 2024
Castellanos-Ventura v. Garland 21-6293 Decided Sept. 13, 2024
United States v. Suquilanda 22-1197 Decided Sept. 13, 2024
Packer v. Raging Capital Management, LLC 23-367 Decided June 24, 2024
Bohnak v. Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. 22-319 Decided Aug. 24, 2023
In Re: Purdue Pharma L.P. 22-110-bk (L) Decided May 30, 2023
Roberts v. Genting 21-833 Decided May 15, 2023
Haley v. TIAA 21-805-cv Decided Dec. 1, 2022
United States v. Sealed One 21-118 Decided Sept. 21, 2022
United States v. Hoskins 20-842-cr(L) Decided Aug. 12, 2022
United States v. Beltran-Leyva (Guzman Loera) 19-2239-cr Decided Jan. 25, 2022 Authored
Chery v. Garland Graham v. Garland 18-1036 18-1835 (L) Decided Oct. 15, 2021
Specht v. City of New York 20-4211-cv Decided Oct. 6, 2021

Judicial writings

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

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion United States v. Beltran-Leyva (Guzman Loera) Second Circuit Jan. 25, 2022
Opinion Sarkees v. E. I. DuPont De Nemours and Co. Second Circuit Oct. 6, 2021
Opinion Chrysafis v. Marks Second Circuit Sept. 29, 2021
Opinion United States v. Portillo Second Circuit Nov. 24, 2020
Opinion Packer v. Raging Capital Management Second Circuit Nov. 23, 2020
Opinion Car-Freshner Corporation v. American Covers, LLC Second Circuit Nov. 19, 2020
Opinion Oakley v. Dolan Second Circuit Nov. 16, 2020
Opinion Uniformed Fire Officers Association v. DeBlasio Second Circuit Aug. 27, 2020
Opinion Lewis v. Swicki Second Circuit Dec. 6, 2019
Opinion Donald J. Trump v. Deutsche Bank AG Second Circuit Dec. 3, 2019
Opinion Atterbury v. United States Marshals Service Second Circuit Oct. 25, 2019
Opinion United States v. Kendrick (Janine Plaza Pierce) Second Circuit Oct. 10, 2019
Opinion Donald J. Trump v. Deutsche Bank AG Second Circuit Oct. 10, 2019
Opinion United States v. Brown Second Circuit Aug. 16, 2019
Opinion Chabad Lubavitch of Litchfield Cnty., Inc. v. Litchfield Historic Dist. Comm'n Second Circuit Aug. 14, 2019
Opinion The Estate of Stanley Kauffmann v. Rochester Institute of Technology Second Circuit Aug. 1, 2019
Opinion Adia v. Grandeur Management, Inc. Second Circuit July 25, 2019