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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
William J. ClintonDemocratic
Seat
CA20208
Nominated
May 24, 1994
Committee hearing
July 21, 1994
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Aug. 4, 1994
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Aug. 9, 1994
Commissioned
Aug. 10, 1994
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Senior status
March 9, 2023

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. 10, 1979 Aug. 12, 1994 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Jimmy Carter
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Judge Aug. 10, 1994 In service William J. Clinton

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
Barbosa Da Cunha v. Freden 25-3141 Decided Sept. 25, 2026 Authored
United States v. VanHoesen 24-2692 Decided Aug. 24, 2026
United States v. Matos 22-1561 Decided Aug. 13, 2026
Farrington v. Poole 24-2718 Decided Aug. 6, 2026
Al Saidi v. Blanche 21-6589 Decided Aug. 3, 2026
Tennenbaum Living Tr. v. GCDI S.A. 23-1247 Decided July 20, 2026
Asinga v. Gatorade Co. 25-1378 Decided July 17, 2026
The Satanic Temple, Inc. v. Newsweek Digital LLC 25-868 Decided May 28, 2026
America, Inc. v. Thom Browne, Inc. 24-1510 Decided April 29, 2026
United States v. Pence 24-1025 Decided April 10, 2026
United States v. Manuel Zumba Mejia 24-3086 Decided April 9, 2026 Authored
Petersen Energ�a; Eton Park v. Argentie Argentine Republic, YPF S.A. 23-23-77370 (L); 23-7376 (L) Decided March 27, 2026
Parker v. Alexander 25-487 Decided March 23, 2026
Havlish v. Taliban; Aliganga v. Taliban 23-258 (L); 23-354 (L) Decided March 19, 2026
United States v. Aryeetey 25-499 Decided March 3, 2026
Safdieh v. Comm'r 25-501 Decided Feb. 27, 2026 Authored
CFHC v. CoreLogic Rental Prop. Sols. 23-1118 Decided Feb. 20, 2026
United States v. Reyes 24-2333 Decided Jan. 7, 2026
J.M. v. New York City Dept. of Ed. 25-1046 Decided Dec. 9, 2025
Buller v. Comm'r 24-1557 Decided Nov. 26, 2025

Judicial writings

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

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Concurrence Barbosa Da Cunha v. Freden Second Circuit April 28, 2026
Opinion United States v. Manuel Zumba Mejia Second Circuit April 9, 2026
Opinion Safdieh v. Comm'r Second Circuit Feb. 27, 2026
Opinion Flores v. N.Y. Football Giants Second Circuit Aug. 14, 2025
Opinion United States v. Novis (Denkberg) Second Circuit June 2, 2025
Opinion United States v. Sterkaj Second Circuit May 23, 2025
Opinion United States v. Maxwell Second Circuit Sept. 17, 2024
Opinion Lupia v. New Jersey Transit Rail Operations, Inc. Second Circuit Aug. 1, 2024
Opinion Packer v. Raging Capital Management, LLC Second Circuit June 24, 2024
Opinion United States v. Freeman Second Circuit April 23, 2024
Opinion Singh Bhagtana v. Garland Second Circuit Feb. 22, 2024
Opinion Carroll v. Trump Second Circuit Dec. 13, 2023
Opinion Singh Bhagtana v. Garland Second Circuit Dec. 5, 2023
Opinion Eisenhauer v. Culinary Institute of America Second Circuit Oct. 17, 2023
Opinion Kirschner v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. Second Circuit Aug. 24, 2023
Opinion Soni v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue Second Circuit Aug. 4, 2023
Opinion United States v. Raniere Second Circuit Dec. 9, 2022
Opinion United States v. Hunter Second Circuit April 20, 2022
Opinion Aenergy, S.A. v. Republic of Angola Second Circuit April 13, 2022
Opinion NY State Teamsters v. C&S Wholesale Grocers Second Circuit Jan. 27, 2022