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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
William J. ClintonDemocratic
Seat
CADC0506
Nominated
Nov. 17, 1993
Committee hearing
Jan. 27, 1994
Committee action
Reported (favorably)March 9, 1994
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
March 10, 1994
Commissioned
March 11, 1994
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Senior status
Sept. 1, 2022

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.

CaseNo.StatusDate
Solon Phillips v. WCP Fund I LLC 25-7130 Decided Sept. 29, 2026
Office of the Commissioner of Baseball v. LOC 24-1259 Decided Sept. 22, 2026 Authored
Patrick Mahoney v. United States Capitol Police Board 24-5207 Decided Sept. 22, 2026 Authored
Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. FDA 25-5041 Decided Aug. 18, 2026
Joseph Englehardt v. Todd Blanche 24-5297 Decided Aug. 4, 2026
Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation v. United States 25-5111 Decided July 31, 2026
American Whitewater v. FERC 25-1092 Decided July 24, 2026 Authored
United States v. Charles Littlejohn 24-3019 Decided July 17, 2026
Alignment Healthcare Inc. v. HHS 25-5239 Decided July 14, 2026
Zia Chishti v. Tatiana Spottiswoode 24-7152 Decided July 7, 2026 Authored
United States v. James Honesty 24-3032 Decided June 16, 2026 Authored
Farah Naz v. Chris Wright 23-5237 Decided June 9, 2026
Nicolas Talbott v. USA 25-5087 Decided June 1, 2026 Authored
John Doe v. SEC 23-1124 Decided May 1, 2026 Authored
True the Vote, Inc. v. IRS 25-5219 Decided April 10, 2026
Samara Simmons v. Marco Rubio 24-5223 Decided March 17, 2026 Authored
United States v. Linwood Thorne 23-3054 Decided March 17, 2026 Authored
Stabil LLC v. Russian Federation 25-7005 Decided Feb. 13, 2026
EB5 Holdings Inc. v. Joseph Edlow 24-5237 Decided Feb. 13, 2026
In re: Application of the United States for an Order Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 2705(b) 24-5239 Decided Feb. 3, 2026

Judicial writings

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

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Dissent Patrick Mahoney v. United States Capitol Police Board D.C. Circuit Sept. 22, 2026
Concurrence in part Office of the Commissioner of Baseball v. LOC D.C. Circuit Sept. 22, 2026
Opinion American Whitewater v. FERC D.C. Circuit July 24, 2026
Opinion Zia Chishti v. Tatiana Spottiswoode D.C. Circuit July 7, 2026
Opinion United States v. James Honesty D.C. Circuit June 16, 2026
Opinion of the Court Nicolas Talbott v. USA D.C. Circuit June 1, 2026
Concurrence in part Nicolas Talbott v. USA D.C. Circuit June 1, 2026
Opinion John Doe v. SEC D.C. Circuit May 1, 2026
Opinion Samara Simmons v. Marco Rubio D.C. Circuit March 17, 2026
Concurrence in part United States v. Linwood Thorne D.C. Circuit March 17, 2026
Opinion CenturyTel of Montana, Inc. v. NLRB D.C. Circuit Jan. 13, 2026
Opinion Linda Martin v. FBI D.C. Circuit July 22, 2025
Opinion John Doe v. Jonathan McKernan D.C. Circuit July 1, 2025
Opinion Samuel Shanks v. International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers D.C. Circuit April 18, 2025
Opinion United States v. Ralph Celentano, III D.C. Circuit Jan. 21, 2025
Opinion Industrial Energy Consumers of America v. FERC D.C. Circuit Jan. 14, 2025
Opinion An opinion was released in case 23-1237, Acumen Capital Partners, LLC v. NLRB D.C. Circuit Dec. 13, 2024
Opinion Chamber Cmerc USA v. SEC D.C. Circuit April 7, 2006