Eighth Circuit
Justin Daniel Smith
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appointment
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- Title
- Judge
- Appointed by
- Donald J. TrumpRepublican
- Seat
- CA80310
- Nominated
- March 2, 2026
- Committee hearing
- April 15, 2026
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)May 18, 2026
- Senate vote
- 48–43Roll Call
- Confirmed
- June 15, 2026
- Commissioned
- June 18, 2026
- ABA rating
- Qualified
Source Federal Judicial Center.
Nominations
Senate nominations naming this judge — their own appointment, or a nomination to the seat they are leaving.
| Nominee | Court | Received | Outcome | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This judge PN851-7 | Eighth Circuit | March 2, 2026 | Confirmed | 48–43 |
Source Congress.gov. A nomination appears here when the name matches this judge exactly; the Federal Judicial Center record above remains the authority for service actually served.
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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Sept. 21panel identified Sat on the panel in Congressman Robert Onder v. Richard von Glahn
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
| Case | No. | Status | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Congressman Robert Onder v. Richard von Glahn | 26-2797, 26-2827 | Decided | Sept. 21, 2026 |
Judicial writings
No writings are attributed to this judge in the ingested records.
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.