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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Donald J. TrumpRepublican
Seat
CADC1103
Nominated
May 4, 2020
Committee hearing
May 6, 2020
Committee action
Reported (favorably)June 4, 2020
Senate vote
51–42Roll Call
Confirmed
June 18, 2020
Commissioned
Sept. 2, 2020
ABA rating
Well Qualified

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky Judge Oct. 25, 2019 Sept. 2, 2020 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Donald J. Trump
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Judge Sept. 2, 2020 In service Donald J. Trump

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
Alstom Transportation, Inc. v. FRA 25-5456 Decided Sept. 25, 2026 Authored
Alishea Kingdom v. Donald Trump 26-5236 Decided Sept. 18, 2026 Authored
Gina Latture v. Priority Life Care, LLC 25-7063 Decided Sept. 8, 2026
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated v. HHS 25-5133 Decided Sept. 4, 2026
Norwich Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. 25-5137 Decided Aug. 25, 2026
United States v. Enyinna Onyewu 22-3063 Decided Aug. 21, 2026 Authored
Evangelistic Godson v. Johns Hopkins Medicine 25-7011 Decided Aug. 21, 2026
Adsync Technologies, Inc. v. FAA (PUBLIC REISSUED) 25-1148 Decided Aug. 20, 2026 Authored
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights v. Kristi Noem, in her official capacity as Secretary of Homeland Security 25-5289 Decided Aug. 11, 2026 Authored
Joseph Englehardt v. Todd Blanche 24-5297 Decided Aug. 4, 2026
Arthur Sookra v. Pfizer Inc. 25-5200 Decided July 31, 2026
Environmental Defense Fund v. EPA 18-1149 Decided July 28, 2026
PhantomALERT Inc. v. Apple Inc. 25-7017 Decided July 24, 2026
Jannease Johnson v. DC 24-7140 Decided July 24, 2026
Fairholme Funds, Inc v. FHFA 25-5113 Decided July 24, 2026
Hospital Menonita de Guayama, Inc. v. NLRB 22-1163 Decided July 21, 2026
Rinat Akhmetshin v. William Browder 25-7008 Decided July 17, 2026 Authored
United States v. Charles Littlejohn 24-3019 Decided July 17, 2026 Authored
Norwich Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 23-5311 Decided June 26, 2026 Authored

Judicial writings

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

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Concurrence in part Alstom Transportation, Inc. v. FRA D.C. Circuit Sept. 25, 2026
Order Alishea Kingdom v. Donald Trump D.C. Circuit Sept. 18, 2026
Dissent Alishea Kingdom v. Donald Trump D.C. Circuit Sept. 18, 2026
Concurrence United States v. Enyinna Onyewu D.C. Circuit Aug. 21, 2026
Opinion Adsync Technologies, Inc. v. FAA (PUBLIC REISSUED) D.C. Circuit Aug. 20, 2026
Opinion United States v. Charles Littlejohn D.C. Circuit July 17, 2026
Opinion Rinat Akhmetshin v. William Browder D.C. Circuit July 17, 2026
Opinion Norwich Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. D.C. Circuit June 26, 2026
Opinion of the Court Make The Road New York v. Kristi Noem D.C. Circuit June 23, 2026
Concurrence In re: Donald Trump D.C. Circuit June 22, 2026
Opinion of the Court Venezuela US SRL v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela D.C. Circuit June 12, 2026
Dissent Venezuela US SRL v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela D.C. Circuit June 12, 2026
Dissent Nicolas Talbott v. USA D.C. Circuit June 1, 2026
Opinion United States v. Raul Flores-Hernandez D.C. Circuit May 29, 2026
Concurrence in part Vermont Information Processing, Inc. v. NLRB D.C. Circuit May 26, 2026
Concurrence in part Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Le v. Kristi Noem D.C. Circuit April 24, 2026
Opinion J. Sidak v. United States International Trade Commission D.C. Circuit April 24, 2026
Dissent Secretary of Labor v. KC Transport, Inc. D.C. Circuit April 17, 2026
Order In re: Donald Trump D.C. Circuit April 14, 2026
Opinion Susan Qashu v. Marco Rubio D.C. Circuit April 10, 2026