Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Donald J. TrumpRepublican president
Seat
INSD0105
Nominated
Jan. 5, 2026
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Jan. 15, 2026
Senate vote
50โ€“47Roll Call
Confirmed
Feb. 5, 2026
Commissioned
Feb. 18, 2026
ABA rating
Qualified

Source Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Judges. Party shown is the party of the appointing president, which is a fact about the president, not about the judge.

Recent judicial activity

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

  • No recorded activity.

Cases

Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.

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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 โ€” not that the judge has written nothing.