Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
William J. ClintonDemocratic
Seat
CA81006
Nominated
April 22, 1999
Committee hearing
Nov. 10, 1999
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Nov. 17, 1999
Senate vote
98–0Roll Call
Confirmed
Feb. 24, 2000
Commissioned
March 9, 2000
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Senior status
April 22, 2015
Service ended
Sept. 1, 2016Retirement

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
Routy Abernathy v. Ray Hobbs Decided April 9, 2014 Authored

Judicial writings

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

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion Routy Abernathy v. Ray Hobbs Eighth Circuit April 9, 2014