First Circuit
Kermit Victor Lipez
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appointment
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- Title
- Judge
- Appointed by
- William J. ClintonDemocratic
- Seat
- CA10310
- Nominated
- Oct. 20, 1997
- Committee hearing
- March 18, 1998
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)March 26, 1998
- Senate vote
- Voice
- Confirmed
- April 2, 1998
- Commissioned
- April 7, 1998
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Senior status
- Dec. 31, 2011
Source Federal Judicial Center.
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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Sept. 16opinion issued Authored the opinion in Savage v. City of Springfield
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Sept. 11panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Pena de la Cruz
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Aug. 28panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Velez-Ramirez
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Aug. 28panel identified Sat on the panel in Citation Insurance Company v. Broan-NuTone LLC
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Aug. 24panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Reynoso
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Aug. 21panel identified Sat on the panel in Skeffington v. Curtis
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Aug. 17opinion issued Authored the opinion in Giguere v. Tardif
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Aug. 7panel identified Sat on the panel in Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council v. USDA
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July 30panel identified Sat on the panel in Kim v. Blanche
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July 13panel identified Sat on the panel in Farid v. Trustees of Dartmouth College
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June 30
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June 10panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Daigle
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
| Case | No. | Status | Date | |
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| Savage v. City of Springfield | 24-1720 | Decided | Sept. 16, 2026 | Authored |
| United States v. Pena de la Cruz | 25-1648 | Decided | Sept. 11, 2026 | |
| United States v. Velez-Ramirez | 24-1049 | Decided | Aug. 28, 2026 | |
| Citation Insurance Company v. Broan-NuTone LLC | 25-1426 | Decided | Aug. 28, 2026 | |
| United States v. Reynoso | 25-1328 | Decided | Aug. 24, 2026 | |
| Skeffington v. Curtis | 25-1834 | Decided | Aug. 21, 2026 | |
| Giguere v. Tardif | 25-1831 | Decided | Aug. 17, 2026 | Authored |
| Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council v. USDA | 25-1428 | Decided | Aug. 7, 2026 | |
| Kim v. Blanche | 24-2042 | Decided | July 30, 2026 | |
| Farid v. Trustees of Dartmouth College | 25-1734 | Decided | July 13, 2026 | |
| Calvary Chapel Belfast v. University of Maine System | 25-1452 | Decided | June 30, 2026 | Authored |
| United States v. Daigle | 24-1889 | Decided | June 10, 2026 | |
| United States v. Maldonado-Maldonado | 25-1607 | Decided | June 8, 2026 | |
| Jordan v. Lizotte | 22-1666 | Decided | June 5, 2026 | |
| Courtemanche v. Noble | 25-1386 | Decided | May 28, 2026 | |
| Vasquez-Chavez v. Bondi | 25-1306 | Decided | May 22, 2026 | Authored |
| St. John v. Campbell | 25-1354 | Decided | April 29, 2026 | |
| Miles v. Bowers | 25-1291 | Decided | April 27, 2026 | Authored |
| United States v. Shafa | 25-1146 | Decided | April 24, 2026 | |
| Kendell Seafood Imports, Inc. v. Mark Foods, LLC | 25-1469 | Decided | March 27, 2026 |
Judicial writings
Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.
| Type | Case | Court | Filed |
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| Opinion | Savage v. City of Springfield | First Circuit | Sept. 16, 2026 |
| Opinion | Giguere v. Tardif | First Circuit | Aug. 17, 2026 |
| Opinion | Calvary Chapel Belfast v. University of Maine System | First Circuit | June 30, 2026 |
| Opinion | Vasquez-Chavez v. Bondi | First Circuit | May 22, 2026 |
| Opinion | Miles v. Bowers | First Circuit | April 27, 2026 |
| Opinion | Carr v. Lizotte | First Circuit | March 18, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Robles-Lopez | First Circuit | March 4, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Diaz-Colon | First Circuit | Dec. 22, 2025 |
| Opinion | Wright v. Martin | First Circuit | Oct. 29, 2025 |
| Opinion | Puerto Rico Telephone Company, Inc. v. Worldnet Telecommunications, LLC | First Circuit | Oct. 21, 2025 |
| Opinion | Ortiz Trejo v. Bondi | First Circuit | Aug. 29, 2025 |
| Opinion | Hussey v. City of Cambridge | First Circuit | Aug. 15, 2025 |
| Opinion | United States v. Hernandez-Rodriguez | First Circuit | Aug. 11, 2025 |
| Opinion | Northwestern Selecta, Inc. v. Gonzalez-Beiro | First Circuit | July 17, 2025 |
| Opinion | United States v. Maldonado-Negroni | First Circuit | June 24, 2025 |
| Opinion | Blanco Contreras v. Bondi | First Circuit | April 9, 2025 |
| Opinion | United States v. Vazquez-Narvaez | First Circuit | April 9, 2025 |
| Opinion | Badose v. Garland | First Circuit | Dec. 19, 2024 |
| Opinion | Torres-Estrada v. United States | First Circuit | Dec. 6, 2024 |
| Opinion | Cocuzzo v. Trader Joe's East Inc. | First Circuit | Nov. 15, 2024 |