Eleventh Circuit
Kevin Christopher Newsom
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Appointment
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Title
- Judge
- Appointed by
- Donald J. TrumpRepublican
- Seat
- CA110603
- Nominated
- May 8, 2017
- Committee hearing
- June 14, 2017
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)July 13, 2017
- Senate vote
- 66–31Roll Call
- Confirmed
- Aug. 1, 2017
- Commissioned
- Aug. 2, 2017
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
Source Federal Judicial Center.
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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Sept. 30panel identified Sat on the panel in Nicholas Tate v. Warden GDCP
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Sept. 29
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Sept. 28panel identified Sat on the panel in Kandace Edwards v. Randolph County Sheriff
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Sept. 17opinion issued Concurred in United States v. Kevan Carter Gibbs, II
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Sept. 16opinion issued Authored the opinion in T. Mueller v. Walmart Corporation
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Sept. 9opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Joseph Olson
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Sept. 9panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Rodney Leroy Brown
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Sept. 4
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Sept. 1panel identified Sat on the panel in Anne Guthrie v. Coal Bed Services Inc.
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Aug. 28opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Reginald Smith, Jr.
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Aug. 25panel identified Sat on the panel in Jane Doe v. Carnival Corporation
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Aug. 25
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
Judicial writings
Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.
| Type | Case | Court | Filed |
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| Concurrence | United States v. Kevan Carter Gibbs, II | Eleventh Circuit | Sept. 17, 2026 |
| Opinion | T. Mueller v. Walmart Corporation | Eleventh Circuit | Sept. 16, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Joseph Olson | Eleventh Circuit | Sept. 9, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Reginald Smith, Jr. | Eleventh Circuit | Aug. 28, 2026 |
| Opinion | Jonathan Michael Burton v. Dr. G. Espino | Eleventh Circuit | Aug. 25, 2026 |
| Opinion | L.E. v. Superintendent of Cobb County School District | Eleventh Circuit | Aug. 5, 2026 |
| Opinion | Deltona Transformer Corporation v. The Noco Company | Eleventh Circuit | Aug. 4, 2026 |
| Concurrence in part | Jeremias Medrado Pasqual-Andres v. U.S. Attorney General | Eleventh Circuit | Aug. 4, 2026 |
| Concurrence | The Town of Pine Hill, Alabama v. 3M Company | Eleventh Circuit | July 29, 2026 |
| Opinion | African People's Education and Defense Fund, Inc. v. Pinellas County | Eleventh Circuit | July 29, 2026 |
| Opinion | Luis Manuel Rodriguez v. Imperial Brands, PLC. | Eleventh Circuit | July 23, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Richard Brillhart | Eleventh Circuit | July 9, 2026 |
| Opinion | Mitchell Marbury v. Warden III | Eleventh Circuit | July 7, 2026 |
| Dissent | Keith Edwards v. Officer J. Grubbs | Eleventh Circuit | June 30, 2026 |
| Opinion | Dennis Scott v. City of Daytona Beach, Florida | Eleventh Circuit | June 25, 2026 |
| Opinion | Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Bryan Crabtree | Eleventh Circuit | May 19, 2026 |
| Concurrence | The Lane Construction Corporation v. Skanska USA Civil Southeast, Inc. | Eleventh Circuit | April 15, 2026 |
| Opinion | AE OPCO III, LLC v. AAR CORP. | Eleventh Circuit | April 15, 2026 |
| Dissent | Keith Edwards v. Officer J. Grubbs | Eleventh Circuit | March 13, 2026 |
| Concurrence | John Doe, 1 v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | Feb. 3, 2026 |