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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Donald J. TrumpRepublican president
Seat
CA52304
Nominated
Jan. 8, 2018
Committee hearing
Jan. 10, 2018
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Feb. 8, 2018
Senate vote
62–34Roll Call
Confirmed
May 9, 2018
Commissioned
May 10, 2018
ABA rating
Well 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.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Judge Dec. 13, 2001 May 15, 2018 Appointment to Another Judicial Position George W. Bush
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Judge May 10, 2018 In service Donald J. Trump

Nominations

Senate nominations naming this judge — their own appointment, or a nomination to the seat they are leaving.

NomineeCourtReceivedOutcomeVote
Anna St. John PN1181-7 Fifth Circuit July 14, 2026 Hearing held

Source Congress.gov. A nomination appears here when the name matches this judge exactly; the Federal Judicial Center record above remains the authority for service actually served.

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.

No panel assignments recorded in the ingested window.

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 — not that the judge has written nothing.