Lavenski R. Smith

Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Title

Judge

Appointed by

George W. BushRepublican

Seat

CA81202

Nominated

Sept. 4, 2001

Committee hearing

May 23, 2002

Committee action

Reported (favorably)June 27, 2002

Senate vote

Voice

Confirmed

July 15, 2002

Commissioned

July 19, 2002

ABA rating

Qualified

Chief Judge from

Jan. 1, 2017until Jan. 1, 2024

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

• July 10
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Lekemia Caster
• July 9
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Antonio Dixson
• July 9
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Lower Brule Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Dept. of Interior
• July 8
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Sheila Murphy v. Continental Resources, Inc.
• July 7
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Aura Lopez-Lopez v. Todd Blanche
• July 7
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Jordan Estermann
• July 7
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Ellery Zephier, Sr.
• July 6
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Compeer Financial, ACA v. Corp. Amer. Lending, Inc.
• July 1
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. v. Catherine L. Hanaway
• July 1
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. I-44 Truck Cntr & Wrecker Svc
• June 30
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Saul Pineda
• June 30
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Jose Osorio-Calderon v. Warden FCI Sandstone

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

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