Ninth Circuit
Michael Daly Hawkins
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appointment
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Title
- Judge
- Appointed by
- William J. ClintonDemocratic
- Seat
- CA91003
- Nominated
- July 13, 1994
- Committee hearing
- Aug. 11, 1994
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)Aug. 25, 1994
- Senate vote
- Voice
- Confirmed
- Sept. 14, 1994
- Commissioned
- Sept. 15, 1994
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Senior status
- Feb. 12, 2010
Source Federal Judicial Center.
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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Sept. 25
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Sept. 23panel identified Sat on the panel in Collard v. Bisignano
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July 27panel identified Sat on the panel in Krzesni v. Wellpinit School District
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June 25opinion issued Authored the opinion in Ibarra-Perez v. United States
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June 4panel identified Sat on the panel in Welsh v. Loudbear
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March 23panel identified Sat on the panel in Navarrete v. Bondi
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Feb. 13panel identified Sat on the panel in Bates v. Pakseresht
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Sept. 12, 2025
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Sept. 9, 2025panel identified Sat on the panel in Netchoice, LLC v. Bonta
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Aug. 12, 2025panel identified Sat on the panel in Bieganski v. Shinn
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July 23, 2025panel identified Sat on the panel in State of Washington v. Trump
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July 21, 2025panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Bryant
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
| Case | No. | Status | Date | |
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| Brown v. Washington Interscholastic Activities Association | 26-5488 | Decided | Sept. 25, 2026 | |
| Collard v. Bisignano | 25-6334 | Decided | Sept. 23, 2026 | |
| Krzesni v. Wellpinit School District | 25-3308 | Decided | July 27, 2026 | |
| Ibarra-Perez v. United States | 24-631 | Decided | June 25, 2026 | Authored |
| Welsh v. Loudbear | 25-5475 | Decided | June 4, 2026 | |
| Navarrete v. Bondi | 24-2776 | Decided | March 23, 2026 | |
| Bates v. Pakseresht | 23-4169 | Decided | Feb. 13, 2026 | |
| Ambrosio v. Progressive Preferred Insurance Company | 24-2708 | Decided | Sept. 12, 2025 | Authored |
| Netchoice, LLC v. Bonta | 25-146 | Decided | Sept. 9, 2025 | |
| Bieganski v. Shinn | 23-1982 | Decided | Aug. 12, 2025 | |
| State of Washington v. Trump | 25-807 | Decided | July 23, 2025 | |
| United States v. Bryant | 24-3093 | Decided | July 21, 2025 | |
| United States v. King County | 23-35362 | Decided | Nov. 29, 2024 | |
| Carrie Gregory v. State of Montana | 22-35674 | Decided | Sept. 27, 2024 | |
| United States v. Markanthony Sapalasan | 21-30251 | Decided | Sept. 18, 2024 | |
| Lexington Insurance Company v. Cindy Smith | 22-35784 | Decided | Sept. 16, 2024 | Authored |
| J.B. v. Kyrene Elementary School District No. 28 | 22-16816 | Decided | Aug. 20, 2024 | |
| United States v. Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes | 20-10003 | Decided | Aug. 9, 2024 | Authored |
| Roger Helm, Jr. v. Ryan Thornell | 22-15689 | Decided | Aug. 9, 2024 | |
| Mark Jones v. Ford Motor Company | 22-35447 | Decided | Oct. 27, 2023 |
Judicial writings
Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.
| Type | Case | Court | Filed |
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| Writing | Ibarra-Perez v. United States | Ninth Circuit | June 25, 2026 |
| Opinion | Ambrosio v. Progressive Preferred Insurance Company | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 12, 2025 |
| Writing | Lexington Insurance Company v. Cindy Smith | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 16, 2024 |
| Opinion | United States v. Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 9, 2024 |
| Opinion | United States v. Joshua Scheu | Ninth Circuit | Oct. 6, 2023 |
| Opinion | United States v. Joshua Scheu | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 2, 2023 |
| Opinion | In Re: John Castleman, Sr. v. Dennis Burman | Ninth Circuit | July 28, 2023 |
| Opinion | United States v. Levin | First Circuit | Sept. 14, 2021 |
| Opinion | Andrea Clare v. Kevin Clare | Ninth Circuit | Dec. 8, 2020 |
| Opinion | Ilwu v. NLRB | Ninth Circuit | Oct. 14, 2020 |
| Opinion | Mario Jaimes-Cardenas v. William Barr | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 1, 2020 |
| Opinion | Montana Department of Revenue v. Timothy Blixseth | Ninth Circuit | Nov. 26, 2019 |
| Opinion | American Diabetes Ass'n v. US Dept. of the Army | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 18, 2019 |
| Opinion | United States v. Ahmad McAdory | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 28, 2019 |