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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.

Cases

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

CaseNo.StatusDate
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.

TypeCaseCourtFiled
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