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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
George W. BushRepublican
Seat
CA80409
Nominated
Sept. 4, 2001
Committee hearing
Jan. 24, 2002
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Feb. 7, 2002
Senate vote
91–0Roll Call
Confirmed
Feb. 11, 2002
Commissioned
Feb. 14, 2002
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Senior status
Feb. 1, 2013

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa Judge Aug. 17, 1992 Feb. 26, 2002 Appointment to Another Judicial Position George H.W. Bush
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Judge Feb. 14, 2002 In service George W. Bush

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
Angela Richardson v. Krystle Duncan 23-1414 Decided Sept. 20, 2024
Bill Walmsley v. FTC 23-2687 Decided Sept. 20, 2024
United States v. Drew Clark 23-2320 Decided Sept. 10, 2024
Kameron Evans v. John Dodd 22-3290 Decided Aug. 15, 2024 Authored
United States v. Christina Barrera 23-2873 Decided Aug. 14, 2024
In Re: State of Montana Department of Revenue v. Timothy L. Blixseth 22-60046 Decided Aug. 14, 2024
Devon Arseneau v. Elaine Pudlowski 23-2265 Decided Aug. 7, 2024
United States v. Nethaniah Gordon 23-2930 Decided Aug. 5, 2024
Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. FERC 22-3593 Decided Aug. 5, 2024 Authored
Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Southwest Power Pool, Inc. 23-1293 Decided Aug. 5, 2024 Authored
GEICO General Insurance Co. v. M.O. 23-1686 Decided Aug. 2, 2024
Guy Gambrell, Jr. v. United States 23-2869 Decided Aug. 2, 2024 Authored
Luke LeFever v. Ivan Castellanos 23-1109 Decided July 31, 2024 Authored
Danny Lopez v. Aircraft Service International, Inc. 23-55015 Decided July 19, 2024
United States v. Jackie Davidson 23-2535 Decided July 18, 2024
Melissa Thomas v. Pawn America MN, LLC 23-2292 Decided July 11, 2024
Ricky Hughes v. Wisconsin Central, Ltd. 23-1410 Decided June 25, 2024 Authored
Robert Goosen v. Minn. Dept. of Transportation 23-2360 Decided June 24, 2024 Authored
Marvel Jones v. Dept. of Correctional Services 22-3190 Decided June 5, 2024
United States v. Ryan Fleming, Jr. 23-2589 Decided May 31, 2024 Authored

Judicial writings

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

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion Kameron Evans v. John Dodd Eighth Circuit Aug. 15, 2024
Opinion Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. FERC Eighth Circuit Aug. 5, 2024
Opinion Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Southwest Power Pool, Inc. Eighth Circuit Aug. 5, 2024
Opinion Guy Gambrell, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit Aug. 2, 2024
Opinion Luke LeFever v. Ivan Castellanos Eighth Circuit July 31, 2024
Opinion Ricky Hughes v. Wisconsin Central, Ltd. Eighth Circuit June 25, 2024
Opinion Robert Goosen v. Minn. Dept. of Transportation Eighth Circuit June 24, 2024
Opinion United States v. Ryan Fleming, Jr. Eighth Circuit May 31, 2024
Opinion United States v. Michael Coulson Eighth Circuit Nov. 20, 2023
Opinion United States v. Taleb Jawher Eighth Circuit Nov. 1, 2023
Opinion Tumey, LLP v. Mycroft AI, Inc. Eighth Circuit Oct. 24, 2023
Opinion United States v. Bradley Walker Eighth Circuit Sept. 5, 2023
Opinion Ignacio Trejo-Gamez v. Merrick B. Garland Eighth Circuit Aug. 30, 2023
Opinion Morehouse Enterprises, LLC v. Bureau of ATF Eighth Circuit Aug. 22, 2023
Opinion Chantelle Robbertse v. Merrick B. Garland Eighth Circuit Aug. 21, 2023
Opinion Pitman Farms v. ARKK Food Company, LLC Eighth Circuit Aug. 21, 2023
Opinion United States v. Alfonso McKenzie Eighth Circuit Aug. 17, 2023
Opinion Emerald Pointe, LLC v. Taney County Missouri Eighth Circuit Aug. 15, 2023
Opinion Naoteru Tsuruta v. Sarah Tsuruta Eighth Circuit Aug. 10, 2023
Opinion H&T Fair Hills, Ltd. v. Alliance Pipeline L.P. Eighth Circuit Aug. 10, 2023