Ninth Circuit
Michelle Taryn Friedland
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
- Barack ObamaDemocratic
- Seat
- CA92803
- Nominated
- Jan. 6, 2014
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)Jan. 16, 2014
- Senate vote
- 51–40Roll Call
- Confirmed
- April 28, 2014
- Commissioned
- April 29, 2014
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
Source Federal Judicial Center.
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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Sept. 24panel identified Sat on the panel in Nolen v. Peopleconnect, Inc.
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Sept. 21
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Sept. 14panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Troiano
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Sept. 10
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Sept. 2
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Aug. 3
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July 22opinion issued Authored the opinion in Torres-Casas v. Blanche
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July 15panel identified Sat on the panel in Relator, LLC v. Erskine
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May 28panel identified Sat on the panel in Fresh Mix, LLC v. Pisanelli Bice, Pllc
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May 27
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May 22panel identified Sat on the panel in Orlonzo Hedrington v. United States
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May 21opinion issued Authored the opinion in Olson v. Fca US, LLC
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
Judicial writings
Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.
| Type | Case | Court | Filed |
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| Concurrence | Padilla v. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 21, 2026 |
| Opinion | Torres-Casas v. Blanche | Ninth Circuit | July 22, 2026 |
| Opinion | Olson v. Fca US, LLC | Ninth Circuit | May 21, 2026 |
| Opinion | Public Interest Legal Foundation, Inc. v. Nago | Ninth Circuit | April 28, 2026 |
| Concurrence in part | McAuliffe v. Robinson Helicopter Company | Ninth Circuit | April 21, 2026 |
| Writing | Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservati v. Usdoi | Ninth Circuit | April 21, 2026 |
| Opinion | Olson v. Fca US, LLC | Ninth Circuit | April 7, 2026 |
| Concurrence in part | Montejo-Gonzalez v. Bondi | Ninth Circuit | Feb. 5, 2026 |
| Concurrence in part | Guevara-Serrano v. Bondi | Ninth Circuit | Jan. 20, 2026 |
| Opinion | Alivecor, Inc. v. Apple Inc. | Ninth Circuit | Jan. 8, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservati v. Usdoi | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 22, 2025 |
| Opinion | Island Industries, Inc. v. Sigma Corporation | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 21, 2025 |
| Opinion | Al Otro Lado v. Alejandro Mayorkas | Ninth Circuit | Oct. 23, 2024 |
| Opinion | Daniel Crowe v. Oregon State Bar | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 28, 2024 |
| Opinion | United States v. Roberto Yepez | Ninth Circuit | July 23, 2024 |
| Opinion | Michael Hampton v. State of California | Ninth Circuit | Oct. 3, 2023 |
| Concurrence | MacKenzie Brown v. State of Arizona | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 25, 2023 |
| Opinion | Earth Island Institute v. Cicely Muldoon | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 12, 2023 |
| Opinion | Patricia Polanco v. Ralph Diaz | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 7, 2023 |
| Opinion | Caremark, LLC v. Chickasaw Nation | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 9, 2022 |