Morgan Christen

Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Title

Judge

Appointed by

Barack ObamaDemocratic

Seat

CA91304

Nominated

May 18, 2011

Committee hearing

July 13, 2011

Committee action

Reported (favorably)Sept. 8, 2011

Senate vote

95–3Roll Call

Confirmed

Dec. 15, 2011

Commissioned

Jan. 11, 2012

ABA rating

Well Qualified

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

• Sept. 23
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Collard v. Bisignano
• Aug. 20
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Can-Am Fuel Distribution, LLC v. Sinclair Oil, LLC
• Aug. 20
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Pacific Maritime Association v. National Labor Relations Board
• Aug. 13
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Gonzalez-Argueta v. Blanche
• Aug. 3
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Ridley-Thomas
• June 24
  opinion issued Concurred in part in Brown v. Alaska Airlines, Inc.
• May 26
  opinion issued Concurred in Thakur v. Trump
• April 16
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Gonzales v. Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
• March 25
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Chavez-Echeverria
• March 16
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Torres-Gonzalez
• March 2
  panel identified Sat on the panel in City of Malibu v. Federal Aviation Administration
• Feb. 24
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Wells v. Bnsf Railway Company

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.