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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
George H.W. BushRepublican president
Seat
CA10208
Nominated
April 9, 1992
Committee hearing
June 18, 1992
Committee action
Reported (favorably)June 25, 1992
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
June 26, 1992
Commissioned
June 30, 1992
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Senior status
April 16, 2001
Service ended
April 8, 2023Death

Source Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Judges. Party shown is the party of the appointing president, which is a fact about the president, not about the judge.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire Judge April 6, 1990 June 30, 1992 Appointment to Another Judicial Position George H.W. Bush
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Judge June 30, 1992 April 8, 2023 Death George H.W. Bush

Recent judicial activity

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Cases

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Judicial writings

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Source Authorship is recorded only where the source data carries it. For recent Courts of Appeals opinions CourtListener frequently publishes the decision as a single document without naming the authoring judge, so an absence here means the attribution is unavailable upstream — not that the judge has written nothing.