Fourth Circuit
Pamela Ann Harris
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appointment
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- Title
- Judge
- Appointed by
- Barack ObamaDemocratic
- Seat
- CA40903
- Nominated
- May 8, 2014
- Committee hearing
- June 24, 2014
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)July 17, 2014
- Senate vote
- 50–43Roll Call
- Confirmed
- July 28, 2014
- Commissioned
- July 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. 9panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Isaac Martinez-Chavez
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Sept. 4panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Richard Rund
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Aug. 20panel identified Sat on the panel in Central Appalachian Coal Company v. DOWCP
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Aug. 18
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Aug. 18panel identified Sat on the panel in Trudy Grant v. Conway Belangia
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Aug. 14opinion issued Authored the opinion in Alyse Sanchez v. Markwayne Mullin
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Aug. 14opinion issued Authored the opinion in Wanrong Lin v. Markwayne Mullin
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Aug. 4opinion issued Authored the opinion in Kadiatou Keita v. Todd Blanche
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Aug. 4opinion issued Authored the opinion in Benjamin Carter v. Beth Cabell
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Aug. 4opinion issued Authored the opinion in Benjamin Carter v. Beth Cabell
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Aug. 4opinion issued Authored the opinion in Kadiatou Keita v. Todd Blanche
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Aug. 4panel identified Sat on the panel in Michael Driggs v. CIA
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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| Opinion | Alyse Sanchez v. Markwayne Mullin | Fourth Circuit | Aug. 14, 2026 |
| Opinion | Wanrong Lin v. Markwayne Mullin | Fourth Circuit | Aug. 14, 2026 |
| Opinion | Benjamin Carter v. Beth Cabell | Fourth Circuit | Aug. 4, 2026 |
| Opinion | Benjamin Carter v. Beth Cabell | Fourth Circuit | Aug. 4, 2026 |
| Opinion | Kadiatou Keita v. Todd Blanche | Fourth Circuit | Aug. 4, 2026 |
| Opinion | Kadiatou Keita v. Todd Blanche | Fourth Circuit | Aug. 4, 2026 |
| Opinion | Curtis Whateley v. Gerald Lackey | Fourth Circuit | July 31, 2026 |
| Opinion | Mark Lee v. West Virginia University Medical Corporation | Fourth Circuit | July 10, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | Pierre Riley v. Todd Blanche | Fourth Circuit | July 2, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska v. United States Department of the Army | Fourth Circuit | May 14, 2026 |
| Opinion | Poppleton Now Community Association, Inc. v. La Cite Development, LLC | Fourth Circuit | May 4, 2026 |
| Dissent | Benjamin Sandoval Diaz v. Todd Blanche | Fourth Circuit | April 20, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Okechukwu Dimkpa | Fourth Circuit | March 3, 2026 |
| Opinion | Nawal Ali v. BC Architects Engineers, PLC | Fourth Circuit | Feb. 20, 2026 |
| Opinion | Barbara Stokes v. Westerfeld Construction by Glick, LLC | Fourth Circuit | Dec. 29, 2025 |
| Opinion | Steven Albert v. Brooke Lierman | Fourth Circuit | Sept. 10, 2025 |
| Opinion | Mary Herkert v. Frank Bisignano | Fourth Circuit | Aug. 14, 2025 |
| Opinion | Jimmy Edwards v. CSX Transportation, Inc. | Fourth Circuit | Aug. 12, 2025 |
| Opinion | United States v. Eric Johnson | Fourth Circuit | Aug. 5, 2025 |
| Opinion | United States v. Andrew Krueger | Fourth Circuit | July 25, 2025 |