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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Barack ObamaDemocratic president
Seat
CADC0608
Nominated
June 4, 2013
Committee hearing
July 10, 2013
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Aug. 1, 2013
Senate vote
56–38Roll Call
Confirmed
Dec. 10, 2013
Commissioned
Dec. 10, 2013
ABA rating
Well Qualified

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.

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
Ramona Matos Rodriguez v. Pan American Health Organization 24-7135 Decided Aug. 14, 2026
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States v. National Park Service 26-5123 Decided Aug. 7, 2026 Authored
Goce Gligorov v. Nation of Brunei 24-7150 Decided Aug. 7, 2026 Authored
Ralph de la Torre v. Bill Cassidy 25-5353 Decided July 31, 2026 Authored
Arthur Sookra v. Pfizer Inc. 25-5200 Decided July 31, 2026 Authored
American Whitewater v. FERC 25-1092 Decided July 24, 2026
Beyond Nuclear, Inc. v. NRC 24-1318 Decided July 21, 2026
United States v. Brittany Jones 22-3035 Decided July 21, 2026
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans v. SEC 25-1047 Decided July 21, 2026 Authored
United States v. Peter Navarro 24-3006 Decided July 21, 2026 Authored
Titan Consortium 1, LLC v. Argentine Republic 25-7007 Decided July 21, 2026 Authored
Mary Trongone v. Cmsnr. IRS (PUBLIC REDACTED) 25-1050 Decided July 13, 2026
Gregory Angelo v. DC 24-7127 Decided July 7, 2026 Authored
United States v. Andre De Moya 24-3013 Decided July 7, 2026
United States v. Raul Flores-Hernandez 24-3007 Decided May 29, 2026
Vermont Information Processing, Inc. v. NLRB 24-1360 Decided May 26, 2026
Narragansett Indian Tribe v. Sean McMaster 24-5193 Decided May 22, 2026 Authored
Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC v. NLRB 24-1277 Decided April 28, 2026
Inova Health Care Services v. Omni Shoreham Corporation 25-7010 Decided April 17, 2026
Clean Fuels Alliance America v. EPA 20-1107 Decided March 13, 2026

Judicial writings

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

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States v. National Park Service D.C. Circuit Aug. 7, 2026
Opinion Goce Gligorov v. Nation of Brunei D.C. Circuit Aug. 7, 2026
Opinion Ralph de la Torre v. Bill Cassidy D.C. Circuit July 31, 2026
Opinion Arthur Sookra v. Pfizer Inc. D.C. Circuit July 31, 2026
Opinion Thrivent Financial for Lutherans v. SEC D.C. Circuit July 21, 2026
Opinion Titan Consortium 1, LLC v. Argentine Republic D.C. Circuit July 21, 2026
Opinion United States v. Peter Navarro D.C. Circuit July 21, 2026
Opinion Gregory Angelo v. DC D.C. Circuit July 7, 2026
Opinion Narragansett Indian Tribe v. Sean McMaster D.C. Circuit May 22, 2026
Opinion United States v. Roberto Adams D.C. Circuit June 13, 2025
Opinion Matthew Hight v. DHS D.C. Circuit May 2, 2025
Opinion Roger Hall v. CIA D.C. Circuit April 25, 2025
Opinion United States Conference of Catholic Bishops v. DOS D.C. Circuit March 28, 2025
Opinion Stephen Thaler v. Shira Perlmutter D.C. Circuit March 18, 2025
Opinion United States v. Jeffrey Brown D.C. Circuit Jan. 17, 2025
Opinion An opinion was released in case 24-5205, KalshiEX LLC v. CFTC D.C. Circuit Oct. 2, 2024