Paul Jeffrey Watford

Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Title

Judge

Appointed by

Barack ObamaDemocratic

Seat

CA90805

Nominated

Oct. 17, 2011

Committee hearing

Dec. 13, 2011

Committee action

Reported (favorably)Feb. 2, 2012

Senate vote

61–34Roll Call

Confirmed

May 21, 2012

Commissioned

May 22, 2012

ABA rating

Well Qualified

Service ended

May 31, 2023Resignation

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

• Dec. 21, 2022
  panel identified Sat on the panel in USA V. JOSHUA FISHER
• Dec. 20, 2022
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in D. R. V. RBUSD
• Nov. 29, 2022
  panel identified Sat on the panel in A. CLARK V. SHIRLEY WEBER
• Nov. 21, 2022
  panel identified Sat on the panel in VICKI COLLIER V. LINCOLN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY
• Nov. 21, 2022
  panel identified Sat on the panel in SAN CARLOS APACHE TRIBE V. XAVIER BECERRA
• Sept. 2, 2022
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Aachc v. Ahcccs
• Aug. 31, 2022
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Wb Music Corp. v. Royce Intl. Broadcasting Corp.
• Aug. 30, 2022
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Rupinder Singh v. Merrick Garland
• Aug. 22, 2022
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Jose Ramirez-Ramirez
• Aug. 5, 2022
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Esteban Troncoso-Oviedo v. Merrick Garland
• Aug. 5, 2022
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Esteban Troncoso-Oviedo v. Merrick Garland
• Aug. 5, 2022
  opinion issued Dissented in Curtis Fauber v. Ronald Davis

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.