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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
George W. BushRepublican
Seat
CA20705
Nominated
Dec. 9, 2003
Committee hearing
March 10, 2004
Committee action
Reported (favorably)April 1, 2004
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
June 24, 2004
Commissioned
July 7, 2004
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Senior status
March 4, 2021
Service ended
March 11, 2021Death

Source Federal Judicial Center.

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
Stagg, P.C. v. U.S. Dept. of State 19-811 Decided Dec. 28, 2020
Compania Embotelladora Del Pacifico, S.A. v. Pepsi Cola Co. 11-5458 Decided Sept. 29, 2020
United States v. Fridman 18-3530-cv Decided Sept. 9, 2020
Rodriguez v. Gusman 19-2213-cv Decided Aug. 31, 2020
Uniformed Fire Officers Association v. DeBlasio 20-2400-cv Decided Aug. 27, 2020
United States v. Caraher 18-511 Decided Aug. 25, 2020 Authored
Metzler Investment GmbH and Construction Laborers Pension Trust of Greater 18-3807-cv Decided Aug. 12, 2020
Lennox v. Miller 19-1675 Decided July 29, 2020 Authored
Omar Everton Dale v. William P. Barr, United States Attorney General 18-1081-ag Decided July 23, 2020
Williams v. Korines 18-3050 Decided July 20, 2020 Authored
United States v. Atilla 18-1589 Decided July 20, 2020
United States v. Mattis, Rahman 20-1713 Decided June 30, 2020 Authored
Colon De Mejias v. Lamont 18-3533 Decided June 23, 2020 Authored
United States v. Napout Et. Ano 18-2750 (L) Decided June 22, 2020
Barnet v. Ministry of Culture & Sports of the Hellenic Republic 19-2171-cv Decided June 9, 2020
United States v. Zapatero 18-3829 Decided June 3, 2020
Chamberlain v. City of White Plains 16-3935 Decided June 1, 2020
Sullivan-Mestecky v. Verizon 18-1591 Decided June 1, 2020
Kondjoua v. Barr 16-296 Decided May 28, 2020
In Re Motors Liquidation Co. (Pillars) 18-1954 Decided May 6, 2020

Judicial writings

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

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion United States v. Caraher Second Circuit Aug. 25, 2020
Opinion Lennox v. Miller Second Circuit July 29, 2020
Opinion Williams v. Korines Second Circuit July 20, 2020
Opinion United States v. Mattis, Rahman Second Circuit June 30, 2020
Opinion Colon De Mejias v. Lamont Second Circuit June 23, 2020
Opinion United States v. Bramer Second Circuit April 16, 2020
Opinion Jock v. Sterling Jewelers Inc. Second Circuit Nov. 18, 2019
Opinion In re del Valle Ruiz Second Circuit Oct. 7, 2019
Opinion Weiss v. Sallie Mae, Inc. Second Circuit Sept. 12, 2019
Opinion W.A., M.S. v. Hendrick Hudson Central School District Second Circuit June 14, 2019
Opinion Hu v. City of New York Second Circuit June 13, 2019
Opinion Melito v. Experian Mktg. Solutions, Inc. Second Circuit April 30, 2019
Opinion Gingras v. Think Finance, Inc. Second Circuit April 24, 2019