Ralph R. Erickson

Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Title

Judge

Appointed by

Donald J. TrumpRepublican

Seat

CA81007

Nominated

June 7, 2017

Committee hearing

July 25, 2017

Committee action

Reported (favorably)Sept. 14, 2017

Senate vote

95–1Roll Call

Confirmed

Sept. 28, 2017

Commissioned

Oct. 12, 2017

ABA rating

Well Qualified

Senior status

July 28, 2026

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

Senate nominations naming this judge — their own appointment, or a nomination to the seat they are leaving.

Source Congress.gov. A nomination appears here when the name matches this judge exactly; the Federal Judicial Center record above remains the authority for service actually served.

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

• Sept. 4
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Michael Sack v. City of St. Louis
• Aug. 31
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Jim Daws Trucking, LLC v. Daws, Inc.
• Aug. 27
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Steven Sera v. Randy Zimmerman
• Aug. 26
  opinion issued Dissented in West Series of Lockton Companies, LLC v. Eric Kaufman
• Aug. 26
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Rodney McIntosh
• Aug. 25
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Sherry Prunty v. Corey Obregon
• Aug. 25
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Bruce Strickland
• Aug. 18
  panel identified Sat on the panel in David Taff v. Brian DuBuc
• Aug. 18
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Joseph Falasco v. USAA Casualty Insurance Company
• Aug. 11
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Stephon Verges
• Aug. 11
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Nate Maniktala v. CIR
• Aug. 10
  opinion issued Concurred in Jane Doe v. Anoka County

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.