Fifth Circuit
Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appointment
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Title
- Judge
- Appointed by
- George H.W. BushRepublican
- Seat
- CA50108
- Nominated
- Nov. 17, 1989
- Committee hearing
- Feb. 27, 1990
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)March 8, 1990
- Senate vote
- Voice
- Confirmed
- March 9, 1990
- Commissioned
- March 12, 1990
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Senior status
- Aug. 8, 2009
Source Federal Judicial Center.
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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Aug. 12panel identified Sat on the panel in Doe v. Planned Parenthood
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May 8panel identified Sat on the panel in Trojan Battery v. Golf Carts of Cypress
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March 20panel identified Sat on the panel in Intuit v. FTC
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Feb. 11panel identified Sat on the panel in Reardon v. American Airlines
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Jan. 28panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Horton
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Jan. 14panel identified Sat on the panel in Sayegh de Kewayfati v. Bondi
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Jan. 14panel identified Sat on the panel in Allstate Indem Co v. Bhagat
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Nov. 14, 2025panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Bonner
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Oct. 29, 2025panel identified Sat on the panel in Jackson v. Tarrant County
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Dec. 23, 2024panel identified Sat on the panel in Clem v. Tomlinson
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Dec. 17, 2024panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Lerma
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Nov. 8, 2024panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Hernandez Velasquez
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
| Case | No. | Status | Date | |
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| Doe v. Planned Parenthood | 23-11184 | Decided | Aug. 12, 2026 | |
| Trojan Battery v. Golf Carts of Cypress | 25-20243 | Decided | May 8, 2026 | |
| Intuit v. FTC | 24-60040 | Decided | March 20, 2026 | |
| Reardon v. American Airlines | 25-10233 | Decided | Feb. 11, 2026 | |
| United States v. Horton | 24-50938 | Decided | Jan. 28, 2026 | |
| Sayegh de Kewayfati v. Bondi | 25-20073 | Decided | Jan. 14, 2026 | |
| Allstate Indem Co v. Bhagat | 25-20020 | Decided | Jan. 14, 2026 | |
| United States v. Bonner | 24-60601 | Decided | Nov. 14, 2025 | |
| Jackson v. Tarrant County | 25-11055 | Decided | Oct. 29, 2025 | |
| Clem v. Tomlinson | 22-11072 | Decided | Dec. 23, 2024 | |
| United States v. Lerma | 23-50811 | Decided | Dec. 17, 2024 | |
| United States v. Hernandez Velasquez | 23-11170 | Decided | Nov. 8, 2024 | |
| Venable v. Smith International | 22-30227 | Decided | Sept. 4, 2024 | |
| Terrell v. Harris County | 23-20281 | Decided | Aug. 16, 2024 | |
| United States v. Kasali | 21-20681 | Decided | Aug. 2, 2024 | |
| Gonzalez v. Trevino | 21-50276 | Decided | Aug. 2, 2024 | |
| Kovac v. Wray | 23-10284 | Decided | July 25, 2024 | |
| Matthews v. Tidewater | 23-30305 | Decided | July 17, 2024 | |
| Nat'l Fed v. City of Arlington | 23-10034 | Decided | July 17, 2024 | Authored |
| Vote.Org v. Paxton | 22-50536 | Decided | Dec. 15, 2023 |
Judicial writings
Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.
| Type | Case | Court | Filed |
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| Opinion | Nat'l Fed v. City of Arlington | Fifth Circuit | July 17, 2024 |
| Opinion | Edmiston v. Borrego | Fifth Circuit | Aug. 1, 2023 |
| Opinion | Crandel v. Hastings | Fifth Circuit | Aug. 1, 2023 |
| Opinion | Wallace v. State of Mississippi | Fifth Circuit | Aug. 8, 2022 |
| Opinion | Anderson v. City of New Orleans | Fifth Circuit | June 30, 2022 |
| Opinion | United States v. William Dubin | Fifth Circuit | Dec. 21, 2020 |
| Opinion | Andrew Knight v. Kirby Offshore Marine, L.L.C., et | Fifth Circuit | Dec. 17, 2020 |
| Opinion | United States v. William Dubin | Fifth Circuit | Dec. 4, 2020 |