Ninth Circuit
Richard C. Tallman
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appointment
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Title
- Judge
- Appointed by
- William J. ClintonDemocratic
- Seat
- CA91702
- Nominated
- Oct. 20, 1999
- Committee hearing
- March 23, 2000
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)April 12, 2000
- Senate vote
- Voice
- Confirmed
- May 24, 2000
- Commissioned
- May 25, 2000
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Senior status
- March 3, 2018
Source Federal Judicial Center.
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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Sept. 28panel identified Sat on the panel in Edwards v. Brown
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Sept. 8panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Gessen
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Aug. 21panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Cisneros
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Aug. 13opinion issued Authored the opinion in Nilsen v. University of Washington
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Aug. 11panel identified Sat on the panel in Duralev v. United States
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July 21
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July 2opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Shi
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June 23panel identified Sat on the panel in Cocom v. Abm Aviation, Inc.
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May 6
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April 8panel identified Sat on the panel in Armando Santana-Gonzalez v. Pamela Bondi
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April 1panel identified Sat on the panel in O'dell v. Aya Healthcare Services, Inc.
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April 1
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
Judicial writings
Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.
| Type | Case | Court | Filed |
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| Opinion | Nilsen v. University of Washington | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 13, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | United States v. Shi | Ninth Circuit | July 2, 2026 |
| Opinion | Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians v. Blanche | Ninth Circuit | May 6, 2026 |
| Opinion | Alfonso Verduzco Ruiz v. Pamela Bondi | Ninth Circuit | April 1, 2026 |
| Opinion | Friends of Animals v. Burgum | Ninth Circuit | Jan. 14, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Patrick | Ninth Circuit | Dec. 19, 2025 |
| Opinion | United States v. Patrick | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 15, 2025 |
| Opinion | United States v. Gordon | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 19, 2025 |
| Opinion | McMahon v. World Vision Inc. | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 5, 2025 |
| Opinion | Burch v. City of Chubbuck | Ninth Circuit | July 25, 2025 |
| Opinion | United States v. Westfall | Ninth Circuit | July 10, 2025 |
| Opinion | Lawanda Small v. Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America | Ninth Circuit | Dec. 10, 2024 |
| Opinion | Mitchell Garraway v. Jacquiline Ciufo | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 3, 2024 |
| Opinion | CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION V. ARMOND ARIA | Ninth Circuit | Dec. 13, 2022 |
| Opinion | JAMES KLEISER V. BENJAMIN CHAVEZ | Ninth Circuit | Dec. 9, 2022 |
| Opinion | Newtok Village v. Andy Patrick | Ninth Circuit | Dec. 22, 2021 |
| Opinion | Alfredo Esquivel v. United States | Ninth Circuit | Dec. 17, 2021 |
| Opinion | United States v. Jorge De La Mora-Cobian | Ninth Circuit | Nov. 29, 2021 |
| Opinion | Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. 50509 Marine LLC | Eleventh Circuit | Nov. 24, 2020 |
| Opinion | Jorge Rico v. Clark Ducart | Ninth Circuit | Nov. 20, 2020 |