Richard R. Clifton

Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Title

Judge

Appointed by

George W. BushRepublican

Seat

CA92602

Nominated

Sept. 4, 2001

Committee hearing

May 9, 2002

Committee action

Reported (favorably)May 16, 2002

Senate vote

98–0Roll Call

Confirmed

July 18, 2002

Commissioned

July 30, 2002

ABA rating

Qualified

Senior status

Dec. 31, 2016

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

• Sept. 22
  opinion issued Concurred in Bultemeyer v. Centurylink, Inc.
• Aug. 26
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Patacsil v. Google LLC
• Aug. 14
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Andrew Brown v. Ron Broomfield
• Aug. 13
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Nilsen v. University of Washington
• July 27
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Krzesni v. Wellpinit School District
• July 21
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Seagraves v. Washington State Department of Children Youth and Families
• May 26
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Johnsen
• April 23
  panel identified Sat on the panel in County of San Bernardino v. Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania
• April 20
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Brown v. Salcido
• April 9
  panel identified Sat on the panel in David Ramirez v. Ryan Thornell
• April 8
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Eng v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
• March 23
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Navarrete v. Bondi

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.