Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Title
Judge
Appointed by
William J. ClintonDemocratic
Seat
WAWD0602
Nominated
May 11, 1998
Committee hearing
Oct. 1, 1998
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Oct. 8, 1998
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Oct. 21, 1998
Commissioned
Oct. 22, 1998
ABA rating
Qualified
Chief Judge from
Jan. 1, 2004until Jan. 1, 2011
Senior status
Jan. 27, 2016

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
Jones v. City of North Las Vegas 24-3374 Decided March 6, 2026
Harson Chong v. United States 23-55140 Decided Aug. 14, 2024
Burt Camenzind v. California Exposition and State Fair 22-15931 Decided Oct. 31, 2023
ANDRE VERDUN V. CITY OF SAN DIEGO 21-55046 Decided Oct. 26, 2022
Jose Fierro v. Keith Smith 19-16786 Decided July 5, 2022
Juan Castillo v. William Barr 19-72745 Decided Nov. 18, 2020
NLRB v. Iab, Local 229 17-73210 Decided Sept. 11, 2020
United States v. Cole Lusby 18-10368 Decided Aug. 25, 2020
Enigma Software Group USA v. Malwarebytes Inc. 17-17351 Decided Dec. 31, 2019
Desiree Martinez v. City of Clovis 17-17492 Decided Dec. 4, 2019 Authored
NLRB v. Iab, Local 229 17-73210 Decided Oct. 28, 2019
Richard Zabriskie v. fnma/fannie Mae 17-15807 Decided Oct. 8, 2019 Authored

Judicial writings

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

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion Desiree Martinez v. City of Clovis Ninth Circuit Dec. 4, 2019
Dissent Richard Zabriskie v. fnma/fannie Mae Ninth Circuit Oct. 8, 2019