Federal judiciary
Robert S. Lasnik
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
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.
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March 6panel identified Sat on the panel in Jones v. City of North Las Vegas
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Aug. 14, 2024panel identified Sat on the panel in Harson Chong v. United States
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Oct. 31, 2023
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Oct. 26, 2022panel identified Sat on the panel in ANDRE VERDUN V. CITY OF SAN DIEGO
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July 5, 2022panel identified Sat on the panel in Jose Fierro v. Keith Smith
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Nov. 18, 2020panel identified Sat on the panel in Juan Castillo v. William Barr
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Sept. 11, 2020panel identified Sat on the panel in NLRB v. Iab, Local 229
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Aug. 25, 2020panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Cole Lusby
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Dec. 31, 2019panel identified Sat on the panel in Enigma Software Group USA v. Malwarebytes Inc.
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Dec. 4, 2019opinion issued Authored the opinion in Desiree Martinez v. City of Clovis
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Oct. 28, 2019panel identified Sat on the panel in NLRB v. Iab, Local 229
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Oct. 8, 2019opinion issued Dissented in Richard Zabriskie v. fnma/fannie Mae
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
| Case | No. | Status | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
| Type | Case | Court | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opinion | Desiree Martinez v. City of Clovis | Ninth Circuit | Dec. 4, 2019 |
| Dissent | Richard Zabriskie v. fnma/fannie Mae | Ninth Circuit | Oct. 8, 2019 |