Sandra Lea Lynch

Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Title

Judge

Appointed by

William J. ClintonDemocratic

Seat

CA10402

Nominated

Jan. 11, 1995

Committee hearing

Feb. 8, 1995

Committee action

Reported (favorably)Feb. 23, 1995

Senate vote

Voice

Confirmed

March 17, 1995

Commissioned

March 17, 1995

ABA rating

Well Qualified

Chief Judge from

Jan. 1, 2008until Jan. 1, 2015

Senior status

Dec. 31, 2022

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

• Sept. 1
  panel identified Sat on the panel in de la Fuente Diaz v. Gonzalez Colon
• Sept. 1
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Espinoza Benitez v. Blanche
• Aug. 26
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Fellers v. Kelley
• Aug. 25
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Bromfield v. Blanche
• Aug. 21
  opinion issued Dissented in United States v. Bourget
• Aug. 19
  panel identified Sat on the panel in In Re: Apellis Pharm., Inc. Securities Litigation v.
• Aug. 19
  panel identified Sat on the panel in SEC v. Gastauer
• Aug. 19
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Nicholls v. Veolia Water Contract Operations USA, Inc.
• Aug. 17
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Kyick Holdings, LLC v. Bessent
• Aug. 13
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Guerrero Orellana v. Moniz
• Aug. 13
  panel identified Sat on the panel in LUMA Energy LLC v. Puerto Rico Dep't of Consumer Affairs
• Aug. 11
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Cosel v. Wendt

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.