Ninth Circuit
Sandra Segal Ikuta
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
- George W. BushRepublican
- Seat
- CA90108
- Nominated
- Feb. 8, 2006
- Committee hearing
- May 2, 2006
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)May 25, 2006
- Senate vote
- 81–0Roll Call
- Confirmed
- June 19, 2006
- Commissioned
- June 23, 2006
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Senior status
- Nov. 7, 2025
- Service ended
- Dec. 7, 2025Death
Source Federal Judicial Center.
Nominations
Senate nominations naming this judge — their own appointment, or a nomination to the seat they are leaving.
| Nominee | Court | Received | Outcome | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Chunyee Tung PN400-3 | Ninth Circuit | July 15, 2025 | Confirmed | 52–45 |
Source Congress.gov. A nomination appears here when the name matches this judge exactly; the Federal Judicial Center record above remains the authority for service actually served.
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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Sept. 18, 2025panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Leopoldo Rivera-Valdes
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Sept. 3, 2025opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Taylor
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Aug. 18, 2025opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Plancarte
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Aug. 13, 2025
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Aug. 4, 2025panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Bradford
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July 24, 2025opinion issued Authored the opinion in Rhode v. Bonta
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July 22, 2025panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Hassan
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July 21, 2025panel identified Sat on the panel in Perez Cruz v. Bondi
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July 15, 2025
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Dec. 4, 2024panel identified Sat on the panel in The Ohio House, LLC v. City of Costa Mesa
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Nov. 29, 2024opinion issued Authored the opinion in Chance Blackman v. Theresa Cisneros
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Aug. 22, 2024
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opinion | United States v. Taylor | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 3, 2025 |
| Opinion | United States v. Plancarte | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 18, 2025 |
| Opinion | Rhode v. Bonta | Ninth Circuit | July 24, 2025 |
| Opinion | Chance Blackman v. Theresa Cisneros | Ninth Circuit | Nov. 29, 2024 |
| Opinion | Spencer Elden v. Nirvana L.L.C. | Ninth Circuit | Dec. 21, 2023 |
| Opinion | USA V. CYNTHIA MONTOYA | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 13, 2023 |
| Opinion | Gregory Brown v. M. Atchley | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 3, 2023 |
| Opinion | Nora Phillips v. U.S. Customs and Border Prot. | Ninth Circuit | July 21, 2023 |
| Opinion | Enterprise Management Limited, Inc. v. Construx Software Builders, Inc. | Ninth Circuit | July 17, 2023 |
| Opinion | United States v. Armando Orozco-Barron | Ninth Circuit | July 3, 2023 |
| Opinion | Project Veritas v. Michael Schmidt | Ninth Circuit | July 3, 2023 |
| Opinion | RAFAEL DIAZ-RODRIGUEZ V. MERRICK GARLAND | Ninth Circuit | Dec. 8, 2022 |
| Opinion | RONALD HOOKS V. NEXSTAR BROADCASTING, INC. | Ninth Circuit | Dec. 5, 2022 |
| Concurrence | Scott Wolf v. Ins. Co. of N. America | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 25, 2022 |
| Opinion | Flower World, Inc. v. Joel Sacks | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 11, 2022 |
| Opinion | Marvin Martinez Alquijay v. Merrick Garland | Ninth Circuit | July 27, 2022 |
| Opinion | Ricardo Bravo-Bravo v. Merrick Garland | Ninth Circuit | July 18, 2022 |
| Dissent | John Doe v. San Diego Unified School District | Ninth Circuit | Dec. 4, 2021 |
| Dissent | Kristin Perry v. Dennis Hollingsworth | Ninth Circuit | Nov. 18, 2021 |
| Dissent | Taldybek Usubakunov v. Merrick Garland | Ninth Circuit | Nov. 1, 2021 |