Sidney Runyan Thomas

Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Title

Judge

Appointed by

William J. ClintonDemocratic

Seat

CA92302

Nominated

July 19, 1995

Committee hearing

Oct. 24, 1995

Committee action

Reported (favorably)Nov. 9, 1995

Senate vote

Voice

Confirmed

Jan. 2, 1996

Commissioned

Jan. 4, 1996

ABA rating

Well Qualified

Chief Judge from

Jan. 1, 2014until Jan. 1, 2021

Senior status

May 4, 2023

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

• Sept. 16
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Doe v. Github, Inc.
• Sept. 16
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Mendonsa
• Aug. 17
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Salazar Del Real
• Aug. 5
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Committee for a Better Arvin v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
• July 31
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Paxson v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
• July 7
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Yurok Tribe v. Usepa
• June 9
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Rojas-Espinoza v. Bondi
• May 14
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Reges v. Cauce
• April 30
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Sanchez Gonzalez v. United States Department of State
• April 9
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in David Ramirez v. Ryan Thornell
• April 2
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Susie Eskilian v. Pamela Bondi
• March 11
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Hudacko v. Regents of the University of California

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.