Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
George H.W. BushRepublican
Seat
CA111202
Nominated
March 10, 1992
Committee hearing
June 4, 1992
Committee action
Reported (favorably)June 11, 1992
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Aug. 11, 1992
Commissioned
Aug. 12, 1992
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Senior status
Feb. 25, 2011

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida Judge July 24, 1979 Sept. 3, 1992 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Jimmy Carter
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Judge Aug. 12, 1992 In service George H.W. Bush

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
United States v. Leon Carter 17-15495 Decided Aug. 3, 2021
Chike Uzuegbunam v. Stanley C. Preczewski 18-12676 Decided April 16, 2021
Conrad L. Hoever v. R. Marks 17-10792 Decided April 9, 2021
Waseem Daker v. Theodore Jackson 18-11989 Decided Nov. 15, 2019
Sebastian Cordoba v. DIRECTV, LLC 18-12077 Decided Nov. 15, 2019
In Re: Neil Navarro 19-12612-E Decided July 30, 2019
Pedro Arturo Salmeron-Salmeron v. Warden Bill Spivey 17-15152 Decided June 13, 2019
Michael Newcomb v. Spring Creekk Cooler Inc. 18-12036 Decided June 5, 2019
Inversiones Y Procesadora Tropical Inprotsa, S.A. v. Del Monte International GMBH 16-17623; 17-12163 Decided April 23, 2019 Authored
United States v. Juan Fletcher Gordillo 18-12095 Decided April 17, 2019

Judicial writings

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

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion Inversiones Y Procesadora Tropical Inprotsa, S.A. v. Del Monte International GMBH Eleventh Circuit April 23, 2019