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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
George W. BushRepublican
Seat
CADC1102
Nominated
Feb. 14, 2005
Committee hearing
March 8, 2005
Committee action
Reported (favorably)April 14, 2005
Senate vote
73–24Roll Call
Confirmed
June 14, 2005
Commissioned
June 29, 2005
ABA rating
Qualified
Service ended
Sept. 1, 2020Retirement

Source Federal Judicial Center.

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
Humane Soc'y of the United States v. Perdue 18-5188; C/w 18-5197, 18-5201 Decided Aug. 23, 2019
Hamed Almaqrami v. Michael Pompeo 18-5156 Decided Aug. 13, 2019
American Clinical Laboratory v. Alex Azar, II 18-5312 Decided July 30, 2019
Elisa Cruz v. Kevin McAleenan 17-5113 Decided July 30, 2019
In re: Sealed Case 17-1212 Decided July 26, 2019
Idaho Conservation League v. Andrew Wheeler 18-1141 Decided July 19, 2019
United States v. Rodney Class 15-3015 Decided July 19, 2019
American Federation of Govt. v. Donald Trump 18-5289 Decided July 16, 2019
Atlas Air, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of 17-7172 Decided July 5, 2019
Sunday Iyoha v. Architect of the Capitol 17-5252 Decided July 2, 2019
Farhad Azima v. Rak Investment Authority 18-7055 Decided June 18, 2019
Aron Dibacco v. The United States Department 17-5048 Decided June 14, 2019
Pa. Interscholastic Athletic Ass'n, Inc. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. 18-1037; C/w 18-1043 Decided June 14, 2019
Am. Coal Co. v. Fed. Mine Safety & Health Review Comm'n & Sec'y of Labor 18-1270; September Term, 2018 Decided June 11, 2019
United States v. Alicia Norman 17-3070; C/w 17-3073, 17-3074 Decided June 11, 2019
Directsat U.S. LLC v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. 18-1092; C/w 18-1156, 18-1228 Decided June 7, 2019
Sierra Club v. Envtl. Prot. Agency 16-1158 Decided May 31, 2019
D.C. Healthcare Sys., Inc. v. Dist. of Columbia, Corp. 17-7141 Decided May 28, 2019
United States v. James Duckett 18-3026 Decided May 24, 2019
Libertarian Nat'l Comm., Inc. v. Fed. Election Comm'n 18-5227 Decided May 21, 2019 Authored

Judicial writings

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

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Concurrence in part Libertarian Nat'l Comm., Inc. v. Fed. Election Comm'n D.C. Circuit May 21, 2019