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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Donald J. TrumpRepublican
Seat
CA20311
Nominated
Sept. 19, 2019
Committee hearing
Sept. 25, 2019
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Oct. 24, 2019
Senate vote
86–2Roll Call
Confirmed
Nov. 7, 2019
Commissioned
Nov. 14, 2019
ABA rating
Well Qualified

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
Defending Education v. Croton-Harmon Union Free School District 24-1900 Decided Sept. 15, 2026 Authored
Rapaport v. Nivoda 25-1065 Decided Sept. 4, 2026
Siren Retail Corp. v. NLRB 24-3168 Decided Sept. 2, 2026
County of Westchester v. Express Scripts 24-1639 Decided Sept. 2, 2026
Skatteforvaltningen v. Markowitz 25-916 Decided Aug. 31, 2026
United States v. Amerisource Bergen Corp. 25-2950 Decided Aug. 28, 2026
Lowell v. Lyft, Inc. 24-2948 Decided Aug. 27, 2026
United States v. Matos 22-1561 Decided Aug. 13, 2026
Glover v. Connecticut General Life Insurance Company 25-1760 Decided Aug. 11, 2026
United States v. Browning 24-2861 Decided Aug. 6, 2026
Mahdawi v. Trump 25-1113 Decided July 21, 2026
United States v. DeJesus 23-6259 Decided July 17, 2026 Authored
United States v. Salvador 24-656 Decided July 7, 2026
The New York and Presbyterian Hospital v. New York State Nurses Association 25-113 Decided July 7, 2026
Bugliotti v. the Republic of Argentina 24-2950 Decided March 9, 2026
Peña Garcia v. Department of Labor 23-8066 Decided March 5, 2026 Authored
United States v. Aryeetey 25-499 Decided March 3, 2026
Silva v. Schmidt Baking Distribution, LLC 24-2103 Decided Dec. 22, 2025
Granite State Insurance Co. v. Primary Arms, LLC 24-2748 Decided Dec. 10, 2025
Ziparo v. CSX Transportation 23-262 Decided Nov. 25, 2025

Judicial writings

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

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion Defending Education v. Croton-Harmon Union Free School District Second Circuit Sept. 15, 2026
Opinion United States v. DeJesus Second Circuit July 17, 2026
Concurrence Havlish v. Taliban; Aliganga v. Taliban Second Circuit March 19, 2026
Opinion Peña Garcia v. Department of Labor Second Circuit March 5, 2026
Opinion Yupangui-Yunga v. Bondi Second Circuit Oct. 24, 2025
Opinion United States v. Rodriguez Second Circuit Aug. 11, 2025
Opinion Garcia Pinach v. Bondi Second Circuit Aug. 4, 2025
Opinion Singh-Kar v. Bondi Second Circuit May 21, 2025
Opinion Xia v. Bondi Second Circuit May 19, 2025
Opinion Penaranda Arevalo v. Bondi Second Circuit March 7, 2025
Opinion United States v. Mensah Second Circuit Aug. 2, 2024
Opinion Vera Punin v. Garland Second Circuit July 16, 2024
Opinion Rabinowitz v. Kelman Second Circuit July 24, 2023
Opinion United States v. Hage (Mamdouh Mahmud Salim) Second Circuit July 20, 2023
Opinion United States v. Osuba Second Circuit May 4, 2023
Opinion United States v. Eldridge Second Circuit March 30, 2023
Opinion United States v. Zhang Second Circuit Dec. 6, 2022
Opinion In Re Clinton Nurseries Second Circuit Nov. 10, 2022
Opinion Pinel-Gomez v. Garland Second Circuit Nov. 2, 2022
Opinion Palmer v. Amazon Second Circuit Oct. 18, 2022