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In 1979, the Ninth Circuit became the first federal judicial circuit to set up a Bankruptcy Appellate Panel as authorized by the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978. The Richard H. Chambers U.S. Court of Appeals, Pasadena, California. The cultural and political jurisdiction of the Ninth Circuit is just as varied as the land within its geographical ...
A Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (abbreviated BAP) is authorized by 28 U.S.C. § 158 (b) to hear, with the consent of all parties, appeals from the decisions of the United States bankruptcy courts in their district that otherwise would be heard by district courts, but only in those districts in which the district judges authorize appeals to BAPs. [1]
As of 2008, only the First, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits have established a Bankruptcy Appellate Panel. Those circuits that do not have a Bankruptcy Appellate Panel have their bankruptcy appeals heard by the district court. [17] Courts of appeals decisions, unlike those of the lower federal courts, establish binding precedents ...
University of Kansas (BA, BS, JD) Mary Helen Murguia (born September 6, 1960) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as the Chief United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She previously served as a U.S. district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona from 2000 to 2011.
Jones was appointed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit as a bankruptcy judge from 1983–1999, serving as Chief Judge from 1984–1993. [3] He was also appointed to the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit from 1986–1999. For six years, he served on the national Judicial Conference Committee on codes of conduct ...
Born. (1972-12-12) December 12, 1972 (age 51)[1] Midland, Texas, U.S. Education. Montana State University (BS, MS) Bear Valley Bible Institute (BTh) Harvard University (JD) Lawrence James Christopher VanDyke (born December 12, 1972) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals ...
William Alan Fletcher (born June 6, 1945) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. [1] Appointed by President Bill Clinton, Fletcher was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 1998. Fletcher is a Professor (Emeritus) at the UC Berkeley School of Law, where he still teaches federal courts.
The first federal judge in Texas was John C. Watrous, who was appointed on May 26, 1846, and had previously served as Attorney General of the Republic of Texas. He was assigned to hold court in Galveston, at the time, the largest city in the state. As seat of the Texas Judicial District, the Galveston court had jurisdiction over the whole state ...