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Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2017, H.R. 196 [24] The more recent proposals have aimed to redefine the Ninth Circuit to cover California, Hawaii, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands, and to create a new Twelfth Circuit to cover Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.
On July 12, 1979, President Jimmy Carter nominated Farris to a new seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit created by 92 Stat. 1629. [9] [10] The United States Senate confirmed the nomination on September 26, 1979, and Farris received his commission on September 27, 1979. [11]
Circuit Judge vacant — — — — — — 18 Senior Circuit Judge Levin H. Campbell: inactive: 1927 1972–1992 1983–1990 1992–present Nixon: 22 Senior Circuit Judge Bruce M. Selya: Providence, RI: 1934 1986–2006 — 2006–present Reagan: 27 Senior Circuit Judge Sandra Lynch: Boston, MA: 1946 1995–2022 2008–2015 2022–present ...
Morgan Brenda Christen (born December 5, 1961) is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.She previously served as a state court judge on the Alaska Supreme Court from 2009 to 2012 and on the Alaska Superior Court from 2002 to 2009.
A vacancy is filled by the judge highest in seniority among the group of qualified judges. The chief judge serves for a term of seven years, or until age 70, whichever occurs first. The age restrictions are waived if no members of the court would otherwise be qualified for the position.
Last Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, which is not known for its friendliness to Second Amendment rights, dealt a blow to that end run by partly upholding two preliminary ...
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. [2]
William Cameron Canby Jr. (born May 22, 1931) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting in Phoenix, Arizona. As both a professor at Arizona State University College of Law and a Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Canby has become known as ...