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In part because Jones had recently served as the chief judge of the Fifth Circuit, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts, in his administrative capacity, transferred the complaints to the judicial ethics panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. [20] On August 12, 2014, the judicial ethics panel ...
James Chiun-Yue Ho (born February 27, 1973) is an American lawyer and jurist serving since 2018 as a U.S. circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He was appointed by President Donald Trump, becoming the Fifth Circuit's only Asian-American judge and the only judge to be an immigrant. [1]
Dana Marie Douglas (born 1975) [1] is an American attorney who is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She previously served as a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana from 2019 to 2022.
Starting in the late 1950s, judges Elbert Parr Tuttle (chief judge 1960–67), John Minor Wisdom, John R. Brown (chief judge 1967–79), and Richard T. Rives (chief judge 1959–60) became known as the "Fifth Circuit Four", or simply "The Four", for decisions crucial in advancing the civil rights of African Americans.
Circuit Judge Adalberto Jordan: Miami, FL: 1961 2012–present — — Obama: 32 Circuit Judge Robin S. Rosenbaum: Fort Lauderdale, FL: 1966 2014–present — — Obama: 34 Circuit Judge Jill A. Pryor: Atlanta, GA: 1963 2014–present — — Obama: 35 Circuit Judge Kevin Newsom: Birmingham, AL: 1972 2017–present — — Trump: 36 Circuit ...
Stephen Andrew Higginson (born 1961) is an American lawyer and jurist serving since 2011 as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He also serves as the Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review.
In April 2012, during oral argument in a Fifth Circuit case involving the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Smith ordered the Department of Justice to provide his panel of three judges with a three-page, single-spaced report explaining President Obama's views on judicial review. Judge Smith's order was prompted by Obama's recent ...
King was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on April 30, 1979, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 12, 1979, and received her commission on July 13, 1979. She served as the first female chief judge from 1999 to 2006.