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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]
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 ...
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.
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; In office July 30, 1982 – August 28, 2006: Appointed by: Ronald Reagan: Preceded by: Reynaldo Guerra Garza: Succeeded by: Jennifer Walker Elrod: Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas; In office December 12, 1975 – August 3, 1982 ...
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.
On March 30, 2020, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Wilson to serve as a United States circuit judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, to fill the seat vacated by Judge E. Grady Jolly, who assumed senior status on October 3, 2017. [17] On May 4, 2020, his nomination was sent to the Senate.
Obama renominated Graves in January 2011, and the Senate confirmed him on February 14, 2011, making him the third African-American judge on the Fifth Circuit, after Carl E. Stewart and Joseph W. Hatchett. [1] He received his commission on February 15, 2011. [2]
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 ...