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Many commentators have argued that the Ninth Circuit faces several adverse consequences of its large size, [14] such as "unwieldly size, procedural inefficiencies, jurisprudential unpredictability, and unusual en banc process." [15] Chief among these is the Ninth Circuit's unique rules concerning the composition of an en banc court.
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]
Pages in category "Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit" The following 119 pages are in this category, out of 119 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The United States District Court for the Southern District of California (in case citations, S.D. Cal.) is a federal court in the Ninth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
The circuit with the fewest appellate judges is the First Circuit, and the one with the most appellate judges is the geographically large and populous Ninth Circuit in the West. The number of judges that the U.S. Congress has authorized for each circuit is set forth by law in 28 U.S.C. § 44 , while the places where those judges must regularly ...
The Ninth Circuit is the appeals court that oversees U.S. district courts in the western United States, as well as Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
The rules governing assignment of senior judges are laid out in 28 U.S.C. § 294. In essence, under normal conditions, the chief judge or judicial council of a circuit may assign a senior judge belonging to that circuit to perform any duty within the circuit that the judge is willing and able to perform. A senior district judge can be assigned ...
The Supreme Court decision invalidated both the approach of the district court, which found that the mere presence and importance of the seniority system was enough to warrant a summary judgment in favor of US Airways, as well as the circuit court's approach that interpreted 'reasonable accommodation' as 'effective accommodation'. [1]