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ESTABLISHED

CIRCUIT JUSTICE

ACTIVE JUDGES

CHIEF JUDGE

Elena Kagan

March 3, 1891

Mary Murguia (Since 2021)

29

Active Judges

  • Mary Murguia

    Appointed by: Barack Obama (2011)

    Duty Station: Phoenix, AZ

  • Kim McLane Wardlaw

    Appointed by: Bill Clinton (1998)

    Duty Station: Pasadena, CA

  • Ronald Gould

    Appointed by: Bill Clinton (1999)

    Duty Station: Seattle, WA

  • Johnnie Rawlinson

    Appointed by: Bill Clinton (2000)

    Duty Station: Las Vegas, NV

  • Consuelo Callahan

    Appointed by: George W. Bush (2003)

    Duty Station: Sacramento, CA

  • Milan Smith

    Appointed by: George W. Bush (2006)

    Duty Station: El Segundo, CA

  • Morgan Christen

    Appointed by: Barack Obama (2012)

    Duty Station: Anchorage, AK

  • Jacqueline Nguyen

    Appointed by: Barack Obama (2012)

    Duty Station: Pasadena, CA

  • John B. Owens

    Appointed by: Barack Obama (2014)

    Duty Station: San Diego, CA

  • Mark J. Bennett

    Appointed by: Donald Trump (2018)

    Duty Station: Honolulu, HI

  • Ryan Nelson

    Appointed by: Donald Trump (2018)

    Duty Station: Idaho Falls, ID

  • Eric D. Miller

    Appointed by: Donald Trump (2018)

    Duty Station: Seattle, WA

  • Bridget Bade

    Appointed by: Donald Trump (2019)

    Duty Station: Phoenix, AZ

  • Daniel Collins

    Appointed by: Donald Trump (2019)

    Duty Station: Pasadena, CA

  • Kenneth Lee

    Appointed by: Donald Trump (2019)

    Duty Station: San Diego, CA

  • Daniel Brass

    Appointed by: Donald Trump (2019)

    Duty Station: San Francisco, CA

  • Danielle Forrest

    Appointed by: Donald Trump (2019)

    Duty Station: Portland, OR

  • Patrick Bumatay

    Appointed by: Donald Trump (2019)

    Duty Station: San Diego, CA

  • Lawrence VanDyke

    Appointed by: Donald Trump (2020)

    Duty Station: Reno, NV

  • Lucy Koh

    Appointed by: Joe Biden (2021)

    Duty Station: San Francisco, CA

  • Jennifer Sung

    Appointed by: Joe Biden (2021)

    Duty Station: Portland, OR

  • Gabriel Sanchez

    Appointed by: Joe Biden (2022)

    Duty Station: San Francisco, CA

  • Holly Thomas

    Appointed by: Joe Biden (2022)

    Duty Station: Pasadena, CA

  • Salvador Mendoza Jr.

    Appointed by: Joe Biden (2022)

    Duty Station: Richland, WA

  • Roopali Desai

    Appointed by: Joe Biden (2022)

    Duty Station: Phoenix, AZ

  • Anthony Johnstone

    Appointed by: Joe Biden (2023)

    Duty Station: Missoula, MT

  • Ana de Alba

    Appointed by: Joe Biden (2023)

    Duty Station: Fresno, CA

  • Eric Tung

    Appointed by: Donald Trump (2025)

    Duty Station: Pasadena, CA

Senior Judges

  • J. Clifford Wallace

    Term: 1972 - 1996

    Appointed by: Richard Nixon

    Duty Station: San Diego, CA

  • Mary Schroeder

    Term: 1979 - 2011

    Appointed by: Jimmy Carter

    Duty Station: Phoenix, AZ

  • Dorothy Wright Nelson

    Term: 1979 - 1995

    Appointed by: Jimmy Carter

    Duty Station: Pasadena, CA

  • William Canby

    Term: 1980 - 1996

    Appointed by: Jimmy Carter

    Duty Station: Phoenix, AZ

  • Diarmuid O'Scannlain

    Term: 1986 - 2016

    Appointed by: Ronald Reagan

    Duty Station: Portland, OR

  • Ferdinand Fernandez

    Term: 1989 - 2002

    Appointed by: George H.W. Bush

    Duty Station: Pasadena, CA

  • Michael Daly Hawkins

    Term: 1994 - 2010

    Appointed by: Bill Clinton

    Duty Station: Phoenix, AZ

  • A. Wallace Tashima

    Term: 1996 - 2004

    Appointed by: Bill Clinton

    Duty Station: Pasadena, CA

  • Sidney Thomas

    Term: 1996 - 2023

    Appointed by: Bill Clinton

    Duty Station: Billings, MT

  • Barry Silverman

    Term: 1998 - 2016

    Appointed by: Bill Clinton

    Duty Station: Phoenix, AZ

  • Susan Graber

    Term: 1998 - 2021

    Appointed by: Bill Clinton

    Duty Station: Portland, OR

  • M. Margaret McKeown

    Term: 1998 - 2022

    Appointed by: Bill Clinton

    Duty Station: San Diego, CA

  • William Fletcher

    Term: 1998 - 2022

    Appointed by: Bill Clinton

    Duty Station: San Francisco, CA

  • Richard Paez

    Term: 2000 - 2021

    Appointed by: Bill Clinton

    Duty Station: Pasadena, CA

  • Marsha Berzon

    Term: 2000 - 2022

    Appointed by: Bill Clinton

    Duty Station: San Francisco, CA

  • Richard Tallman

    Term: 2000 - 2018

    Appointed by: Bill Clinton

    Duty Station: Coeur d'Alene, ID

  • Richard Clifton

    Term: 2002 - 2016

    Appointed by: George W. Bush

    Duty Station: Honolulu, HI

  • Jay Bybee

    Term: 2003 - 2019

    Appointed by: George W. Bush

    Duty Station: Las Vegas, NV

  • Carlos Bea

    Term: 2003 - 2019

    Appointed by: George W. Bush

    Duty Station: San Francisco, CA

  • N. Randy Smith

    Term: 2007 - 2018

    Appointed by: George W. Bush

    Duty Station: Pocatello, ID

  • Andrew Hurwitz

    Term: 2012 - 2022

    Appointed by: Barack Obama

    Duty Station: Phoenix, AZ