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The Judges of this Court in Order of Seniority

Updated
Jan 2023

	Name	Initials	Status	Chambers	Appt. Date	Appointed By
1.	Mary H. Murguia	MHM	Chief Judge	Phoenix	01/04/11	Obama
2.	J. Clifford Wallace	JCW	Senior Circuit Judge	San Diego	06/28/72	Nixon
3.	Mary M. Schroeder	MMS	Senior Circuit Judge	Phoenix	09/26/79	Carter
4.	Dorothy W. Nelson	DWN	Senior Circuit Judge	Pasadena	12/20/79	Carter
5.	William C. Canby, Jr.	WCC	Senior Circuit Judge	Phoenix	05/23/80	Carter
6.	Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain	DFO	Senior Circuit Judge	Portland	09/26/86	Reagan
7.	Edward Leavy	EL	Senior Circuit Judge	Portland	03/23/87	Reagan
8.	Stephen S. Trott	SST	Senior Circuit Judge	Boise	03/25/88	Reagan
9.	Ferdinand F. Fernandez	FFF	Senior Circuit Judge	Pasadena	05/22/89	Bush
	Name	Initials	Status	Chambers	Appt. Date	Appointed By
10.	Andrew J. Kleinfeld	AJK	Senior Circuit Judge	Fairbanks	09/16/91	Bush
11.	Michael Daly Hawkins	MDH	Senior Circuit Judge	Phoenix	09/15/94	Clinton
12.	A. Wallace Tashima	AWT	Senior Circuit Judge	Pasadena	01/04/96	Clinton
13.	Sidney R. Thomas	SRT	Circuit Judge	Billings	01/04/96	Clinton
14.	Barry G. Silverman	BGS	Senior Circuit Judge	Phoenix	02/04/98	Clinton
15.	Susan P. Graber	SPG	Senior Circuit Judge	Portland	03/19/98	Clinton
16.	M. Margaret McKeown	MMM	Senior Circuit Judge	San Diego	04/08/98	Clinton
17.	Kim McLane Wardlaw	KMW	Circuit Judge	Pasadena	08/03/98	Clinton
18.	William A. Fletcher	WAF	Senior Circuit Judge	San Francisco	10/09/98	Clinton
19	Ronald M. Gould	RMG	Circuit Judge	Seattle	11/22/99	Clinton
	Name	Initials	Status	Chambers	Appt. Date	Appointed By
20.	Richard A. Paez	RAP	Senior Circuit Judge	Pasadena	03/14/00	Clinton
21.	Marsha S. Berzon	MSB	Senior Circuit Judge	San Francisco	03/16/00	Clinton
22.	Richard C. Tallman	RCT	Senior Circuit Judge	Seattle	05/25/00	Clinton
23.	Johnnie B. Rawlinson	JBR	Circuit Judge	Las Vegas	07/26/00	Clinton
24.	Richard R. Clifton	RRC	Senior Circuit Judge	Honolulu	07/30/02	Bush
25.	Jay S. Bybee	JSB	Senior Circuit Judge	Las Vegas	03/21/03	Bush
26.	Consuelo M. Callahan	CMC	Circuit Judge	Sacramento	05/28/03	Bush
27.	Carlos T. Bea	CTB	Senior Circuit Judge	San Francisco	10/01/03	Bush
28.	Milan D. Smith, Jr.	MDS	Circuit Judge	El Segundo	05/18/06	Bush
39.	Sandra S. Ikuta	SSI	Circuit Judge	Pasadena	06/23/06	Bush
	Name	Initials	Status	Chambers	Appt. Date	Appointed By
30.	N. Randy Smith	NRS	Senior Circuit Judge	Pocatello	03/19/07	Bush
31.	Morgan Christen	MBC	Circuit Judge	Anchorage	01/11/12	Obama
32.	Jacqueline H. Nguyen	JHN	Circuit Judge	Pasadena	05/14/12	Obama
33.	Paul J. Watford	PJW	Circuit Judge	Pasadena	05/22/12	Obama
34.	Andrew D. Hurwitz	ADH	Senior Circuit Judge	Phoenix	06/27/12	Obama
35.	John B. Owens	JBO	Circuit Judge	San Diego	04/02/14	Obama
36.	Michelle T. Friedland	MTF	Circuit Judge	San Jose	04/29/14	Obama
37.	Mark J. Bennett	MJB	Circuit Judge	Honolulu	07/13/18	Trump
38.	Ryan D. Nelson	RDN	Circuit Judge	Idaho Falls	10/18/18	Trump
39.	Eric D. Miller	EDM	Circuit Judge	Seattle	03/04/19	Trump
	Name	Initials	Status	Chambers	Appt. Date	Appointed By
40.	Bridget S. Bade	BSB	Circuit Judge	Phoenix	04/01/19	Trump
41.	Daniel P. Collins	DPC	Circuit Judge	Pasadena	05/22/19	Trump
42.	Kenneth Kiyul Lee	KKL	Circuit Judge	San Diego	06/12/19	Trump
43.	Daniel A. Bress	DAB	Circuit Judge	San Francisco	07/26/19	Trump
44.	Danielle J. Forrest	DJF	Circuit Judge	Portland	11/12/19	Trump
45.	Patrick J. Bumatay	PJB	Circuit Judge	San Diego	12/12/19	Trump
46.	Lawrence VanDyke	LVD	Circuit Judge	Reno	01/02/20	Trump
47.	Lucy H. Koh	LHK	Circuit Judge	San Francisco	12/13/21	Biden
48.	Jennifer Sung	JS	Circuit Judge	Portland	12/15/21	Biden
49.	Gabriel P. Sanchez	GPS	Circuit Judge	San Francisco	01/24/22	Biden
50.	Holly A. Thomas	HAT	Circuit Judge	Pasadena	01/24/22	Biden
51.	Salvador Mendoza, Jr.	SMJ	Circuit Judge	Richland	09/16/22	Biden
52.	Roopali H. Desai	RHD	Circuit Judge	Phoenix	10/3/22	Biden