Circuit Judge
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Oregon - Portland
   
Appointed by President Joe Biden, confirmed December 2021; previously member of Oregon Employment Relations board
Yale Law School
Rulings
| Case | Category | Published | 
|---|---|---|
| Mayes v. American Hallmark Insurance Co. author | Civil Procedure | Aug. 22, 2024 | 
| Ronderos v. USF Reddaway Inc. author | Arbitration | Aug. 22, 2024 | 
| Nakka v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services author | Immigration | Aug. 6, 2024 | 
| Conway v. O'Malley author | Administrative Agencies | Mar. 26, 2024 | 
| Ferguson v. O'Malley author | Administrative Agencies | Mar. 14, 2024 | 
| Blumenkron v. Multnomah County author | Civil Procedure | Feb. 2, 2024 | 
| Maney v. Brown author | Prisoners' Rights | Feb. 1, 2024 | 
| Hebrard v. Nofziger dissenting | Prisoners' Rights | Jan. 11, 2024 | 
| Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation v. Wooten reversed and remanded | Native American Affairs | Oct. 18, 2023 | 
| Kava Holdings LLC v. National Labor Relations Board author | Labor Law | Oct. 18, 2023 | 
| Hermosillo v. Garland author | Immigration | Sep. 14, 2023 | 
| Rudnitskyy v. Garland author | Immigration | Sep. 14, 2023 | 
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes v. San Jose Unified School District dissenting | Constitutional Law | Sep. 13, 2023 | 
| Center for Biological Diversity v. Haaland, et al. dissenting | Environmental Law | Jan. 23, 2023 | 
| U.S. v. Lillard author | Constitutional Law | Jan. 17, 2023 | 
Verdicts & Settlements
| Case | Category | Published | 
|---|---|---|
| Mayes v. American Hallmark Insurance Co. author | Civil Procedure | Aug. 22, 2024 | 
| Ronderos v. USF Reddaway Inc. author | Arbitration | Aug. 22, 2024 | 
| Nakka v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services author | Immigration | Aug. 6, 2024 | 
| Conway v. O'Malley author | Administrative Agencies | Mar. 26, 2024 | 
| Ferguson v. O'Malley author | Administrative Agencies | Mar. 14, 2024 | 
| Blumenkron v. Multnomah County author | Civil Procedure | Feb. 2, 2024 | 
| Maney v. Brown author | Prisoners' Rights | Feb. 1, 2024 | 
| Hebrard v. Nofziger dissenting | Prisoners' Rights | Jan. 11, 2024 | 
| Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation v. Wooten reversed and remanded | Native American Affairs | Oct. 18, 2023 | 
| Kava Holdings LLC v. National Labor Relations Board author | Labor Law | Oct. 18, 2023 | 
| Hermosillo v. Garland author | Immigration | Sep. 14, 2023 | 
| Rudnitskyy v. Garland author | Immigration | Sep. 14, 2023 | 
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes v. San Jose Unified School District dissenting | Constitutional Law | Sep. 13, 2023 | 
| Center for Biological Diversity v. Haaland, et al. dissenting | Environmental Law | Jan. 23, 2023 | 
| U.S. v. Lillard author | Constitutional Law | Jan. 17, 2023 | 
 

 
