D.c. Circuit Court Of Appeals Article Index for
D.c 		Website Links For
United States 		 

Information About

D.c. Circuit Court Of Appeals
  CATEGORIES ABOUT UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
   
government in washington, d.c.
   
united states courts of appeals
   
APPAREL
BABY
BEAUTY
BOOKS
CAR TOYS
CELL PHONES
DVD'S
ELECTRONICS
GOURMET FOOD
GROCERIES
HEALTH & PERSONAL
HOME & GARDEN
JEWELRY
MUSIC
MUSIC INSTRUMENTS
OFFICE PRODUCTS
SOFTWARE
SPORTING GOODS
TOOLS & HARDWARE
TOYS
VIDEO GAMES
SHOPPING HOME
MORE SHOPPING...



While it has the smallest geographic Jurisdiction of any of the United States courts of appeals, the D.C. Circuit, with twelve active judgeships, is arguably the most important inferior appellate court. The court is given the responsibility of directly reviewing the decisions and Rulemaking of many federal Agencies based in the national capital, often without prior hearing by a district court. Aside from the agencies whose statutes explicitly direct review by the D.C. Circuit, the court typically hears cases from other agencies under the more general jurisdiction granted to the Courts of Appeals under the Administrative Procedures Act . Given the broad areas over which federal agencies have power, this often gives the judges of the D.C. Circuit a central role in affecting national U.S. policy and law.

A judgeship on the D.C. Circuit is often thought of as a stepping-stone for appointment to the Supreme Court. , who was rejected by the Senate , and current Chief Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg , who withdrew his nomination after it became known that he had used Marijuana as a college student and professor in the 1960s and 1970s. Before the 1980s, Chief Justices Fred M. Vinson and Warren Burger , as well as Associate Justice Wiley Blount Rutledge , served on the D.C. Circuit before their elevations to the Supreme Court.

Unlike the Courts of Appeals for the other geographical districts where home-state senators have the privilege of holding up confirmation by the “blue slip” process, because the D.C. Circuit does not represent any state, confirmation of nominees is often procedurally and practically easier. However, in recent years, several nominees were stalled and some were ultimately not confirmed because senators claimed that the court had become larger than necessary to handle its caseload.

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit meets at the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse , near Judiciary Square in downtown Washington, D.C.


CURRENT COMPOSITION OF THE COURT

As of Brett Kavanaugh's inauguration on June 1 , 2006 ,1 the judges on the court are:

  Index 46
  Title Chief Judge
  Name Douglas H Ginsburg
  Duty Station Washington, DC
  Born 1946
  Term 1986–present
  Chief Term 2001–present
  Senior Term —
  Appointer Reagan


  Index 47
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name David B Sentelle
  Duty Station Washington, DC
  Born 1943
  Term 1987–present
  Chief Term —
  Senior Term —
  Appointer Reagan


  Index 49
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Karen L Henderson
  Duty Station Washington, DC
  Born 1944
  Term 1990–present
  Chief Term —
  Senior Term —
  Appointer GHW Bush


  Index 50
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Arthur Raymond Randolph
  Duty Station Washington, DC
  Born 1943
  Term 1990–present
  Chief Term —
  Senior Term —
  Appointer GHW Bush


  Index 51
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Judith Ann Wilson Rogers
  Duty Station Washington, DC
  Born 1939
  Term 1994–present
  Chief Term —
  Senior Term —
  Appointer Clinton


  Index 52
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name David S Tatel
  Duty Station Washington, DC
  Born 1942
  Term 1994–present
  Chief Term —
  Senior Term —
  Appointer Clinton


  Index 53
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Merrick B Garland
  Duty Station Washington, DC
  Born 1952
  Term 1997–present
  Chief Term —
  Senior Term —
  Appointer Clinton


  Index 55
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Janice Rogers Brown
  Duty Station Washington, DC
  Born 1949
  Term 2005–present
  Chief Term —
  Senior Term —
  Appointer GW Bush


  Index 56
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Thomas B Griffith
  Duty Station Washington, DC
  Born 1954
  Term 2005–present
  Chief Term —
  Senior Term —
  Appointer GW Bush


  Index 57
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Brett M Kavanaugh
  Duty Station Washington, DC
  Born 1965
  Term 2006–present
  Chief Term —
  Senior Term —
  Appointer GW Bush


  Index —
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name ''(vacant - seat 6)''
  Duty Station ''(n/a)''
  Born ''(n/a)''
  Term ''(n/a)''
  Chief Term ''(n/a)''
  Senior Term ''(n/a)''
  Appointer ''(n/a)''


  Index —
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name ''(vacant - seat 7)''
  Duty Station ''(n/a)''
  Born ''(n/a)''
  Term ''(n/a)''
  Chief Term ''(n/a)''
  Senior Term ''(n/a)''
  Appointer ''(n/a)''


  Index 38
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Harry T Edwards
  Duty Station Washington, DC
  Born 1940
  Term 1980–2005
  Chief Term 1994–2001
  Senior Term 2005–present
  Appointer Carter


  Index 43
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Laurence H Silberman
  Duty Station Washington, DC
  Born 1935
  Term 1985–2000
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 2000–present
  Appointer Reagan


  Index 44
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name James L Buckley
  Duty Station ''(inactive)''
  Born 1923
  Term 1985–1996
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1996–present
  Appointer Reagan


  Index 45
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Stephen F Williams
  Duty Station Washington, DC
  Born 1936
  Term 1986–2001
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 2001–present
  Appointer Reagan



PENDING NOMINATIONS




LIST OF FORMER JUDGES


  Index 1
  Name Richard Henry Alvey
  State MD
  Borndied 1826–1906
  Term 1893–1905
  Chief Term 1893–1905
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Cleveland
  Termination retirement


  Index 2
  Name Martin Ferdinand Morris
  State DC
  Borndied 1834–1909
  Term 1893–1905
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Cleveland
  Termination retirement


  Index 3
  Name Seth Shepard
  State TX
  Borndied 1847–1917
  Term 1893–1917
  Chief Term 1905–1917
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Termination retirement


  Index 4
  Name Charles Holland Duell
  State NY
  Borndied 1850–1920
  Term 1905–1906
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Cleveland
  Termination resignation


  Index 5
  Name Louis Emory McComas
  State MD
  Borndied 1846–1907
  Term 1905–1907
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer TRoosevelt
  Termination death


  Index 6
  Name Charles Henry Robb
  State VT
  Borndied 1867–1939
  Term 1906Recess appointment, confirmed by the Senate at a later date–1937
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1937–1939
  Appointer T Roosevelt
  Termination death


  Index 7
  Name Josiah Alexander Van Orsdel
  State WY
  Borndied 1860–1937
  Term 1907–1937
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer T Roosevelt
  Termination death


  Index 8
  Name Constantine Joseph Smyth
  State NE
  Borndied 1859–1924
  Term 1917–1924
  Chief Term 1917–1924
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Wilson
  Termination death


  Index 9
  Name George Ewing Martin
  State OH
  Borndied 1857–1948
  Term 1924–1937
  Chief Term 1924–1937
  Senior Term 1937–1948
  Appointer Coolidge
  Termination death


  Index 10
  Name William Hitz
  State DC
  Borndied 1872–1935
  Term 1931–1935
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Hoover
  Termination death


  Index 11
  Name Duncan Lawrence Groner
  State VA
  Borndied 1873–1957
  Term 1931–1948
  Chief Term 1937–1948
  Senior Term 1948–1957
  Appointer Hoover (associate)<br> F Roosevelt (chief)
  Termination death


  Index 12
  Name Harold Montelle Stephens
  State UT
  Borndied 1886–1955
  Term 1935–1955
  Chief Term 1948–1955
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer F Roosevelt (associate)<br> Truman (chief)
  Termination death


  Index 13
  Name Justin Miller
  State CA
  Borndied 1888–1973
  Term 1937–1945
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer F Roosevelt
  Termination resignation


  Index 14
  Name Henry White Edgerton
  State
  Borndied 1888–1970
  Term 1937–1963
  Chief Term 1955–1958
  Senior Term 1963–1970
  Appointer F Roosevelt
  Termination death


  Index 15
  Name Fred M Vinson
  State KY
  Borndied 1890–1953
  Term 1938–1943
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer F Roosevelt
  Termination resignation to become Director of<br>the Office Of Economic Stabilization


  Index 16
  Name Wiley Blount Rutledge
  State
  Borndied 1894–1949
  Term 1939–1943
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer F Roosevelt
  Termination elevation to Supreme Court


  Index 17
  Name Thurman Wesley Arnold
  State WY
  Borndied 1891–1969
  Term 1943–1945
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer F Roosevelt
  Termination resignation


  Index 18
  Name Bennett Champ Clark
  State MO
  Borndied 1890–1954
  Term 1945–1954
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Truman
  Termination death


  Index 19
  Name Wilbur Kingsbury Miller
  State KY
  Borndied 1892–1976
  Term 1945–1964
  Chief Term 1960–1962
  Senior Term 1964–1976
  Appointer Truman
  Termination death


  Index 20
  Name Elijah Barrett Prettyman
  State DC
  Borndied 1891–1971
  Term 1945–1962
  Chief Term 1958–1960
  Senior Term 1962–1971
  Appointer Truman
  Termination death


  Index 21
  Name James McPherson Proctor
  State DC
  Borndied 1882–1953
  Term 1948–1953
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Truman
  Termination death


  Index 22
  Name David L Bazelon
  State IL
  Borndied 1909–1993
  Term 1949–1979
  Chief Term 1962–1978
  Senior Term 1979–1993
  Appointer Truman
  Termination death


  Index 23
  Name Charles Fahy
  State
  Borndied 1892–1979
  Term 1949–1967
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1967–1979
  Appointer Truman
  Termination death


  Index 24
  Name George Thomas Washington
  State
  Borndied 1908–1971
  Term 1949–1965
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1965–1971
  Appointer Truman
  Termination death


  Index 25
  Name John Anthony Danaher
  State CT
  Borndied 1899–1990
  Term 1953–1969
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1969–1990
  Appointer Eisenhower
  Termination death


  Index 26
  Name Walter Maximillian Bastian
  State DC
  Borndied 1891–1975
  Term 1954–1965
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1965–1975
  Appointer Eisenhower
  Termination death


  Index 27
  Name Warren E Burger
  State MN
  Borndied 1907–1995
  Term 1956–1969
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Eisenhower
  Termination elevation to Supreme Court


  Index 28
  Name James Skelly Wright
  State LA
  Borndied 1911–1988
  Term 1962–1986
  Chief Term 1978–1981
  Senior Term 1986–1988
  Appointer Kennedy
  Termination death


  Index 29
  Name Carl E McGowan
  State IL
  Borndied 1911–1987
  Term 1963–1981
  Chief Term 1981–1981
  Senior Term 1981–1987
  Appointer Kennedy
  Termination death


  Index 30
  Name Edward Allen Tamm
  State DC
  Borndied 1906–1985
  Term 1965–1985
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer L Johnson
  Termination death


  Index 31
  Name Harold Leventhal
  State DC
  Borndied 1915–1979
  Term 1965–1979
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer L Johnson
  Termination death


  Index 32
  Name Spottswood William Robinson III
  State VA
  Borndied 1916–1998
  Term 1966–1989
  Chief Term 1981–1986
  Senior Term 1989–1998
  Appointer L Johnson
  Termination death


  Index 33
  Name George MacKinnon
  State MN
  Borndied 1906–1995
  Term 1969–1983
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1983–1995
  Appointer Nixon
  Termination death


  Index 34
  Name Roger Robb
  State DC
  Borndied 1907–1985
  Term 1969–1982
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1982–1985
  Appointer Nixon
  Termination death


  Index 35
  Name Malcolm Richard Wilkey
  State TX
  Borndied 1918–present
  Term 1970–1984
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1984–1985
  Appointer Nixon
  Termination retirement


  Index 36
  Name Patricia Wald
  State DC
  Borndied 1928–present
  Term 1979–1999
  Chief Term 1986–1991
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Carter
  Termination retirement


  Index 37
  Name Abner J Mikva
  State IL
  Borndied 1926–present
  Term 1979–1994
  Chief Term 1991–1994
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Carter
  Termination retirement


  Index 39
  Name Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  State NY
  Borndied 1933–present
  Term 1980–1993
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Carter
  Termination elevation to Supreme Court


  Index 40
  Name Robert Bork
  State
  Borndied 1927–present
  Term 1982–1988
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Reagan
  Termination resignation


  Index 41
  Name Antonin Scalia
  State
  Borndied 1936–present
  Term 1982–1986
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Reagan
  Termination elevation to Supreme Court


  Index 42
  Name Kenneth Starr
  State
  Borndied 1946–present
  Term 1983–1989
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Reagan
  Termination resignation to become Solicitor General


  Index 48
  Name Clarence Thomas
  State
  Borndied 1948–present
  Term 1990–1991
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer GHW Bush
  Termination elevation to Supreme Court


  Index 54
  Name John Roberts
  State MD
  Borndied 1955–present
  Term 2003–2005
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer GW Bush
  Termination elevation to Supreme Court



CHIEFS

  Name Alvey
  Term 1893–1905


  Name Shepard
  Term 1905–1917


  Name Smyth
  Term 1917–1924


  Name Martin
  Term 1924–1937


  Name Groner
  Term 1937–1948


  Name Stephens


  Text as Chief Judge


  Name Stephens
  Term 1948–1955


  Name Edgerton
  Term 1955–1958


  Name Prettyman
  Term 1958–1960


  Name W Miller
  Term 1960–1962


  Name Bazelon
  Term 1962–1978


  Name Wright
  Term 1978–1981


  Name McGowan
  Term 1981–1981


  Name Robinson
  Term 1981–1986


  Name Wald
  Term 1986–1991


  Name Mikva
  Term 1991–1994


  Name Edwards
  Term 1994–2001


  Name '''D Ginsburg'''
  Term 2001–present



  { Align center cellspacing=5
  Name Alvey
  Term 1893–1905


  Name Shepard
  Term 1905–1917


  Name Smyth
  Term 1917–1924


  Name Martin
  Term 1924–1937


  Name Groner
  Term 1937–1948


  Name Stephens


  Text Seat redesignated on June 25 , 1948 as Circuit Judge persuant to 62&nbspStat&nbsp869, 62&nbspStat&nbsp985, and 68&nbspStat&nbsp1245


  Name Stephens
  Term 1948–1955


  Name Burger
  Term 1956–1969


  Name Wilkey
  Term 1970–1984


  Name Williams
  Term 1986–2001


  Name '''Brown'''
  Term 2005–present


  Valign "top"
  Text Established on February 9 , 1893 as Associate Justice by 27&nbspStat&nbsp434


  Name Morris
  Term 1893–1905


  Name McComas
  Term 1905–1907


  Name Van Orsdel
  Term 1907–1937


  Name J Miller
  Term 1937–1945


  Name Prettyman


  Text Redesignated on June 25 , 1948 as Circuit Judge by 62&nbspStat&nbsp869,&nbsp985


  Name Prettyman
  Term 1948–1962


  Name Wright
  Term 1962–1986


  Name '''D Ginsburg'''


  Valign "top"
  Text Established on February 9 , 1893 as Associate Justice by 27&nbspStat&nbsp434


  Name Shepard
  Term 1893–1905


  Name Duell
  Term 1905–1906


  Name C Robb
  Term 1906–1937


  Name Vinson
  Term 1938–1943


  Name W Miller


  Text Redesignated on June 25 , 1948 as Circuit Judge by 62&nbspStat&nbsp869,&nbsp985


  Name W Miller
  Term 1948–1964


  Name Leventhal
  Term 1965–1979


  Name R Ginsburg
  Term 1980–1993


  Name '''Tatel'''
  Term 1994–present


  Valign "top"
  Text Established on June 19 , 1930 as Associate Justice by 46&nbspStat&nbsp785


  Name Hitz
  Term 1931–1935


  Name Stephens


  Text Redesignated on June 25 , 1948 as Circuit Judge by 62&nbspStat&nbsp869,&nbsp985


  Name Proctor
  Term 1948–1953


  Name Danaher
  Term 1953–1969


  Name R Robb
  Term 1969–1982


  Name Scalia
  Term 1982–1986


  Name '''Sentelle'''
  Term 1987–present




  { Align center cellspacing=5
  Name Groner
  Term 1931–1937


  Name Edgerton


  Text Redesignated on June 25 , 1948 as Circuit Judge by 62&nbspStat&nbsp869,&nbsp985


  Name Edgerton
  Term 1948–1963


  Name McGowan
  Term 1963–1981


  Name Bork
  Term 1982–1988


  Name Thomas
  Term 1990–1991


  Name '''Rogers'''
  Term 1994–present


  Valign "top"
  Text Established on May 31 , 1938 as Associate Justice by 52&nbspStat&nbsp584


  Name Rutledge
  Term 1939–1943


  Name Clark
  Term 1945–1948


  Text Redesignated on June 25 , 1948 as Circuit Judge by 62&nbspStat&nbsp869,&nbsp985


  Name Clark
  Term 1948–1954


  Name Bastian
  Term 1954–1965


  Name Tamm
  Term 1965–1985


  Name Buckley
  Term 1985–1996


  Name Roberts
  Term 2003–2005


  Name ''(vacant)''
  Term 2005–present


  Valign "top"
  Text Established on August 3 , 1949 by 63&nbspStat&nbsp493


  Name Bazelon
  Term 1949–1979


  Name Edwards
  Term 1980–2005


  Name ''(vacant)''
  Term 2005–present


  Valign "top"
  Text Established on August 3 , 1949 by 63&nbspStat&nbsp493


  Name Fahy
  Term 1949–1967


  Name MacKinnon
  Term 1969–1983


  Name Starr
  Term 1983–1989


  Name '''Henderson'''
  Term 1990–present




  { Align center cellspacing=5
  Name Washington
  Term 1949–1965


  Name Robinson
  Term 1966–1989


  Name '''Randolph'''
  Term 1990–present


  Valign "top"
  Text Established on October 20 , 1978 by 92&nbspStat&nbsp1629


  Name Wald
  Term 1979–1999


  Name '''Griffith'''
  Term 2005–present


  Valign "top"
  Text Established on October 20 , 1978 by 92&nbspStat&nbsp1629


  Name Mikva
  Term 1979–1994


  Name '''Garland'''
  Term 1994–present


  Valign "top"
  Text Established on July 10 , 1984 by 98&nbspStat&nbsp333


  Name Silberman
  Term 1985–2000


  Name '''Kavanaugh'''
  Term 2006–present