Michael Boudin

How Judge Boudin rules, drawn from 38 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Judge Boudin no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Position
circuit
Status
Retired 2021
Served
1992–2021
Appointed by
George H.W. Bush (Republican)
Commissioned
1992-05-26
Education
Harvard University (B.A., 1961); Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1964)
Signed orders read
38

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Diaz-Seijo v. Fajardo-Velez
397 F.3d 53 · 2005-02-09
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Accordingly, it does not satisfy the fourth prong of Olano's plain error test and on this ground we affirm without deciding the res judicata question.”

United States v. Beltran
503 F.3d 1 · 2007-09-14
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Affirmed.”

Sleeper Farms v. Agway, Inc.
506 F.3d 98 · 2007-11-02
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Affirmed.”

United States v. Boardman
528 F.3d 86 · 2008-06-11
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“The sentence is vacated and the matter remanded to the district court for further proceedings consistent with this decision.”

United States v. Flores-Carter
890 F.3d 357 · 2018-05-18
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Affirmed.”

United States v. Pinet-Fuentes
888 F.3d 557 · 2018-04-30
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“The judgment of the district court is affirmed.”

Rodriguez-Tirado v. Speedy Bail Bonds
891 F.3d 38 · 2018-05-30
Appeal (appellant) Granted in part

“The damages award on the counterclaim is affirmed, and the case is remanded to the district court for further proceedings on the question of whether the jury instructions as to the tort claims accurately reflected Puerto Rico law.”

United States v. Lawson
891 F.3d 407 · 2018-06-04
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“Accordingly, we vacate the present supervised release term and remand for the district court to decide what term to impose and, if over five years, to explain the upward variance.”

United States v. Robles-Pabon
892 F.3d 64 · 2018-06-08
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“The judgment imposing the sentences is vacated and the matter remanded for resentencing.”

United States v. Rivera-Hernandez
892 F.3d 62 · 2018-06-08
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“The district court judgment is affirmed.”

United States v. Laureano-Perez
892 F.3d 50 · 2018-06-08
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Affirmed.”

United States v. Tineo-Gonzalez
893 F.3d 64 · 2018-06-25
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Affirmed.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Circuit judges review appeals rather than manage a federal trial docket, so trial-court caseload and motion-timing metrics do not apply.

A historical record

Judge Boudin no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.