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Quick facts
Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Position circuit
Appointed by Donald J. Trump (Republican)
Commissioned 2018-10-15
Education Grove City College (B.A., 1988); George Mason University School of Law, now the Antonin Scalia Law School (J.D., 1992; articles editor, George Mason Law Review)
Signed orders read 28
Last updated 2026-07-10
Motion outcomes
AppealN = 28
counts only
9 18 1
Counted from classified signed orders. A “1 of 1” is one ruling, not a tendency.
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Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
United States v. Milchin
24-1484 · 2025-02-05
Appeal (appellant (defendant Michael Milchin))
Denied
“For these reasons, we will affirm the District Court’s judgment.”
Medical Associates of Erie v. Zaycosky
22-1402 · 2023-08-09
Appeal (appellant (defendant Michael B. Zaycosky))
Granted
“We will vacate the fee award.”
Mohr v. Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
23-1924 · 2024-02-21
Appeal (appellant (defendant Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania))
Denied
“For these reasons, we will affirm.”
Bah v. United States
22-3162 · 2024-01-18
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Abdoulai Bah))
Denied
“We will affirm the District Court’s order dismissing Bah’s action with prejudice.”
United States v. Rodriguez
20-3295 · 2022-07-12
Appeal (appellant (defendant Gimy Jose Rodriguez))
Denied
“We will affirm the District Court’s judgment imposing Rodriguez’s sentence.”
United States v. Hurtt
23-1961 · 2024-06-24
Appeal (appellant (defendant Sahbree Hurtt))
Denied
“We will therefore affirm the District Court’s judgment.”
Moyer v. Patenaude & Felix, A.P.C.
20-1937 · 2021-03-16
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Candace Moyer))
Denied
“For the foregoing reasons, we will affirm the judgment of the District Court.”
Kyriakopoulos v. Maigetter
23-2276 · 2024-11-20
Appeal (appellant (defendant Robert Z. Maigetter))
Granted
“For these reasons, we will vacate the District Court’s order compelling production of the twelve Maigetter-Eastburn emails and remand for further proceedings.”
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 85 v. Port Authority of Allegheny County
21-1256 · 2022-06-29
Appeal (appellant (defendant Port Authority of Allegheny County))
Denied
“We will affirm the District Court’s order.”
Hernandez v. MicroBilt Corp.
22-3135 · 2023-12-05
Appeal (appellant (defendant MicroBilt Corporation))
Denied
“The District Court correctly denied MicroBilt’s motion to compel because Hernandez fully complied with MicroBilt’s arbitration provision.”
United States v. Melvin
20-1158 · 2020-10-16
Appeal (appellant (defendant Cory Melvin))
Granted
“For the foregoing reasons, we will vacate the District Court’s order denying Melvin’s motion and remand for further proceedings.”
United States v. Aguirre-Miron
19-3134 · 2021-02-23
Appeal (appellant (defendant Lorenzo Aguirre-Miron))
Granted
“We will therefore vacate Aguirre-Miron’s sentence and remand for resentencing.”
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