U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
108 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted. Court-wide standing orders ↓
Lawrence J. C. VanDyke
Circuit judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Daniel Aaron Bress
Circuit judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Daniel P. Collins
Circuit judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
M. Margaret McKeownSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Susan P. GraberSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
William Alan FletcherSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Ryan D. Nelson
Circuit judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Danielle J. Forrest
Circuit judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Jacqueline H. Nguyen
Circuit judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
John B. Owens
Circuit judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Anthony Devos Johnstone
Circuit judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Mark J. Bennett
Circuit judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Roopali H. Desai
Circuit judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Gabriel P. Sanchez
Circuit judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Morgan Christen
Circuit judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Eric David Miller
Circuit judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Michelle Taryn Friedland
Circuit judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Kim McLane Wardlaw
Circuit judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Jennifer Sung
Circuit judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Norman Randy SmithSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Richard C. TallmanSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Marsha S. BerzonSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Consuelo Maria Callahan
Circuit judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Ana Isabel de Alba
Circuit judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Jay Scott BybeeSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Richard A. PaezSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Milan Dale Smith Jr.
Circuit judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Richard R. CliftonSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Ronald Murray Gould
Circuit judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Mary Helen Murguia
Circuit judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Dorothy Wright NelsonSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Bridget Shelton Bade
Circuit judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Betty Binns FletcherDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Holly Aiyisha Thomas
Circuit judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Ferdinand F. FernandezSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Andrew David HurwitzSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Mary M. SchroederSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Atsushi Wallace TashimaSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Michael Daly HawkinsSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Melvin T. BrunettiDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Stephen Roy ReinhardtDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Diarmuid F. O'ScannlainSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Andrew Jay KleinfeldDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Paul Jeffrey WatfordResigned 2023
Circuit judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Sidney Runyan ThomasSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Alfred T. GoodwinDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Salvador Mendoza, Jr.
Circuit judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Edward John LeavyDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Herbert Young Cho ChoyDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
John Thomas Noonan Jr.Deceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Joseph Tyree Sneed IIIDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Procter Ralph Hug Jr.Deceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
William Albert NorrisDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Anthony McLeod KennedyElevated to the U.S. Supreme Court 1988
Circuit judge, appointed by Gerald Ford (Republican)
James Robert BrowningDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Raymond Corley FisherDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Lucy Haeran Koh
Circuit judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Shirley Ann Mount HufstedlerDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Alex KozinskiRetired 2017
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Harry PregersonDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Albert Lee Stephens Sr.Deceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Benjamin Cushing DuniwayDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Charles Merton MerrillDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Clifton MathewsDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Curtis Dwight WilburDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)
Erskine Mayo RossDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
Francis Arthur GarrechtDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Frank H. RudkinDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Warren G. Harding (Republican)
Frank Sigel DietrichDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
Frederick George HamleyDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Gilbert H. JertbergDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Homer Truett BoneDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
James Marshall CarterDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Joseph McKennaDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
Montgomery Oliver KoelschDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Oliver Deveta Hamlin Jr.Deceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Walter Raleigh Ely Jr.Deceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
William Ball GilbertDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
William DenmanDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
William HealyDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
William Henry HuntDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by William Howard Taft (Republican)
William Henry SawtelleDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)
William W. MorrowDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by William McKinley (Republican)
Wallace McCamantDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
Patrick Joseph Bumatay
Circuit judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Carlos T. BeaSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Kenneth Kiyul Lee
Circuit judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Bert Emory HaneyDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Cynthia Holcomb HallDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Dal Millington LemmonDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
David Renwick ThompsonDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
James Alger FeeDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Richard Harvey ChambersDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Robert Renaut BeezerDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Stanley Nelson BarnesDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Walter Lyndon PopeDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
William Edwin OrrDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Eric Chunyee Tung
Circuit judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Johnnie B. Rawlinson
Circuit judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Stephen S. TrottNo longer serving
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Joseph Jerome FarrisDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Pamela Ann RymerDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Robert BoocheverDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Barry G. SilvermanSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Joseph Clifford WallaceSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
William Cameron Canby Jr.Senior status
Circuit judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Sandra Segal IkutaDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Lorenzo SawyerDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 11, 2026). Courts revise these, so confirm the current version before you file. The court's local rules ↗
- General Orders ↗
- Administrative Order Regarding Appellate Case Management System (ACMS) ↗
- Administrative Order Regarding the Filing, Service, and Management of Highly Sensitive Documents (HSDs) ↗
Contacting chambers
Serve a highly sensitive document by personal delivery, mail, or third-party carrier.
“The filing party must serve the HSD on the other party by personal delivery, mail, or third-party carrier”
Filing
For cases opened or filed directly in ACMS, attorneys must use ACMS.
“the use of ACMS is mandatory for attorneys.”
Filing
For ACMS cases, submit each motion or request for relief as a separate PDF file.
“Each request for relief or motion must be submitted to the Court as a separate PDF file.”
Filing
Do not submit paper copies of briefs or other pleadings in ACMS cases unless the court directs it.
“Do not submit any paper copies of briefs or other pleadings unless directed to do so by the Court.”
Filing
Transmit highly sensitive documents and related motions on paper or on a secure electronic device.
“HSDs and related motions must be transmitted to this court in (a) paper format or (b) as an electronic copy on a secure electronic device.”
Motions
A motion to reinstate an appeal dismissed for want of prosecution must say how the deficiency was corrected or why correction is impossible.
“Any motion to reinstate an appeal dismissed for want of prosecution shall indicate how the deficiency has been corrected or explain why correction is impossible.”