Lorenzo Sawyer

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit circuit Retired 1891 · served 1870–1891 Appointed by Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) 1 signed orders read

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

How Judge Sawyer decides

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Procedural preferences

Sawyer treated the new circuit court of appeals as lacking jurisdiction when the challenged district-court jurisdiction placed review directly in the U.S. Supreme Court.

“The circuit court of appeals, therefore, has no jurisdictiob, and the application for the writ and citation is made to the wrong court.”

Signed rulings

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

United States v. Sutton
· 1891-08-15
Writ of error application (applicant) Denied

“For the reasons stated I am compelled to decline to allow the writ applied for, or to sign, or issue a citation.”

Caseload & timing

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A historical record

Judge Sawyer 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.