David Bryan Sentelle

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit circuit Retired 2023 · served 1987–2023 Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican) 27 signed orders read

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

Signed rulings

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

In re Vitamins Antitrust Class Actions
327 F.3d 1207 · 2003-05-06
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“we will affirm the modification of the final judgment.”

United States v. Toumani Touray Thomas
333 F.3d 280 · 2003-07-08
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“For the reasons set forth above, the sentencing judgment of the District Court is Affirmed.”

North American Catholic Educational Programming Foundation, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
437 F.3d 1206 · 2006-01-31
Petition for review (petitioner) Moot / procedural

“The Foundation missed that subsection's 30-day filing deadline, and therefore, the appeal must be dismissed.”

United States v. British American Tobacco Australia Services, Ltd.
437 F.3d 1235 · 2006-02-17
Appeal (intervenor-appellant) Denied

“we affirm the District Court's Order # 670 and dismiss BATAS's appeal of Order # 896 for lack of standing.”

Mohammad Munaf v. Francis Harvey
482 F.3d 582 · 2007-04-06
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“For the reasons discussed above, the judgment of the district court is Affirmed.”

Moms Against Mercury v. Food & Drug Administration
483 F.3d 824 · 2007-04-13
Petition for review (petitioner) Moot / procedural

“We are thus compelled to dismiss their petition without considering the merits of petitioners' claim.”

Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group Ltd. v. United States
534 F.3d 728 · 2008-07-25
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“In short, for the reasons set forth above, we vacate the district court's grant of summary judgment and remand this case for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”

United States v. Ikela Marcea Dean
629 F.3d 257 · 2011-01-07
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“The judgment of conviction is reversed.”

Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Inc. v. Sebelius
652 F.3d 42 · 2011-04-26
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“For the reasons set forth above, the order of the district court is Affirmed.”

Environmentel, LLC v. Federal Communications Commission
661 F.3d 80 · 2011-11-18
Petition for review (petitioner) Denied

“For the reasons set forth above, we affirm the FCC's order affirming the Wireless Bureau's orders granting Kurian's assignment application withdrawal request and dismissing Environmentel's notification of consummation.”

United States v. Michael P.S. Scanlon
666 F.3d 796 · 2012-01-20
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“The district court's denial of Scanlon's motion to amend or modify his plea agreement is affirmed.”

Talal Al-Zahrani v. Esteban Rodriguez
669 F.3d 315 · 2012-02-21
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“We therefore conclude that the decision of the District Court dismissing the claims should be affirmed, although for a lack of jurisdiction under Rule 12(b)(1) rather than for failure to state a claim under Rule 12(b)(6).”

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A historical record

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