The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is the U.S. federal court of appeals that has appellate jurisdiction over the U.S. district courts in the following federal judicial districts:
Denny Chin is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit,based in New York City. He was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York before joining the federal appeals bench. President Bill Clinton nominated Chin to the district court on March 24,1994,and Chin was confirmed August 9 of that same year. On October 6,2009,President Barack Obama nominated Chin to the Second Circuit. He was confirmed on April 22,2010,by the United States Senate,filling the vacancy created by Judge Robert D. Sack who assumed senior status. Chin was the first Asian American appointed as a United States District Judge outside of the Ninth Circuit.
Richard Joseph Sullivan is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He was formerly a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York from 2007 to 2018.
Roger Thomas Benitez is a senior United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. He is known for his opinions striking down several California gun control laws.
Julie Elizabeth Carnes is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Jeffrey Timo Miller is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
John McCarthy Roll was a United States district judge who served on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona from 1991 until his murder in 2011,and as chief judge of that court from 2006 to 2011. With degrees from the University of Arizona College of Law and University of Virginia School of Law,Roll began his career as a court bailiff in Arizona and became an assistant city attorney of Tucson,Arizona in 1973. Later that year,Roll became a deputy county attorney for Pima County,Arizona until 1980,when he began serving as an Assistant United States Attorney for seven years. President George H. W. Bush appointed Roll to a federal judge seat in Arizona after Roll served four years as a state judge.
Dana Makoto Sabraw is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. He was nominated by President George W. Bush in 2003.
Thomas John Whelan is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
Lucy Haeran Koh is an American lawyer serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Koh previously served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California from 2010 to 2021. She also served as a California state court judge of the Santa Clara County Superior Court from 2008 to 2010. She is the first Korean American woman to serve on a federal appellate court in the United States.
On January 8,2011,U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords and 18 others were shot during a constituent meeting held in a supermarket parking lot in Casas Adobes,Arizona,in the Tucson metropolitan area. Six people were killed,including federal District Court Chief Judge John Roll;Gabe Zimmerman,one of Giffords's staffers;and a 9-year-old girl,Christina-Taylor Green. Giffords was holding the meeting,called "Congress on Your Corner",in the parking lot of a Safeway store when Jared Lee Loughner drew a pistol and shot her in the head before proceeding to fire on other people. One additional person was injured in the immediate aftermath of the shooting. News reports identified the target of the attack to be Giffords,a Democrat representing Arizona's 8th congressional district. She was shot through the head at point-blank range,and her medical condition was initially described as "critical".
Jared Lee Loughner is an American mass murderer who pled guilty to 19 charges of murder and attempted murder in connection with the January 8,2011,Tucson shooting,in which he shot and severely injured U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords,and killed six people,including Chief U.S. District Court Judge John Roll,Gabe Zimmerman,a member of Giffords' staff,and a 9-year-old girl,Christina-Taylor Green. Loughner shot and injured a total of 13 people,including one man who was injured while subduing him.
Gonzalo Paul Curiel is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
James Wesley Hendrix is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and former assistant United States attorney for the same district. He presides over the Northern District's Lubbock,Abilene,and San Angelo Divisions,which account for 47 of the Northern District's 100 counties,and span an area larger than Pennsylvania.
Patrick Joseph Bumatay is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Daniel Paul Collins is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Jinsook Ohta is an American attorney and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. She previously served as a judge on the San Diego County Superior Court.
Ana Isabel de Alba is an American attorney who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. In April 2023,she was announced as a nominee to serve as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Robert Steven Huie is an American lawyer from California who is serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
Andrew George Schopler is an American lawyer who serves as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. He served as a United States Magistrate Judge of the same court from 2016 to 2023.
