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 for the following federal judicial districts:
Edith Brown Clement is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit,based in New Orleans,Louisiana.
Alice M. Moore Batchelder is an American attorney and jurist. She is currently a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She served as chief judge from 2009 until 2014. She also was considered by President George W. Bush as a potential nominee for a United States Supreme Court seat that ultimately went to Justice Samuel Alito. Her husband William G. Batchelder was a former state Court of Appeals judge and a state legislator,who had served more than 30 years in the Ohio House of Representatives and served as Speaker of the House from 2011 until 2014.
Jesse Ernest Eschbach was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana and a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Leslie Harburd Southwick is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and a former judge of the Mississippi Court of Appeals.
Ilana Kara Diamond Rovner is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Rovner was the first woman appointed to the Seventh Circuit. She was previously a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Marianne Olga Battani was an American jurist who served as United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Mark Warren Bennett is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa and a professor at Drake University Law School.
Julie Elizabeth Carnes is an American judge who is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Robert George Doumar was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Joel Martin Flaum was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Sara Elizabeth Lioi is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio,while also serving as a judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
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.
Patty Shwartz is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Thomas Lee Kirsch II is an American attorney and jurist who has served as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit since December 2020. He was previously the United States attorney for the Northern District of Indiana from October 2017 to December 2020.
Martha Maria Pacold is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Eunice Cheryl Lee is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Born in West Germany,she attended Ohio State University and Yale Law School. In 2021,she was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve on the Second Circuit after being nominated by President Joe Biden.
Arianna Julia Freeman is an American lawyer from Pennsylvania who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Doris Lenea Pryor is an American lawyer who has served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit since 2022. She served as a United States magistrate judge for the Southern District of Indiana from 2018 to 2022.
Cristal C. Brisco is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana since 2024. She previously served as a judge of the St. Joseph County Superior Court from 2021 to 2024.
