Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals

By. Ivett Salinas

States that compose the Tenth Circuit court

• Colorado• Kansas • New Mexico • Oklahoma • Utah• Wyoming• plus portions of the

Yellowstone National Park extending into Montana and Idaho

History of the Circuit Court• Circuit established February 28, 1929• The tenth district courts used to be part of the Eighth Circuit • Reorganization Act of 1929

Judges • Chief judge Mary Beck Briscoe• Tenth Circuit court has 12

authorized judges• 11 active judges• 10 senior judges• Court politically split

Judges appointed by Democratic Presidents

Mary Beck Briscoe,Nominated by William

Clinton

Carlos F. Lucero, Nominated by William

Clinton

Scott Matheson, Nominated by Barack Obama

Gregory Alan Phillips, Nominated by Barack

Obama

Carolyn Baldwin McHugh, Nominated

by Barack Obama

Robert Edwin Bacharach, Nominated by Barack Obama

Judges appointed by Republican President

Paul J. Kelly, Jr. Nominated by George Bush

Harris L. Hartz Nominated by George W. Bush

Timothy M. Tymkovich Nominated by George W. Bush

Neil M. Gorsuch Nominated by George

W. Bush

Jerome A. Holmes Nominated by George W. Bush

Court Cases Bishop V. Oklahoma

Kitchen V. Herbert

Sources

“ A Project of the American Constitution Society.” Judicialnominationsorg.N.p,n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2014.  "Gay marriage cases put Denver-based federal appeals court in spotlight." –The Denver Post. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2014. <http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_24921086/gay-marriage-“ A Project of the American Constitution Society.” Judicialnominationsorg.N.p,n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2014.  "Gay marriage cases put Denver-based federal appeals court in spotlight." –The Denver Post. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2014. http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_24921086/gay-marriage-cases-put-denver-based-federal-appeals

. "Judges." The United State Court of Appeal fr the Tenth Circuit. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Mar. 2014. <https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/>.

 "United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit." - Judgepedia. N.p., n.d.Web. 26 Mar. 2014.<http://judgepedia.org/Tenth_Circuit_Court_of_Appeals>. “Equality on Trial.” Equality on trial. N.P., Web. 26 Mar. 2014.

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