United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

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Tenth Circuit
Court of Appeals
Judgeships
Posts: 12
Judges: 11
Vacancies: 1
Judges
Chief: Timothy Tymkovich
Active judges: Robert Bacharach, Joel Carson, Allison Eid, Harris Hartz, Jerome Holmes, Scott Matheson, Carolyn McHugh, Nancy Moritz, Gregory Alan Phillips, Veronica Rossman, Timothy Tymkovich Senior judges: Stephen Anderson, Bobby Baldock, Mary Briscoe, Wade Brorby, David Ebel, Paul Kelly, Carlos F. Lucero, Michael R. Murphy, Terrence O'Brien, John Porfilio, Stephanie Seymour

The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is a federal appellate court with appellate jurisdiction. It hears appeals from all of the circuit courts within its jurisdiction and its rulings may be appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States. Appeals are heard in the Byron White U.S. Courthouse in Denver.

One judge from the Tenth Circuit has served on the Supreme Court of the United States. Neil Gorsuch was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2017 by Donald Trump (R).

This page contains the following information on the Tenth Circuit.

• An overview of the court's jurisdiction
• A list of the court's active and senior judges
• A list of the court's current vacancies
• A brief history of the court
• Case reversal statistics by the Supreme Court of the United States
• Noteworthy cases heard by the court
• A list of the court's former judges
• Information about U.S. Courts of Appeals
• Where the court is located

Vacancies[edit]

See also: Current federal judicial vacancies

There is one current vacancy on the Tenth Circuit, out of the court's 12 judicial positions.

Pending nominations[edit]

There are no pending nominees for this court.

Active judges[edit]

Article III judges[edit]

Judge	Appointed By	Assumed Office	Bachelors	Law
Harris Hartz	George W. Bush (R)	December 10, 2001	Harvard College, 1967	Harvard Law School, 1972
Timothy Tymkovich	George W. Bush (R)	April 1, 2003	Colorado College, 1979	University of Colorado School of Law, 1982
Jerome Holmes	George W. Bush (R)	August 9, 2006	Wake Forest University, 1983	Georgetown University Law Center, 1988
Scott Matheson	Barack Obama (D)	December 27, 2010	Stanford University, 1975	Yale Law School, 1980
Robert Bacharach	Barack Obama (D)	February 28, 2013	University of Oklahoma, 1981	University of Washington School of Law, 1985
Gregory Alan Phillips	Barack Obama (D)	July 9, 2013	University of Wyoming, 1983	University of Wyoming College of Law, 1987
Carolyn McHugh	Barack Obama (D)	March 14, 2014	University of Utah, 1978	University of Utah College of Law, 1982
Nancy Moritz	Barack Obama (D)	July 29, 2014	Washburn University, 1982	Washburn Law School, 1985
Allison Eid	Donald Trump (R)	November 3, 2017	Stanford University, 1987	University of Chicago Law School, 1991
Joel Carson	Donald Trump (R)	May 17, 2018	Texas Tech University, 1994	University of New Mexico School of Law, 1997
Veronica Rossman	Joe Biden (D)	September 28, 2021	Columbia University, 1993	University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 1997

Active Article III judges by appointing political party[edit]

Below is a display of the number of active judges by the party of the appointing president. It does not reflect how a judge may rule on specific cases or their own political preferences.

• Democrat appointed: 6
• Republican appointed: 5

Senior judges[edit]

Senior status is a classification for federal judges at all levels who are semi-retired. Senior judges are Article III judges who, having met eligibility through age and service requirements, continue to serve on federal courts while typically hearing a reduced number of cases. Some senior judges, however, elect to retain a full caseload after taking senior status. According to the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts, senior judges "typically handle about 15 percent of the federal courts' workload annually."^[1] The date listed under assumed office in the table below reflects the date that the judge took senior status.

Judge	Appointed By	Assumed Office	Bachelors	Law
John Porfilio	Ronald Reagan (R)	October 15, 1999	University of Denver, 1956	University of Denver College of Law, 1959
Stephen Anderson	Ronald Reagan (R)	January 1, 2000		University of Utah School of Law, 1960
Bobby Baldock	Ronald Reagan (R)	January 26, 2001	New Mexico Military Institute, 1956	University of Arizona College of Law, 1960
Wade Brorby	Ronald Reagan (R)	May 25, 2001	University of Wyoming, 1956	University of Wyoming College of Law, 1958
Stephanie Seymour	Jimmy Carter (D)	October 16, 2005	Smith College, 1962	Harvard Law School, 1965
David Ebel	Ronald Reagan (R)	January 16, 2006	Northwestern University, 1962	University of Michigan Law School, 1965
Michael R. Murphy	Bill Clinton (D)	December 31, 2012	Creighton University, 1969	University of Wyoming College of Law, 1972
Terrence O'Brien	George W. Bush (R)	April 30, 2013	University of Wyoming, 1965	University of Wyoming College of Law, 1972
Paul Kelly	George H.W. Bush (R)	December 31, 2017	University of Notre Dame, 1963	Fordham University School of Law, 1967
Carlos F. Lucero	Bill Clinton (D)	February 1, 2021	Adams State College, 1961	George Washington University Law Center, 1964
Mary Briscoe	Bill Clinton (D)	March 15, 2021	University of Kansas, 1969	University of Kansas, School of Law, 1973

Senior judges by appointing political party[edit]

Below is a display of the number of senior judges by the party of the appointing president. It does not reflect how a judge may rule on specific cases or their own political preferences.

• Democrat appointed: 4
• Republican appointed: 7

Former chief judges[edit]

In order to qualify for the office of chief judge in one of the federal courts, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge. A vacancy in the office of chief judge is filled by the judge highest in seniority among the group of qualified judges.

The chief judge serves for a term of seven years or until age 70, whichever occurs first. A statutory change in the 1950s created the seven-year term. The age restrictions are waived if no members of the court would otherwise be qualified for the position.

Unlike the chief justice of the United States, a chief judge returns to active service after the expiration of his or her term and does not create a vacancy on the bench by the fact of his or her promotion.^[2]

Mary Briscoe - (2010 - 2015) Robert Henry - (2008-2010) Deanell Tacha - (2001-2007) Stephanie Seymour - (1994-2000) Monroe McKay - (1991-1993) William Holloway - (1984-1991)

Oliver Seth - (1977-1984) David Thomas Lewis - (1970-1977) Alfred Murrah - (1959-1970) Sam Gilbert Bratton - (1956-1959) Orie Leon Phillips - (1948-1956)

Former judges[edit]

To learn more about the judges of the Tenth Circuit, see former federal judges of the Tenth Circuit.

Jurisdiction[edit]

The Tenth Circuit has appellate jurisdiction over cases heard in one of its subsidiary districts. These cases can include civil and criminal matters that fall under federal law. Appeals of rulings by the Tenth Circuit are petitioned to the Supreme Court of the United States. Justice Neil Gorsuch is the circuit justice for the Tenth Circuit.

The United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit has jurisdiction over the United States district courts in the following federal judicial districts:

• District of Colorado
• District of Kansas
• District of New Mexico
• Eastern District of Oklahoma
• Northern District of Oklahoma
• Western District of Oklahoma
• District of Utah
• District of Wyoming

Caseloads[edit]

This section contains court management statistics dating back to 2010. It was last updated in May 2021.

Click [show] below for more information on caseload terms and definitions.

Caseload statistics explanation
Term	Explanation
Cases filed and terminated	The number of civil and criminal lawsuits formally initiated or decided by the court in a calendar year. The chart below reflects the table columns Cases filed and Cases terminated.
Average time from filing to disposition	The average amount of time, in months, from a case's date of filing to date of disposition (acquittal, sentencing, dismissal, etc.). The chart below reflects the table columns Median time (Criminal) and Median time (Civil).
Starting case load	The number of cases pending from the previous calendar year.
Cases filed	The number of civil and criminal lawsuits formally initiated in a calendar year.
Cases terminated	The total number of civil and criminal lawsuits decided by the court in a calendar year.
Remaining cases	The number of civil and criminal cases pending at the end of a given year.
Median time (Criminal)	The average amount of time, in months, from a case's date of filing to the date of disposition. In criminal cases, the date of disposition occurs on the day of sentencing or acquittal/dismissal.
Median time (Civil)	The average amount of time, in months, from a case's date of filing to the date of disposition.
Three-year civil cases	The number and percent of civil cases that were filed more than three years before the end of the given calendar year.
Vacant posts	The number of months during the year an authorized judgeship was vacant.
Trial/Post	The number of trials completed divided by the number of authorized judgeships on the court. Trials include evidentiary trials, hearings on temporary restraining orders, and preliminary injunctions.
Source: United States Courts, "Explanation of the Judicial Caseload Profiles for United States District Courts," accessed September 25, 2018

United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit caseload stats, 2010-2019
2010	2,225	2,375	1,341	242	102	82	12	9	18	9
2011	2,294	2,250	1,372	263	123	85	12	9	18	9
2012	2,156	2,176	1,353	322	62	105	12	8	24	8
2013	2,071	2,155	1,264	314	58	106	12	10	28	8
2014	1,964	2,058	1,171	295	51	101	12	10	6	8
2015	1,975	1,888	1,259	264	40	86	12	8	0	8
2016	2,281	2,256	1,288	346	46	118	12	8	0	6
2017	1,861	1,914	1,231	284	42	96	12	6	9	8
2018	1,788	1,805	1,214	252	39	85	12	6	12	9
2019	1,792	1,775	1,231	240	40	79	12	7	0	10
Average	2,041	2,065	1,272	282	60	94	12	8	11	8

History[edit]

Court history[edit]

The Tenth Circuit was established on February 28, 1929, under Tenth Circuit Reorganization Act of 1929, which broke the then-Eighth Circuit into the Eighth Circuit and the Tenth Circuit. All of the judges who resided in the newly created Tenth Circuit were transferred to the new appellate court. Over time, eight additional seats were added to the circuit, resulting in a total of 12 seats.^[3] The court's current jurisdiction contains 560,625 square miles or roughly 20% of the total U.S. landmass. For a full history of the Tenth Circuit, please see the Tenth Judicial Circuit Historical Society's Official website.

Judicial posts[edit]

The following table highlights the development of judicial posts for the Tenth Circuit:^[3]

Year	Statute	Total Seats
February 28, 1929	45 Stat. 1346	4
August 3, 1949	63 Stat. 493	5
May 19, 1961	75 Stat. 80	6
June 18, 1968	82 Stat. 184	7
October 20, 1978	92 Stat. 1629	8
July 10, 1984	98 Stat. 333	10
December 1, 1990	104 Stat. 5089	12

Reversal rate[edit]

See also: SCOTUS case reversal rates (2007 - Present)

Since 2007, SCOTUS has released opinions in 1,062 cases. Of those, it reversed a lower court decision 751 times (70.7 percent) while affirming a lower court decision 303 times (28.5 percent).

In that time period, SCOTUS has decided 39 cases originating from the Tenth Circuit, affirming in 15 cases and reversing in 24 cases, for a reversal rate of 61.5 percent. At the end of the 2020 term, the Tenth Circuit had the third-lowest reversal rate of all the federal appeals courts.

Below is the total data ranging from 2007 to present listed by the circuit where the case originated. It also contains data from state courts, U.S. district courts, and original jurisdiction cases. It was compiled from end-of-term data gathered by SCOTUSblog.

SCOTUS decisions by circuit (2007 - Present)
Court	Decided	Affirmed	Reversed	Percent Reversed
First Circuit	27	13	14	51.9%
Second Circuit	76	28	48	63.2%
Third Circuit	51	16	35	68.6%
Fourth Circuit	51	21	30	58.8%
Fifth Circuit	79	23	56	70.9%
Sixth Circuit	74	14	60	81.1%
Seventh Circuit	48	17	31	64.6%
Eighth Circuit	47	11	36	76.6%
Ninth Circuit	207	43	164	79.2%
Tenth Circuit	39	15	24	61.5%
Eleventh Circuit	73	22	51	69.9%
D.C. Circuit	47	16	31	66.0%
Federal Circuit	58	16	42	72.4%
Armed Forces	3	2	1	33.3%
State Court	150	37	113	75.3%
U.S. District Court	22	7	15	68.2%
Original Jurisdiction	10	2	N/A	N/A
Total	1,062	303	751	70.7%

Noteworthy cases[edit]

The following are noteworthy cases heard before this court. To suggest cases we should cover here, email us. To read opinions published by this court, click here.

• States cannot require citizenship documents to register to vote (2014)

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On November 10, 2014, the Tenth Circuit struck down Kansas and Arizona laws requiring individuals to show citizenship documents when registering to vote. The ruling was an affirmation of action taken by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, which blocked the states from requiring those documents and led both states to sue in federal court. The federal court found that the agency exceeded its authority in blocking the states from requiring citizenship documents. Th ethree-judge panel of the Tenth Circuit, consisting of Judges Jerome Holmes, Carlos Lucero and Gregory Alan Phillips, said that the states lacked the authority to require the federal government to include citizenship documents as a requirement on the voter registration form, which the states argued the agency had to do in compliance with the states’ own laws. Further, Judge Lucero, writing for the panel, said that the states failed to show that requiring proof of citizenship decreased fraudulent voting. Articles: Courthouse News, "Citizenship-Proof Rules in Kansas and Arizona for Registered Voters Struck Down," November 10, 2014 Election Law Blog, "Breaking: 10th Circuit, in Major Voting Case, Rejects Kansas and Arizona Citizenship Proof Requirement," November 7, 2014

• Utah same-sex marriage ruling upheld (2014)      Judge(s):Paul Kelly, Carlos Lucero and Jerome Holmes (Kitchen v. Herbert, 13-4178)	Click for summary→
Judge Carlos Lucero wrote the opinion in the appeal of Kitchen v. Herbert, a case that involved a same-sex marriage in Utah. The Tenth Circuit ruled 2-1 in favor of District of Utah's ruling that ended the ban on same-sex marriage on the grounds that it violated the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause. Judge Lucero wrote and Jerome Holmes concurred: “ In summary, we hold that under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the United States Constitution, those who wish to marry a person of the same sex are entitled to exercise the same fundamental right as is recognized for persons who wish to marry a person of the opposite sex, and that Amendment 3 and similar statutory enactments do not withstand constitutional scrutiny.[4][5] ” Judge Paul Kelly dissented on the point that marriage was a fundamental right. He wrote: “ If the States are the laboratories of democracy, requiring every state to recognize same-gender unions—contrary to the views of its electorate and representatives—turns the notion of a limited national government on its head. Marriage is an important social institution commonly understood to protect this and future generations. That states sincerely differ about the best way to do this (including whether to extend marriage to same-gender couples) is inevitable.[4][5] ”

• Tenth Circuit refuses stay on injunction against online streaming company Aero (2014)

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Aereo, a company that retransmits television signals to subscribers, was enjoined by federal Judge Dale Kimball from operating in six states in February 2014. Judge Kimball found that Aereo was “indistinguishable” from a cable provider and should have the proper licenses necessary to stream broadcast network signals to subscribers. The injunction covered six states: Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Kansas, and Oklahoma. The company sought to have the injunction lifted with a preliminary stay until after trial by appealing to the Tenth Circuit. Judges Mary Briscoe and Robert Bacharach, the majority of a three-judge panel, refused to lift the injunction, stating that Aereo did not sufficiently show that it would likely succeed at trial, one of the requirements to order a stay. Further, the Tenth Circuit judges found no other factors that weighed in favor of staying the injunction. Judge Harris Hartz dissented from the majority. Articles: Courthouse News, "Six-State Ban Against Aereo Upheld on Appeal," March 10, 2014 Law 360, "Aereo Loses Bid To Stop Utah Judge's 10th Circ. Injunction," March 7, 2014

• Horse slaughterhouses may reopen prior to resolution of appeal (2013)      Judge(s):Gregory Alan Phillips and David Ebel (Front Range Equine Rescue, et al v. Vilsack, et al, 13-2187)	Click for summary→
On December 13, 2013, Judges Gregory Alan Phillips and David Ebel of the Tenth Circuit denied an emergency motion filed by animal rights groups for an injunction seeking to halt horse slaughterhouses from resuming operations for the first time since 2007. Plaintiffs requested a stay on those activities pending the final resolution of their appeal but "failed to meet their burden," according to the judges' decision. In the underlying case, animal rights groups sought to prevent the slaughter of horses in New Mexico, Missouri, and Iowa, claiming that the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued inspection permits to three slaughterhouses but failed to prepare various documents essential to determining the environmental impact of their intended operations, in violation of the National Environmental Policy Act. Chief Judge Christina Armijo of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico temporarily enjoined the slaughter of horses while considering the case but later dismissed the proceedings with prejudice. The plaintiff animal rights groups appealed to the Tenth Circuit, and on November 5, 2013, the appeals court issued a temporary stay of Judge Armijo's decision pending further review. About one month later, Judges Phillips and Ebel lifted that stay, citing the plaintiffs' likelihood of success in the final resolution of their appeal, making way for horse slaughterhouses to begin operations.[6][7]

• Court sides with Abercrombie in religious discrimination case (2013)      Judge(s):Paul Kelly, David Ebel, and Jerome Holmes (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc., 11-5110)	Click for summary→
On October 1, 2013, the Tenth Circuit vacated a trial court summary judgmentRefers to a judgment granted on a claim about which there is no genuine issue of fact and to which the party moving for judgment prevails as a matter of law. ruling in a suit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a Muslim job applicant after the clothing store Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) declined to hire her because she wore a headscarf. Judge Jerome Holmes wrote for the majority, joined by Judge Paul Kelly. Judge David Ebel wrote separately, concurring in part and dissenting in part. In the underlying case, the plaintiff Samantha Elauf interviewed for a job at A&F while wearing a religious headscarf but did not specifically inform her interviewer that she wore it for a religious purpose. The interviewer assumed that it was worn for a religious purpose. Elauf was not hired because her headscarf violated A&F's dress code. In the ruling, Holmes said that the trial court's decision was erroneous because there could be no religious discrimination without notification of the need for a religious accommodation. Here, because Elauf failed to tell her interviewer that she would need accommodation for her religious headscarf, the EEOC would not have been unable to conclusively establish that A&F had actual notice of her religious needs. In his separate opinion, Ebel agreed that the trial court's decision was incorrect but argued that the question of discrimination should have been sent to a jury.[8] The Supreme Court overturned the ruling in October 2015, finding that accommodation was not the issue but rather if Elauf's headscarf was a "motivating factor" in deciding against hiring her. Justice Antonin Scalia wrote for the 8-1 majority, " “[A]n employer who acts with the motive of avoiding accommodation may violate [the law] even if he has no more than an unsubstantiated suspicion that accommodation would be needed.”[9]

Before the U.S. Supreme Court[edit]

This section focuses on cases the U.S. Supreme Court heard that originated in this court. To suggest cases we should cover here, email us.

2021-2022 term[edit]

See also: Supreme Court cases, October term 2021-2022

The following cases were scheduled for argument before the U.S. Supreme Court during the 2021-2022 term.

2021-2022 U.S. Supreme Court cases from the 10th Circuit
Case	Opinion author	Decision	Vote
Denezpi v. United States	TBD	TBD	TBD

2020-2021 term[edit]

See also: Supreme Court cases, October term 2020-2021

The following cases were scheduled for argument before the U.S. Supreme Court during the 2020-2021 term.

2020-2021 U.S. Supreme Court cases from the 10th Circuit
Case	Opinion author	Decision	Vote
Torres v. Madrid	John Roberts	vacatedTo void, cancel, nullify, or invalidate a verdict or judgment of a court. and remandedTo return a case or claim to a lower court for additional proceedings.	5-3
Carr v. Saul (Consolidated with Davis v. Saul)	Sonia Sotomayor	reversedThe action of an appellate court overturning a lower court's decision. and remandedTo return a case or claim to a lower court for additional proceedings.	9-0
HollyFrontier Cheyenne Refining, LLC v. Renewable Fuels Association	Neil Gorsuch	reversedThe action of an appellate court overturning a lower court's decision.	6-3

2019-2020 term[edit]

See also: Supreme Court cases, October term 2019-2020

The following cases were heard before the U.S. Supreme Court during the 2019-2020 term.

2019-2020 U.S. Supreme Court cases from the 10th Circuit
Case	Opinion author	Decision	Vote
Sharp v. Murphy	Per curiam	affirmedThe action of an appellate court confirming a lower court's decision.	NA
Rodriguez v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Neil Gorsuch	vacatedTo void, cancel, nullify, or invalidate a verdict or judgment of a court. and remandedTo return a case or claim to a lower court for additional proceedings.	9-0
Lomax v. Ortiz-Marquez	Elena Kagan	affirmedThe action of an appellate court confirming a lower court's decision.	9-0
Colorado Department of State v. Baca	Per curiam	reversedThe action of an appellate court overturning a lower court's decision.	8-0

Federal courthouse[edit]

The Tenth Circuit is located in the Byron White U.S. Courthouse in Denver. The courthouse was built between 1910 and 1916 replacing a previous building. The exterior of the building uses local Colorado Yule marble, the same material used on the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. Originally, the building held all of the federal agencies located in Denver. Over time, as the federal agencies grew, the building came to be occupied by only the Post Office. The building was expanded and renovated in 1994 to rehouse the federal courthouse, with the current value of the building estimated at $200 million.^[10]

About United States Court of Appeals[edit]

The United States courts of appeals (or circuit courts) are the intermediate appellate courts of the United States federal courts. The court of appeals was originally created in 1891 and has grown to include thirteen courts.

A court of appeals decides appeals from any of the district courts that are in its federal judicial circuit. The appeals courts also can hear appeals from some administrative agencies. Decisions of the federal appeals courts can, in turn, be appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States.

There are thirteen United States courts of appeals. In addition, there are other federal courts (such as the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, which hears appeals in court-martial cases) that have "Court of Appeals" in their titles.

The eleven "numbered" circuits and the D.C. Circuit are defined by geography. The thirteenth court of appeal is the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. This court has nationwide jurisdiction over certain types of appeals based on what the underlying legal case is about.

All of the courts of appeals also hear appeals from some administrative agency decisions and rulemaking. The largest share of this type of case is heard by the D.C. Circuit. The Federal Circuit hears appeals from specialized trial courts, primarily the Court of International Trade and the Court of Federal Claims, as well as appeals from the district courts in patent cases and certain other specialized matters.

Federal circuit court judges are appointed for life. They are paid approximately $179,500 annually. At the age of 65, a federal judge may choose to retire with his or her full salary. Judges may also choose to go on senior status at age 65, if they have served actively for 15 years.^[11]

Appointments by president[edit]

The chart below shows the number of appeals court judges confirmed by the U.S. Senate through November 1 of the first year of each president's term in office. At this point in the term, President Biden had made the most appeals court appointments with nine. President Trump had six, President George W. Bush had four, Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush had three, President Clinton had two, and President Obama had one.

Judges by circuit[edit]

See also: Judicial vacancies in federal courts

The table below displays the number of judges in each circuit and indicates how many were appointed by presidents from each major political party. It also includes the number of vacancies on a circuit and how many pending nominations for that circuit are before the United States Senate. The table can be sorted by clicking the column headers above the line. It is updated every Monday.

See also[edit]

• Tenth Circuit Reorganization Act of 1929
• Federal courts
• Federal judge
• United States Court of Appeals
• District of Colorado
• District of Kansas
• District of New Mexico
• Eastern District of Oklahoma
• Northern District of Oklahoma
• Western District of Oklahoma
• District of Utah
• District of Wyoming

External links[edit]

• Search Google News for this topic
• United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• Judges of the Tenth Circuit
• Published Opinions

Footnotes[edit]

v • e Federal judges who have served the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Active judges	Chief Judge: Timothy Tymkovich   •  Allison Eid  •  Jerome Holmes  •  Harris Hartz  •  Carolyn McHugh  •  Nancy Moritz  •  Robert Bacharach  •  Scott Matheson (Utah)  •  Gregory Alan Phillips  •  Joel Carson  •  Veronica Rossman
Senior judges	Terrence O'Brien  •  Michael R. Murphy (Tenth Circuit)  •  Carlos Lucero  •  Mary Briscoe  •  Paul Kelly (United States Court of Appeals judge)  •  David Ebel  •  Wade Brorby  •  Bobby Baldock  •  Stephen Anderson  •  John Porfilio  •  Stephanie Seymour  •
Former judges	William E. Doyle (Colorado)  •  Neil Gorsuch  •  Robert Henry  •  Deanell Tacha  •  Michael McConnell (federal appeals judge)  •  William Holloway  •  Robert McWilliams  •  James E. Barrett  •  John Hazelton Cotteral  •  Robert E. Lewis  •  Robert Williams (Oklahoma)  •  Orie Leon Phillips  •  George Thomas McDermott  •  Sam Gilbert Bratton  •  Alfred Murrah  •  Walter Huxman  •  David Thomas Lewis  •  Jean Breitenstein  •  Delmas Hill  •  John Hickey  •  James Logan  •  John Pickett  •  Oliver Seth  •
Former Chief judges	Mary Briscoe  •  Robert Henry  •  Deanell Tacha  •  Stephanie Seymour  •  Monroe McKay  •  William Holloway  •  Orie Leon Phillips  •  Sam Gilbert Bratton  •  Alfred Murrah  •  David Thomas Lewis  •  Oliver Seth  •

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