N. Randy Smith

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N. Randy Smith
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Assumed office
August 11, 2018
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In office
March 19, 2007 – August 11, 2018
Appointed byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byThomas G. Nelson
Succeeded byRyan D. Nelson
Chairman of the Idaho Republican Party
In office
1993–1994
Preceded byPhil Batt
Succeeded byRon McMurray
Personal details
Born (1949-08-11) August 11, 1949 (age 74)
Logan, Utah
Political partyRepublican
EducationBrigham Young University (BS, JD)

Norman Randy Smith (born August 11, 1949) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He lives and maintains chambers in Pocatello, Idaho.

Background

A native of south

J.R. Simplot Company, one of the largest privately owned companies in the world. Smith concurrently taught business and accounting courses at Boise State University
from 1979 to 1981.

In 1982, Smith joined the law firm Merrill & Merrill, where he remained for thirteen years, first as an associate, and later as a partner beginning in 1984. That same year he began a long second career as an adjunct professor at

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
.

Ninth Circuit nominations and confirmation

Smith was nominated by President George W. Bush to two different vacancies on the Ninth Circuit before eventually being confirmed. The first nomination, on December 16, 2005, was to fill the vacancy left by Judge Stephen S. Trott. However, after opposition from California's U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, who argued that Smith, an Idahoan, had been nominated to a "California seat", his nomination stalled in the 109th Congress.[3][4]

Following the Democratic Party takeover of the

110th Congress on January 16, 2007. The new nomination was to the seat left by Idaho Judge Thomas G. Nelson, who assumed senior status. On February 15, 2007, the Senate confirmed Smith by a 94–0 vote,[5] over a year after his original nomination. He received his commission on March 19, 2007.[6] He assumed senior status on August 11, 2018.[6]

Decisions

His first published opinion for the Ninth Circuit was United States v. Zalapa, which dealt with multiplicity of criminal convictions.[7]

In February 2012, Smith authored a dissent to the Ninth Circuit's decision in

California Proposition 8 unconstitutional. He did agree with the majority that the appellants had standing to bring the appeal, and that Judge Vaughn Walker's decision should not be vacated on allegations of bias.[8]

References

  1. ^ Jamshid Askar, "Prop 8 Judge N. Randy Smith" in Deseret News, Dec. 6, 2010
  2. ^ "Lewiston Morning Tribune - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  3. ^ "Nominee to 9th Circuit creates turf battle between states". Lodi News-Sentinel. Associated Press. February 18, 2006. p. 5.
  4. ^ a b Wittmeyer, Alicia P.Q. (December 13, 2006). "Road to 9th Circuit for Idaho lawyer may be close to an end". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Idaho-Washington. Associated Press. p. 6A.
  5. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Norman Randy Smith, of Idaho, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit)".
  6. ^ a b N. Randy Smith at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  7. ^ "FindLaw's United States Ninth Circuit case and opinions". Findlaw. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  8. ^ Dolan, Maura (February 7, 2012). "Proposition 8: Gay Marriage ban unconstitutional". Los Angeles Times.

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Party political offices
Preceded by Chairman of the Idaho Republican Party
1993–1994 		Succeeded by
Ron McMurray
Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
2007–2018 		Succeeded by
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