Richard Clifton
Richard Clifton | |
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Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
Assumed office December 31, 2016 | |
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
In office July 30, 2002 – December 31, 2016 | |
Appointed by | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Cynthia Holcomb Hall |
Succeeded by | Mark J. Bennett |
Personal details | |
Born | Framingham, Massachusetts, U.S. | November 13, 1950
Education | Princeton University (AB) Yale University (JD) |
Richard Randall Clifton (born November 13, 1950) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Education and legal training
Clifton received an Artium Baccalaureus degree at Princeton University and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School. After law school, he clerked for Ninth Circuit Judge Herbert Choy.[1]
Career
Following his clerkship, he was in private practice in
Federal judicial service
He was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by George W. Bush on September 4, 2001 to fill a seat vacated by Cynthia Holcomb Hall. The United States Senate confirmed him on July 30, 2002 by a 98–0 vote.[2] He was Bush's first appointment to the Ninth Circuit. He received his commission on July 30, 2002.[3] He assumed senior status on December 31, 2016.[3][4]
Notable cases
In 2006, he was one of the judges on the panel that upheld the imprisonment of journalist Josh Wolf.[5]
On February 7, 2017, Clifton along with fellow Ninth Circuit judges
In July 2018, Clifton dissented when the court found that Hawaii's licensing requirement to openly carry firearms violated the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution.[11][12]
On July 3, 2019, in a follow-up ruling to the February 2017 ruling, Clifton and
On November 29, 2019, Clifton temporarily halted the execution of Barry Lee Jones, who was convicted of one count of sexual assault, 3 counts of child abuse, and a felony murder.[15]
References
- ^ Boylan, Peter (March 12, 2004). "Herbert Choy served on 9th Circuit Court". the.honoluluadvertiser.com. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Richard R. Clifton of Hawaii, to be U.S. Circuit Judge)".
- ^ a b Richard Clifton at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ "Ninth Circuit Judge Richard R. Clifton Announces Intention to Take Senior Status" (PDF). Public Information Office. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
- ^ Josh Wolf v. United States Ninth Circuit
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
- ^ a b "Motions Panel". www.ca9.uscourts.gov. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
- ^ United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2017-02-07), 17-35105 State of Washington, et al. v. Donald J. Trump et al., archived from the original on 2021-12-14, retrieved 2017-02-09
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
- ^ "Published Order Denying Stay" (PDF). Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. February 9, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- ^ Note, Recent Case: Ninth Circuit Panel Holds Open-Carry Law Infringes Core Right to Bear Arms in Public, 132 Harv. L. Rev. 2066 (2019).
- ^ Young v. Hawaii, 896 F.3d 1044 (9th Cir. 2018).
- ^ http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2019/07/03/19-16102.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Liptak, Adam (26 July 2019). "Supreme Court Lets Trump Proceed on Border Wall". The New York Times.
- ^ http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2019/11/29/18-99006.pdf [bare URL PDF]
External links
- Richard Clifton at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.