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Holly Aiyisha Thomas
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 48 to 40Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- September 20, 2021
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- October 20, 2021
- Committee action
- Not Reported, December 2, 2021
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 48 to 40
- Confirmed
- January 20, 2022
- Commissioned
- January 24, 2022
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1979, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Kim McLane Wardlaw, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2004-2005
- Assistant counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, New York City, 2005-2010; Liman Fellow, 2005-2006
- Senior attorney, Appellate Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 2010-2015
- Special counsel to the solicitor general, State of New York, 2015-2016
- Deputy director of executive programs, California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, 2016-2018
- Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 2018-2022
- Judge pro tem, California Court of Appeal, Second District, 2021
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