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Joshua Dale Dunlap
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 52 to 46Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- July 15, 2025
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- July 30, 2025
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), September 11, 2025
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 52 to 46
- Confirmed
- November 4, 2025
- Commissioned
- November 7, 2025
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1983, 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. Paul J. Kelly, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2008-2009
- Private practice, Portland, Maine, 2009-2025
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