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Diarmuid Fionntain O'Scannlain
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Senior status since December 31, 2016.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Nominated
- August 11, 1986
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- September 10, 1986
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), September 19, 1986
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- September 25, 1986
- Commissioned
- September 26, 1986
- Senior status
- Since December 31, 2016
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1937, 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
- U.S. Army Reserve, JAG Corps (retired as major), 1955-1978
- Tax attorney, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and New York City, 1963-1965
- Private practice, Portland, Oregon, 1965-1969, 1975-1986
- Deputy attorney general, State of Oregon, 1969-1971
- Public utility commissioner, State of Oregon, 1971-1973
- Director, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, 1973-1974
- Consultant, Office of the President-Elect of the United States, 1980-1981
- Team leader, President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control (Grace Commission), 1982-1983
- Chairman, Advisory Panel to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, 1983-1985
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