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David Bryan Sentelle
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Senior status since February 12, 2013.
Confirmed 87 to 0Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Nominated
- February 2, 1987
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- April 1, 1987
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), May 1, 1987
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 87 to 0
- Confirmed
- September 9, 1987
- Commissioned
- September 11, 1987
- Senior status
- Since February 12, 2013
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1943, 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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Earlier federal judicial service
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. Appointed by Ronald Reagan; commissioned ; confirmed by voice vote. Service ended October 19, 1987: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Private practice, Asheville, North Carolina, 1968-1970
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of North Carolina, 1970-1974
- Judge, Mecklenburg County [North Carolina] District Court, 1974-1977
- Visiting professor, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 1977
- Private practice, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1977-1985
- Visiting professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1991-1992
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2008-2013
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