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Atsushi Wallace Tashima
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Senior status since June 30, 2004.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- April 6, 1995
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- July 18, 1995
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 28, 1995
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- January 2, 1996
- Commissioned
- January 4, 1996
- Senior status
- Since June 30, 2004
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1934, 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 Central District of California. Appointed by Jimmy Carter; commissioned ; confirmed by voice vote. Service ended January 8, 1996: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- U.S. Marine Corps sergeant, 1953-1956
- Deputy attorney general, State of California, 1961-1967
- Amstar Corporation, 1968-1977; attorney, Spreckels Sugar Division, 1968-1972; general attorney and vice president, 1972-1977
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1977-1980
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