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Sidney Runyan Thomas
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Senior status since May 4, 2023.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- July 19, 1995
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- October 24, 1995
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), November 9, 1995
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- January 2, 1996
- Commissioned
- January 4, 1996
- Senior status
- Since May 4, 2023
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1953, 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
- Private practice, Billings, Montana, 1978-1995
- Adjunct instructor of law, Rocky Mountain College, Billings, Montana, 1982-1995
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2014-2021
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