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M. Margaret McKeown
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Senior status since September 15, 2022.
Confirmed 80 to 11Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- January 7, 1997
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- February 4, 1998
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 26, 1998
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 80 to 11
- Confirmed
- March 27, 1998
- Commissioned
- April 8, 1998
- Senior status
- Since September 15, 2022
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1951, 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, Seattle, Washington, 1975-1998
- Special assistant to the secretary of the interior and special assistant at the White House, 1980-1981
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