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Jay S. Bybee
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Senior status since December 31, 2019.
Confirmed 74 to 19Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Nominated
- January 7, 2003
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- February 5, 2003
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 27, 2003
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 74 to 19
- Confirmed
- March 13, 2003
- Commissioned
- March 21, 2003
- Senior status
- Since December 31, 2019
- 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
- Law clerk, Hon. Donald Russell, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1980-1981
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1981-1984
- Attorney, Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice, 1984-1986
- Attorney, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1986-1989
- Associate counsel, President George H. W. Bush, 1989-1991
- Professor, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, 1991-1998
- Professor, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1999-2001
- Assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 2001-2003
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