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Morgan Christen
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 95 to 3Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- May 18, 2011
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- July 13, 2011
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), September 8, 2011
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 95 to 3
- Confirmed
- December 15, 2011
- Commissioned
- January 11, 2012
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1961, 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. Brian Shortell, Alaska Superior Court, 1986-1987
- Private practice, Anchorage, Alaska, 1987-2002
- Judge, Alaska Superior Court, 2002-2009; presiding judge, 2005-2009
- Justice, Alaska Supreme Court, 2009-2011
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