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Luis Felipe Restrepo
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 82 to 6Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- January 7, 2015
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 10, 2015
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 9, 2015
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 82 to 6
- Confirmed
- January 11, 2016
- Commissioned
- January 13, 2016
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1959, 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 Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Appointed by Barack Obama; commissioned ; confirmed by voice vote. Service ended January 13, 2016: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, ACLU National Prison Project, Washington, D.C., 1986-1987
- Assistant defender, Defender Association of Philadelphia [Pennsylvania], 1987-1990
- Assistant federal public defender, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1990-1993
- Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1993-2006
- Member, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2022-present
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