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John Byron Owens
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 56 to 43Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- January 6, 2014
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), January 16, 2014
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 56 to 43
- Confirmed
- March 31, 2014
- Commissioned
- April 2, 2014
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1971, 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. J. Clifford Wallace, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1996-1997
- Law clerk, Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court of the United States, 1997-1998
- Trial attorney, Office of Consumer Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, 1998-1999
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2000-2001
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 2001-2004
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of California, 2004-2012; deputy chief, Major Frauds Section, 2008-2010; chief, Criminal Division, 2010-2011
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 2012-2014
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