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Ryan Douglas Nelson
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 51 to 44Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- May 15, 2018
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- July 11, 2018
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), September 17, 2018
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 51 to 44
- Confirmed
- October 11, 2018
- Commissioned
- October 18, 2018
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1973, 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. Karen LeCraft Henderson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1999-2000
- Law clerk, Hon. Charles N. Brower and Richard M. Mosk, Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, The Hague, 2000-2001
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2001-2006
- Deputy assistant attorney general, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 2006-2008
- Deputy general counsel, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, 2008-2009
- Special counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 2009
- Melaleuca, Inc., Idaho Falls, Idaho, 2009-2018; general counsel, 2009-2017; assistant secretary, 2013-2018; general counsel emeritus, 2017-2018
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