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Daniel Paul Collins
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 53 to 46Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- February 6, 2019
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- March 13, 2019
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), April 4, 2019
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 53 to 46
- Confirmed
- May 21, 2019
- Commissioned
- May 22, 2019
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1963, 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. Dorothy W. Nelson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1988-1989
- Attorney-advisor, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 1989-1991
- Law clerk, Hon. Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States, 1991-1992
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 1992-1996
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1996-2001, 2003-2019
- Adjunct professor, Loyola Law School, 1997, 1998, 2017, 2018
- Associate deputy attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 2001-2003
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