U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Nominated by President Donald Trump
Confirmed: December 10, 2019
- B.A., Yale University
- J.D., Harvard Law School
- Law clerk, Hon. Timothy M. Tymkovich, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Court
- Law clerk, Hon. Sandra L. Townes, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of California
- U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General; Office of the Deputy Attorney General; Office of the Associate Attorney General; Office of Legal Policy
- Member, National Filipino American Lawyers Association (NFALA), National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Tom Homann LGBT Law Association, and Federal Bar Association
Democrats who opposed his confirmation:
Baldwin (D-WI), Blumenthal (D-CT), Brown (D-OH), Cantwell (D-WA), Cardin (D-MD), Carper (D-DE), Casey (D-PA), Coons (D-DE), Cortez Masto (D-NV), Duckworth (D-IL), Durbin (D-IL), Feinstein (D-CA), Gillibrand (D-NY), Hassan (D-NH), Heinrich (D-NM), Hirono (D-HI), Jones (D-AL), Kaine (D-VA), King (I-ME), Leahy (D-VT), Manchin (D-WV), Markey (D-MA), Menendez (D-NJ), Merkley (D-OR), Murphy (D-CT), Murray (D-WA), Peters (D-MI), Reed (D-RI), Rosen (D-NV), Schatz (D-HI), Schumer (D-NY), Shaheen (D-NH), Sinema (D-AZ), Smith (D-MN), Stabenow (D-MI), Tester (D-MT), Udall (D-NM), Van Hollen (D-MD), Whitehouse (D-RI), Wyden (D-OR)