9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Career Highlights: Appointed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by President Donald Trump, 2018; general counsel emeritus, Melaleuca, 2017-18; general counsel, Melaleuca, 2009-17; special counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 2009; deputy general counsel, Office of Management and Budget, 2008-9; deputy assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 2006-8; associate, Sidley Austin, 2001-6; clerk, Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, 2000-1; clerk, Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1999-2000.
Law School: J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
Career Highlights: Appointed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by President Donald Trump, 2018; general counsel emeritus, Melaleuca, 2017-18; general counsel, Melaleuca, 2009-17; special counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 2009; deputy general counsel, Office of Management and Budget, 2008-9; deputy assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 2006-8; associate, Sidley Austin, 2001-6; clerk, Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, 2000-1; clerk, Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1999-2000.
Law School: J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last month that the prayers of a public high school football coach on the field's 50-yard line immediately following games were protected by the First Amendment, overturning a decision from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, it relied in part on the reasoning of 9th Circuit Judge Ryan D. Nelson, who dissented from his court's denial of en banc review in the case.
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