Kim M. Wardlaw

Circuit Judge
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
CA Central - Pasadena

Nominated to the 9th Circuit by President William J. Clinton, Jan. 27, 1998; confirmed by the U.S. Senate, July 31, 1998; judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 1995-98; member, Mayoral Transition Committee, Mayor-Elect Richard Riordan, Los Angeles, 1993; member, Clinton-Gore Presidential Transition Team, 1992-93; partner, associate, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, 1980-95; law clerk, Judge William P. Gray, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1979-80

UCLA Law School, 1979

Title	Court	Published
Sharp-Eyed Pragmatist	9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (Pasadena)	Nov. 7, 2017
Wardlaw Cut a Fast Track to Center of 9th Circuit	9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals	Feb. 7, 2007

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Court

Published

Sharp-Eyed Pragmatist

9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (Pasadena)

Nov. 7, 2017

Wardlaw Cut a Fast Track to Center of 9th Circuit

9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Feb. 7, 2007

Case	Category	Published
Bejarano v. Reubart concurring	Habeas Corpus	May 2, 2025
Loffman v. California Dept. of Education author	Constitutional Law	Oct. 28, 2024
Kohn v. State Bar of California author	Constitutional Law	Oct. 21, 2024
U.S. v. Ovsepian author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 3, 2024
Grizzell v. San Elijo Elementary School author	Attorneys	Aug. 7, 2024
Okonowsky v. Garland author	Employment Discrimination	Jul. 25, 2024
McDermott v. Johnson author	Civil Rights	Oct. 26, 2023
Hecox v. Little author	Constitutional Law	Aug. 17, 2023
Tekoh v. County of Los Angeles author	Evidence	Aug. 4, 2023
Yoshikawa v. Seguirant concurring	Civil Rights	Jul. 25, 2023
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission v. Husain dissenting	Securities	Jun. 13, 2023
U.S. v. Castillo author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 31, 2023
Jason Scott Collection Inc. v. Trendily Furniture LLC author	Intellectual Property	May 30, 2023
Hollins v. Walmart, Inc. dissenting	Consumer Law	May 11, 2023
Amended Opinion: U.S. v. Michell author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Apr. 14, 2023
Ayanian v. Garland dissenting	Immigration	Apr. 4, 2023
Chong Yim v. City of Seattle concurring	Constitutional Law	Mar. 21, 2023
U.S. v. Michell author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 15, 2023
U.S. v. Farias-Contreras author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 15, 2023
Diaz-Rodriguez v. Garland dissenting	Immigration	Dec. 8, 2022
Rodriguez Diaz v. Merrick Garland, et al dissenting	Constitutional Law	Nov. 21, 2022
Klamath Irrigation District v. Shasta View Irrigation District author	Civil Procedure	Sep. 8, 2022
Will Co., Ltd. v. Lee author	Civil Procedure	Aug. 31, 2022
Hawaii v. USEDU author	Disability Discrimination	Aug. 30, 2022
Jones Day v. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe author	Arbitration	Aug. 1, 2022
Chicken Ranch Rancheria v. State of California concurring	Gaming	Jul. 28, 2022
Starz Entertainment v. MGM author	Copyright	Jul. 14, 2022
Vega v. Tekoh reversed and remanded	Civil Rights	Jun. 23, 2022
Moskowitz v. American Savings Bank dissenting	Civil Procedure	Jun. 10, 2022
U.S. v. Randall dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 23, 2022
U.S. v. Begay dissenting	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 6, 2022
Ross v. Davis author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 28, 2022
Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges v. Haaland dissenting	Environmental Law	Mar. 17, 2022
Buffin v. City and County of San Francisco author	Civil Rights	Jan. 14, 2022
Demetrulias v. Davis author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 24, 2021
Center for Investigative Reporting v. U.S. Dept. of Justice author	Government	Sep. 24, 2021
Bell v. Wilmot Storage Services author	Copyright	Sep. 10, 2021
Capriole v. Uber Technologies author	Arbitration	Aug. 3, 2021
Moore v. Trader Joe's author	Consumer Law	Jul. 16, 2021
Posos-Sanchez v. Garland author	Immigration	Jul. 8, 2021
Lemmon v. Snap, Inc. author	Immunity	May 5, 2021
Tobias v. Arteaga author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Apr. 28, 2021
Golub v. Gigamon author	Securities	Apr. 21, 2021
Poulsen v. Dept. of Defense author	Remedies	Apr. 19, 2021
Desire LLC v. Manna Textiles dissenting	statutory_interpretation	Feb. 3, 2021
Kaur v. Wilkinson author	Immigration	Feb. 1, 2021
Villanueva v. Cleveland author	Civil Rights	Jan. 29, 2021
Tekoh v. County of Los Angeles author	Civil Rights	Jan. 19, 2021
Sandoval v. County of San Diego author	Civil Rights	Jan. 14, 2021
U.S. v. Dixon author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jan. 4, 2021
Center for Investigative Reporting v. USDOJ author	statutory_interpretation	Dec. 4, 2020
Bair v. California Dept. of Transportation concurring	Environmental Law	Dec. 3, 2020
Amended Opinion: U.S. v. Price author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Nov. 30, 2020
U.S. v. Ramirez author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 28, 2020
Torres v. Barr author	Immigration	Sep. 25, 2020
U.S. v. Garcia author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 11, 2020
Valenzuela Gallardo v. Barr author	Immigration	Aug. 7, 2020
U.S. v. U.S. ex rel Thrower author	Civil Procedure	Aug. 5, 2020
Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of University of California affirmed in part	Immigration	Jun. 19, 2020
Anthony v. Trax International author	Disability Discrimination	Apr. 20, 2020
Tresona Multimedia v. Burbank High School Vocal Music Association author	Copyright	Mar. 25, 2020
Courthouse News Service v. Planet author	Constitutional Law	Jan. 21, 2020
City of Los Angeles v. Barr concurring	Government	Nov. 1, 2019
Royal Wulff Ventures v. Primero Mining author	International Law	Sep. 18, 2019
City of Los Angeles v. William Barr dissenting	Government	Jul. 15, 2019
Torres v. Barr author	Immigration	Jun. 13, 2019
U.S. v. Price author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Apr. 15, 2019
J.B. v. U.S. author	Administrative Agencies	Feb. 27, 2019
Ibrahim v. DHS author	Remedies	Jan. 3, 2019
Regents of the University of California v. USDHS author	Immigration	Nov. 9, 2018
Mann v. County of San Diego reversed	Civil Rights	Nov. 1, 2018
In Re Swintek dissenting	Bankruptcy	Oct. 23, 2018
U.S. v. Flores author	Immigration	Aug. 29, 2018
Mellen v. Winn author	Qualified Immunity	Aug. 20, 2018
Sea Breeze Salt v. Mitsubishi Corp. author	International Law	Aug. 16, 2018
Packsys v. Exportadora De Sal author	International Law	Aug. 16, 2018
Lanuza v. Love author	Constitutional Law	Aug. 15, 2018
Martinez-Cedillo v. Sessions dissenting	Immigration	Jul. 24, 2018
Stoyas v. Toshiba Corporation author	Securities	Jul. 18, 2018
Shorter v. Baca author	Prisoners' Rights	Jul. 17, 2018
Wheeler v. City of Santa Clara concurring	Constitutional Law	Jul. 5, 2018
Amended Opinion: In Re Westwood Plaza North author	Civil Procedure	May 2, 2018
In Re Westwood Plaza North author	Civil Procedure	Apr. 10, 2018
Crowley v. EpiCept Corp. dissenting	Civil Procedure	Feb. 14, 2018
Saldivar v. Sessions concurring	Immigration	Nov. 8, 2017
Kernan v. Cuero reversed and remanded	Criminal Law and Procedure	Nov. 7, 2017
Revels v. Berryhill author	Administrative Agencies	Oct. 27, 2017
Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center v. Hospitality Properties Trust author	Disability Discrimination	Aug. 10, 2017
In re Mainline Equipment Inc. author	Bankruptcy	Aug. 1, 2017
Trevizo v. Berryhill author	Administrative Agencies	Jul. 11, 2017
Seneca Insurance Co. Inc. v. Strange Land Inc. author	Civil Procedure	Jul. 6, 2017
International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. U.S. Department of Transportation author	Civil Procedure	Jun. 30, 2017
Cuero v. Cate author	Administrative Agencies	Jul. 1, 2016

Case

Case Name	Topic	Role	Published
Confidential	Construction Law	judge	Dec. 5, 1998
Todd Schotanus v. Dragon Fishing Corporation, Inc., et al.	Maritime Law	judge	Jul. 19, 1997
Dayva International, Inc. v. Award Products Corp.; ForChic International, Inc.; ForPlax Los Angeles, Inc. and Thomas Chen	Intellectual Property	judge	May 17, 1997

Case Name	Topic	Role	Published
Confidential	Construction Law	judge	Dec. 5, 1998
Todd Schotanus v. Dragon Fishing Corporation, Inc., et al.	Maritime Law	judge	Jul. 19, 1997
Dayva International, Inc. v. Award Products Corp.; ForChic International, Inc.; ForPlax Los Angeles, Inc. and Thomas Chen	Intellectual Property	judge	May 17, 1997

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