Kim McLane Wardlaw
1998 - Present
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Kim McLane Wardlaw is a federal judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She joined the court in 1998 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. Prior to her service on the Ninth Circuit, she was a district judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California.[1]
Early life and education
Born in San Francisco, California, Wardlaw graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with her bachelor's degree in 1976 and her J.D. in 1979.[1]
Professional career
- 1993: Member, mayoral transition team, Mayor-elect Richard Riordan, Los Angeles, Calif.
- 1992-1993: Member, Clinton-Gore presidential transition team
- 1980-1995: Private practice, Los Angeles, Calif.
- 1979-1980: Law clerk, Hon. William Gray, United States District Court for the Central District of California[1]
Judicial career
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Kim McLane Wardlaw |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 185 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: January 27, 1998
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| ABA Rating: Unanimously Qualified
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: June 18, 1998
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: July 16, 1998
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| Confirmed: July 31, 1998
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| Vote: Voice vote
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Wardlaw was nominated to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit by President Bill Clinton on January 27, 1998, to a seat vacated by Judge Clifford Wallace. The American Bar Association rated Wardlaw Unanimously Qualified for the nomination.[2] Hearings on Wardlaw's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on June 18, 1998, and her nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on July 16, 1998. Wardlaw was confirmed on a voice vote of the United States Senate on July 31, 1998, and she received her commission on August 3, 1998.[1][3]
Central District of California
Wardlaw was nominated to the United States District Court for the Central District of California by President Bill Clinton on August 10, 1995, to a seat vacated by David Kenyon. The American Bar Association rated Wardlaw Majority Qualified, Minority Not Qualified for the nomination.[4] Hearings on Wardlaw's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 24, 1995, and her nomination was reported by Senator Hatch (R-Utah) on November 9, 1995. Wardlaw was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on December 22, 1995, and she received her commission on December 26, 1995. Wardlaw resigned from the district court on August 3, 1998, upon her elevation to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She was succeeded in this position by Judge Percy Anderson.[1][5][6]
Noteworthy cases
Ninth Circuit panel rules immigrant detainees must receive bond hearings
- See also: United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit (Rodriguez et al. v. Robbins et al., Nos. 13-56706; 13-56755)
- See also: United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit (Rodriguez et al. v. Robbins et al., Nos. 13-56706; 13-56755)
On October 28, 2015, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the government was required to provide bond hearings for non-citizen alien detainees every six months.
Writing for the panel, Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw held that immigration judges were required to consider "the length of a non-citizen's past and likely future detention and, relatedly, the likelihood of eventual removal from the United States", requirements that a lower court did not impose on immigration judges. Further, the court stated that for the very same reasons immigration judges "must consider the length of past detention, we hold that the government must provide periodic bond hearings every six months so that noncitizens may challenge their continued detention as 'the period of ... confinement grows.'" These bond proceedings were required every six months even if the detainee did not request such a hearing.[7]
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in this case during its October 2016 term and restored the case to its calendar for the October 2017 term.
- For more: see Jennings v. Rodriguez
See also
- United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
- United States District Court for the Central District of California
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed July 9, 2016
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 105th Congress," accessed July 9, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 829 - Kim McLane Wardlaw - The Judiciary," accessed July 9, 2016
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 104th Congress," accessed July 9, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 597 - Kim McLane Wardlaw - The Judiciary," accessed July 9, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 1321 - Percy Anderson - The Judiciary," accessed July 9, 2016
- ↑ U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Rodriguez et al. v. Robbins et al., October 28, 2015
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United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit 1998-Present |
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United States District Court for the Central District of California 1995-1998 |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Dolly Gee • John Walter (California) • Otis Wright • Percy Anderson • David Carter (California) • Robert Klausner • Stephen V. Wilson • Fernando Olguin • Stanley Blumenfeld • Josephine Staton • Michael Fitzgerald (California) • Michelle Williams Court • Jesus Bernal • Sunshine S. Sykes • Fred W. Slaughter • André Birotte, Jr. • Sherilyn P. Garnett • Kenly Kiya Kato • Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong • Fernando Aenlle-Rocha • Wesley Hsu • Mark Scarsi • Anne Hwang • John Holcomb (California) • Hernán D. Vera • Mónica Ramírez Almadani • Cynthia Valenzuela | ||
| Senior judges |
James Selna • Dean Pregerson • George Wu • Valerie Baker Fairbank • Dale Fischer • Terry Hatter • William Duffy Keller • Virginia Phillips • Ronald Lew • Consuelo Marshall • Christina Snyder • John A. Kronstadt • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Charles F. Eick • Paul Abrams • Jacqueline Chooljian • Alicia Rosenberg • Sheri Pym • John McDermott (California) • Jean Rosenbluth • Michael Wilner • Douglas McCormick • Alka Sagar • Kenly Kiya Kato • Louise A. LaMothe • Steve Kim (California) • Karen Stevenson • Karen Scott • John Early • Alexander MacKinnon • Rozella Oliver • Gail Standish • Maria Audero • Pedro Castillo • Shashi Kewalramani • Autumn Spaeth • Margo Rocconi • Patricia Donahue • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Gilbert Jertberg • Carlos Moreno • Kim McLane Wardlaw • Alicemarie Stotler • Cormac Carney • Audrey Collins • Florence-Marie Cooper • Gary Feess • Andrew Guilford • Philip Gutierrez • Robert Kelleher • Stephen Larson • Spencer Letts • Howard Matz • Mariana Pfaelzer • S. James Otero • Manuel Real • George Schiavelli • Robert Takasugi • Harry Pregerson • Pamela Rymer • Richard Paez • Warren Ferguson • Cynthia Holcomb Hall • Ferdinand Francis Fernandez • Leon Rene Yankwich • Albert Lee Stephens, Jr. • Margaret Morrow • Lourdes Baird • Robert Bonner • William Byrne, Jr. • William Byrne, Sr. • Charles Carr • Thurmond Clarke • Elisha Crary • Jesse Curtis • John Davies • Robert Firth • Richard Gadbois • William Gray (California) • Peirson Hall • Andrew Hauk • Irving Hill • Harry Hupp • James Ideman • David Kenyon • Malcolm Lucas • Lawrence Lydick • Linda McLaughlin • Edward Rafeedie • William Rea • Gary L. Taylor • Dickran Tevrizian • Laughlin Waters • Francis Whelan • David Williams (California federal judge) • Jacqueline Nguyen • Beverly Reid O'Connell • Atsushi Wallace Tashima • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Alicemarie Stotler • Cormac Carney • Philip Gutierrez • Terry Hatter • Virginia Phillips • George King (California) • Consuelo Marshall • Manuel Real • Albert Lee Stephens, Jr. • William Byrne, Jr. • Thurmond Clarke • Andrew Hauk • Irving Hill • | ||
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
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