Richard R. Clifton

Senior Circuit Judge
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Hawaii - Honolulu

Law clerk for Hon. Herbert Y.C. Choy, 9th US Circuit, 1975-6; private practice, Honolulu, 1977-2002; adjunct professor, Richardson School of Law, U Hawaii, 1978-80, 1983-89; nominated to 9th Circuit September 2001, confirmed July 2002; assumed senior status December 2016.

Yale Law School, J.D., 1975

Title	Court	Published
Even on Dusty Ball Fields of Youth, His Eye Was on the Law	9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals	Oct. 2, 2006

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Even on Dusty Ball Fields of Youth, His Eye Was on the Law

9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Oct. 2, 2006

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U.S. v. Wells concurring	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 26, 2025
Perez v. Reubart author	Habeas Corpus	Aug. 28, 2025
Grijalva v. ADP Screening & Selection Services Inc. concurring	Consumer Law	Aug. 15, 2025
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Barry author	Securities	Aug. 12, 2025
Bates v. Pakseresht dissenting	Constitutional Law	Jul. 24, 2025
U.S. v. Hassan author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jul. 22, 2025
Tsay JBR, LLC v. USDC Central District of California (Brooke) author	Disability Discrimination	May 13, 2025
Jones v. Starz Entertainment, LLC author	Arbitration	Feb. 28, 2025
In re: Kirkland and Rund dissenting	Bankruptcy	Aug. 23, 2024
U.S. v. Bellot author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 21, 2024
Batis v. Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. author	Anti-SLAPP	Jul. 8, 2024
Gutierrez v. Garland author	Immigration	Jul. 2, 2024
B&L Productions, Inc. v. Newsom author	Constitutional Law	Jun. 11, 2024
Ryan S. v. UnitedHealth Group, Inc. author	Health Care	Apr. 11, 2024
Washington v. Kijakazi author	Judges	Jul. 5, 2023
Keene-Stevens v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue author	Tax	Jul. 3, 2023
Donovan v. Vance author	Civil Procedure	Jun. 13, 2023
In re: Klamath Irrigation District v. USDC-ORM (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; Oregon Water Resources Dept.) author	Civil Procedure	Jun. 5, 2023
Enigma Software Group USA LLC v. Malwarebytes, Inc. author	Commercial Law	Jun. 2, 2023
Melville v. Shinn author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 23, 2023
Spirit of Aloha Temple v. County of Maui dissenting	Constitutional Law	Sep. 22, 2022
Arizona Alliance for Community Health Centers v. Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System author	Health Care	Sep. 2, 2022
Gonzalez-Castillo v. Garland author	Immigration	Aug. 31, 2022
Romero-Millan v. Garland author	Immigration	Aug. 29, 2022
U.S. v. Magdaleno author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 11, 2022
Sabra v. Maricopa County Community College District author	Civil Rights	Aug. 10, 2022
Mull v. Motion Picture Industry Health Plan author	Insurance	Jul. 25, 2022
Medina Tovar v. Zuchowski author	Civil Procedure	Jul. 21, 2022
Unified Data Services v. Federal Trade Commission author	Civil Procedure	Jul. 13, 2022
Western Watersheds Project v. Haaland author	Civil Procedure	Jan. 6, 2022
Columbia Export Terminal v. International Longshore and Warehouse Union author	Labor Law	Jan. 6, 2022
Ochoa v. Davis author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Nov. 2, 2021
Melnik v. Dzurenda author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 28, 2021
Bell v. Wilmot Storage Services concurring	Copyright	Sep. 10, 2021
Slidewaters v. Washington State Dep't of Labor author	Civil Rights	Jul. 9, 2021
Columbia Export Terminal v. International Longshore and Warehouse Union author	Labor Law	Jun. 29, 2021
Estate of Finnigan v. U.S. author	Real Property	Jun. 22, 2021
Acevedo Granados v. Garland author	Immigration	Mar. 25, 2021
City & County of San Francisco v. Barr author	Civil Procedure	Jul. 14, 2020
Allied Professionals Insurance Company v. Anglesey author	Constitutional Law	Mar. 13, 2020
International Union of Operating Engineer Local 501 v. National Labor Relations Board author	Labor Law	Feb. 10, 2020
Jones v. Shinn author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Dec. 2, 2019
Manhani v. Barr author	Immigration	Nov. 26, 2019
Amended Opinion: Szonyi v. Barr author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Nov. 14, 2019
Cerner Middle East Ltd. v. Belbadi Enterprises author	Civil Procedure	Sep. 24, 2019
Cerner Middle East Ltd. v. ICapital LLC author	International Law	Sep. 24, 2019
Livaditis v. Davis author	Civil Rights	Aug. 12, 2019
Coeur d'Alene Tribe v. Hawks author	Native American Affairs	Aug. 12, 2019
Warner v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc. author	Consumer Law	Jul. 25, 2019
Menendez-Gonzalez v. Barr author	Immigration	Jul. 12, 2019
U.S. v. Graves author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 31, 2019
Szonyi v. Whitaker author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 14, 2019
Myers v. Sessions author	Immigration	Sep. 26, 2018
O'Connor v. Uber author	Arbitration	Sep. 26, 2018
Rubin v. U.S. author	Tax	Sep. 25, 2018
U.S. v. Blackstone author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 13, 2018
Rynearson v. Ferguson author	Civil Rights	Sep. 10, 2018
King v. Great American Chicken Corp. author	Civil Procedure	Sep. 7, 2018
U.S. v. Vasquez-Gonzalez author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 23, 2018
OTR Wheel Engineering v. West Worldwide Services author	Intellectual Property	Jul. 25, 2018
Young v. State of Hawaii dissenting	Constitutional Law	Jul. 25, 2018
Liu v. Sessions author	Immigration	Jun. 4, 2018
Adidas America v. Skechers USA dissenting	Civil Procedure	May 11, 2018
Smith v. City and County of Honolulu author	Civil Procedure	Apr. 13, 2018
Eagle Point Education Association v. Jackson County School District author	Civil Rights	Jan. 29, 2018
U.S. v. Brown author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jan. 17, 2018
U.S. v. Hulen author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jan. 11, 2018
U.S. v. Murillo-Alvarado author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Dec. 5, 2017
U.S. v. Jayavarman author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 27, 2017
Hsiao v. Hazuda author	Immigration	Sep. 5, 2017
Afewerki v. Anaya Law Group author	Consumer Law	Aug. 21, 2017
Barnes v. Federal Aviation Administration author	Administrative Agencies	Aug. 4, 2017
Harris v. Mangum author	Prisoners' Rights	Jul. 19, 2017

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