Diarmuid O'Scannlain
2016 - Present
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Diramuid Fionntain O'Scannalin is a federal judge on senior status with the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. He joined the court in 1986 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan.
Early life and education
A native of New York, New York, O'Scannlain earned his B.A. from St. John's University in 1957, his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1963, and his LL.M. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1992.[1]
Military service
O'Scannlain served in the U.S. Army Reserve JAG Corps from 1955 to 1978.[1]
Professional career
- 1986-present: United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
- 2016-present: Senior judge
- 1986-2016: Judge
- 1983-1985: Chair, U.S. Secretary of Energy advisory panel
- 1982-1983: Team leader, Grace Commission
- 1980-1981: Consultant, Ronald Reagan transition team
- 1975-1986: Private practice, Portland, Ore.
- 1973-1974: Director, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
- 1971-1973: Oregon public utility commissioner
- 1969-1971: Oregon deputy state attorney general
- 1965-1969: Private practice, Portland, Ore.
- 1963-1965: Tax attorney, Standard Oil Company[1]
Judicial career
9th Circuit Court of Appeals
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 45 days after nomination. |
| Questionnaire: |
| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
O'Scannlain was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit by President Ronald Reagan on August 11, 1986, to a seat vacated by Robert Boochever as Boochever elected to take senior status. Hearings on O'Scannlain's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 10, 1986, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) on September 19, 1986. O'Scannlain was confirmed by a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on September 25, 1986, and he received his commission on September 26, 1986. He elected to take senior status beginning December 31, 2016.[1][2]
Awards and associations
- Chair, Judicial Conference of the United States - Committee on International Judicial Relations, 2010-2014[3]
Noteworthy cases
On July 24, 2018, a three-judge panel ruled in a 2-1 decision that Hawaii violated the Second Amendment by denying plaintiff George Young a permit allowing Young to openly carry a loaded gun in public. The decision reversed a lower court ruling that upheld the state's position that the Second Amendment did not apply in public spaces. Judge O'Scannlain wrote in the ruling, "We do not take lightly the problem of gun violence. But, for better or for worse, the Second Amendment does protect a right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense."[4][5]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed June 22, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 1314 - Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain — The Judiciary," accessed June 22, 2016
- ↑ Courthouse News Service, "O'Scannlain's committee appointment extended," Judge 18, 2013
- ↑ Reuters, "U.S. appeals court upholds right to carry gun in public," July 24, 2018
- ↑ ABC7.com, "US appeals court rules Hawaii gun restriction unconstitutional," July 24, 2018
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Robert Boochever |
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 1986–2016 |
Succeeded by: Danielle Hunsaker
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Oregon • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Oregon
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