Eric Tung

Eric Tung

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Nonpartisan

United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

Tenure

Nominee

Predecessor

Sandra Ikuta

Eric Tung is a laywer at the Los Angeles, California location of Jones Day.

On July 15, 2025, President Donald Trump (R) nominated Eric Tung to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. As of July 30, 2025, Tung was awaiting a committee vote to advance his nomination to the full U.S. Senate. Click here for more information on Tung's federal judicial nomination.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is one of 13 U.S. courts of appeal. They are the intermediate appellate courts of the United States federal courts. To learn more about the court, click here.

Judicial nominations and appointments

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

See also: Federal judges nominated by Donald Trump

On July 15, 2025, President Donald Trump (R) nominated Tung to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. To read more about the federal nominations process, click here.

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
Name: Eric Tung
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Progress
58 days since nomination.
ANominated: July 15, 2025
AABA Rating: Well Qualified
Questionnaire: Questionnaire
AHearing: July 30, 2025
Hearing Transcript: Hearing Transcript
QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more)
AReported:
AConfirmed:

Senate Judiciary Committee hearing

The Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on Tung's nomination on July 30, 2025. As of July 30, 2025, Tung was awaiting a committee vote to advance his nomination to the full U.S. Senate. Click here for a list of other nominees awaiting a committee vote.

Nomination

On July 2, 2025, President Donald Trump (R) announced his intent to nominate Tung to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The president officially nominated Tung on July 15, 2025.

Tung was nominated to replace Judge Sandra Segal Ikuta, who will assume senior status upon the Tung's commission.

The American Bar Association (ABA) rated Tung well qualified. To read more about ABA ratings, click here.

About the court

Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals
Judgeships
Posts: 29
Judges: 29
Vacancies: 0
Judges
Chief: Mary Murguia
Active judges: Bridget S. Bade, Mark J. Bennett, Daniel Bress, Patrick J. Bumatay, Consuelo Maria Callahan, Morgan Christen, Daniel P. Collins, Roopali Desai, Danielle Forrest, Michelle T. Friedland, Ronald Gould, Sandra Ikuta, Anthony Johnstone, Lucy H. Koh, Kenneth Kiyul Lee, Sal Mendoza Jr., Eric D. Miller, Mary Murguia, Ryan D. Nelson, Jacqueline Nguyen, John B. Owens, Johnnie Rawlinson, Gabriel Sanchez, Milan Smith, Jennifer Sung, Holly Thomas, Lawrence VanDyke, Kim McLane Wardlaw, Ana I. de Alba Senior judges: Carlos Bea, Marsha Berzon, Jay Bybee, William Canby, Richard Clifton, Ferdinand Francis Fernandez, William Fletcher, Susan Graber, Michael Hawkins, Andrew Hurwitz, Andrew Kleinfeld, Margaret McKeown, Diarmuid O'Scannlain, Richard Paez, Mary Schroeder, Barry Silverman, Randy Smith, Richard Tallman, A. Wallace Tashima, Sidney Thomas, Stephen Trott, John Clifford Wallace, Dorothy Wright Nelson

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a federal appellate court with appellate jurisdiction. It hears appeals from all of the circuit courts within its jurisdiction and its rulings may be appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States.

The Ninth Circuit is the largest appellate court with 29 authorized judicial posts. Appeals are heard in the James R. Browning Federal Courthouse in San Francisco, California, the Richard H. Chambers Courthouse in Pasadena, California, the Pioneer Courthouse in Portland, Oregon, and the William K. Nakamura Courthouse in Seattle, Washington.

One judge of the Ninth Circuit went on to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Justice Anthony Kennedy was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1988 by President Ronald Reagan (R).

Map of the Ninth Circuit. Click on a district to find out more about it.

The Ninth Circuit has appellate jurisdiction over cases heard in one of its subsidiary districts. These cases can include civil and criminal matters that fall under federal law. Appeals of rulings by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals are petitioned to the Supreme Court of the United States. Justice Elena Kagan is the circuit justice for the Ninth Circuit.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:

District of Alaska District of Arizona Central District of California Eastern District of California Northern District of California Southern District of California District of Hawaii

District of Idaho District of Montana District of Nevada District of Oregon Eastern District of Washington Western District of Washington

It also has appellate jurisdiction over the following territorial courts:

• United States District Court for the District of Guam
• United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands

The federal nomination process

Federal judges are nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. There are multiple steps to the process:

• The president nominates an individual for a judicial seat.
• The nominee fills out a questionnaire and is reviewed by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
• The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing with the nominee, questioning them about things like their judicial philosophy, past rulings or opinions, etc.

• As part of this process, the committee sends a blue slip to senators from the home state in which the judicial nomination was received, allowing them to express their approval or disapproval of the nominee.

• After the hearing, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote to approve or return the nominee.

• If approved, the nominee is voted on by the full Senate.
• If the Committee votes to return the nominee to the president, the president has the opportunity to re-nominate the individual.

• The Senate holds a vote on the candidate.

• If the Senate confirms the nomination, the nominee receives a commission to serve a lifelong position as a federal judge.
• If the Senate does not confirm the nomination, that nominee does not become a judge.

See also

• United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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