The DJ reports: Jones Day partner Eric C. Tung wins 9th Circuit confirmation, 52-45 -- Tung, a former clerk to Justices Antonin Scalia and Neil Gorsuch, succeeds Judge Sandra S. Ikuta; his addition does not change the court's partisan makeup.
- Tung will be the 11th judge on the 9th Circuit, which has 29 active judges, chosen by President Donald Trump.
- A 2010 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, Tung has no judicial experience. But he served as a clerk for both U.S. Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Neil M. Gorsuch, both of whom he described as role models.
Law360's latest Wheeling & Appealing is out. The appellate trivia question this time is: "Only one U.S. president has served as a federal circuit judge — who was it? And for extra credit, on which circuit did that president serve?" (This one is a pretty easy guess, since the answer is also the only U.S. president to have served on SCOTUS too.)
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