page_title: Michelle Friedland
section_title: Federal judicial service
hierarchical_section_title: Michelle Friedland / Federal judicial service
caption_attribution_description: English: Friedland being applauded by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (Ret.) after being administered the oath of office
context_page_description: Michelle Taryn Friedland is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
context_section_description: On August 1, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Friedland to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She fills the seat that was vacated by Judge Raymond C. Fisher, who took senior status on March 31, 2013. On January 16, 2014, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to forward her nomination to the full Senate in a 14–3 committee vote. Cloture was filed on her nomination on April 8, 2014. On April 10, 2014, the motion to invoke cloture was agreed to by a vote of 56–41. On April 28, 2014 her nomination was confirmed by a final vote of 51–40. She received her judicial commission on April 29, 2014. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor administered the oath of office to Friedland at her formal investiture on June 13, 2014, in the James R. Browning United States Court of Appeals Building in San Francisco. At the time of her appointment Friedland, then 41, ranked fourth among the youngest appointees to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
caption: Friedland being applauded by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (Ret.) after being administered the oath of office (June 13, 2014)
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