John Byron Owens
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Born 1971.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Jan 6, 2014
- Senate vote
- 56 to 43
- Confirmed
- Mar 31, 2014
- Commissioned
- Apr 2, 2014
Education
- B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1993
- J.D., Stanford Law School, 1996
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. J. Clifford Wallace, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1996-1997
- Law clerk, Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court of the United States, 1997-1998
- Trial attorney, Office of Consumer Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, 1998-1999
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2000-2001
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 2001-2004
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of California, 2004-2012
- deputy chief, Major Frauds Section, 2008-2010
- chief, Criminal Division, 2010-2011
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 2012-2014
Other nominations
Nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, August 1, 2013; no Senate vote
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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