Atsushi Wallace Tashima
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1996 and confirmed by voice vote, Atsushi Wallace Tashima is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1961. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1934 · age 92
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1996
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles 1958 · Harvard Law School 1961
- Succeeded
- Arthur Lawrence Alarcón
- Succeeded by
- Milan Dale Smith Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Central District of California succeeded Warren John Ferguson | Carter (D) | Voice vote |
| 1996 | Ninth Circuit succeeded Arthur Lawrence Alarcón | Clinton (D) | Voice vote |
Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.
Confirmation vote
Voice vote
The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.
Education
| University of California, Los Angeles | B.A. | 1958 |
| Harvard Law School | LL.B. | 1961 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Tashima was assigned 1,348 district-court cases (1975–2016). Median time from filing to termination: 184 days across 1,348 closed cases.
Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.
In our data, Tashima authored 101 published opinions for the court (1980–2011). Most cited: Moss v. U.S. Secret Service (3,161 citations).
Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Selected opinions
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Moss v. U.S. Secret Service | 572 F.3d 962 | 3,161 |
| 2009 | Bray v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration | 554 F.3d 1219 | 2,676 |
| 2009 | Moore-Thomas v. Alaska Airlines, Inc. | 553 F.3d 1241 | 583 |
| 2007 | United States v. Bibler | 495 F.3d 621 | 192 |
| 2008 | Cox v. Ocean View Hotel Corp. | 533 F.3d 1114 | 190 |
| 2007 | Sparkman v. Commissioner | 509 F.3d 1149 | 106 |
| 2009 | Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. of America v. Brenneke | 551 F.3d 1132 | 92 |
| 2007 | Long v. City and County of Honolulu | 511 F.3d 901 | 92 |
| 2007 | Ditto v. McCurdy | 510 F.3d 1070 | 78 |
| 2007 | Sekiya v. Gates | 508 F.3d 1198 | 70 |
| 1986 | In Re National Mortgage Equity Corp. Mortgage Pool Certificates Securities Litigation | 636 F. Supp. 1138 | 68 |
| 2009 | Oregon v. Legal Services Corp. | 552 F.3d 965 | 65 |
| 2008 | United States v. Lei Shi | 525 F.3d 709 | 64 |
| 2007 | United States v. Sinerius | 504 F.3d 737 | 62 |
| 1982 | Harper v. New Japan Securities International, Inc. | 545 F. Supp. 1002 | 60 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 101 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.
Questions & answers
- Who appointed Atsushi Wallace Tashima?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Atsushi Wallace Tashima to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1996.
- Was Atsushi Wallace Tashima appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Atsushi Wallace Tashima was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Atsushi Wallace Tashima's confirmation vote?
- Atsushi Wallace Tashima was confirmed by voice vote on January 2, 1996. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Atsushi Wallace Tashima on?
- Atsushi Wallace Tashima is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Administrative Office of the United States Courts (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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30 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).