Who appointed Michael Daly Hawkins?

President William J. Clinton appointed Michael Daly Hawkins to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1994.

Was Michael Daly Hawkins appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Michael Daly Hawkins was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Michael Daly Hawkins's confirmation vote?

Michael Daly Hawkins was confirmed by voice vote on September 14, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Ninth Circuit / Appointed 1994 / Senior status since 2010

Michael Daly Hawkins

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, Michael Daly Hawkins is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He earned a law degree from Arizona State University College of Law (now Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law) in 1970. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1945 · age 81
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1994
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Arizona State 1967 · Arizona State College of Law (now Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law) 1970
Succeeded: Thomas Tang
Succeeded by: Mary Helen Murguia

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1994	Ninth Circuit succeeded Thomas Tang	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

Arizona State University	B.A.	1967
Arizona State University College of Law (now Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law)	J.D.	1970
University of Virginia School of Law	LL.M.	1998

Judicial Record

In our data, Hawkins authored 14 published opinions for the court (2008–2012). Most cited: Vasquez v. Astrue (1,540 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	Vasquez v. Astrue	572 F.3d 586	1,540
2009	Parussimova v. Mukasey	555 F.3d 734	543
2012	Wilson v. Hewlett-Packard Co.	668 F.3d 1136	525
2008	Dhital v. Mukasey	532 F.3d 1044	296
2010	Brownfield v. City of Yakima	612 F.3d 1140	163
2008	McDonald v. Coldwell Banker	543 F.3d 498	56
2012	United States v. Gonzalez	669 F.3d 974	34
2010	United States v. Maddox	614 F.3d 1046	33
2011	Wright v. Incline Village General Improvement District	665 F.3d 1128	28
2008	Parussimova v. Mukasey	533 F.3d 1128	26
2010	PROVIDENCE YAKIMA MEDICAL CENTER v. Sebelius	611 F.3d 1181	25
2008	Blazevska v. Raytheon Aircraft Co.	522 F.3d 948	21
2009	Educational Credit Management Corp. v. Coleman (In Re Coleman)	560 F.3d 1000	16
2008	Educational Credit Management Corp. v. Coleman	539 F.3d 1168	8

Showing the 14 most-cited of 14 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 Michael Daly Hawkins?: President William J. Clinton appointed Michael Daly Hawkins to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1994.
Was Michael Daly Hawkins appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Michael Daly Hawkins was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Michael Daly Hawkins's confirmation vote?: Michael Daly Hawkins was confirmed by voice vote on September 14, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Michael Daly Hawkins on?: Michael Daly Hawkins is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

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31 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).