Who appointed Sandra Segal Ikuta?

President George W. Bush appointed Sandra Segal Ikuta to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 2006.

Was Sandra Segal Ikuta appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Sandra Segal Ikuta was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Sandra Segal Ikuta's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Sandra Segal Ikuta 81–0 on June 19, 2006.

Ninth Circuit / Appointed 2006 / Served to 2025

Sandra Segal Ikuta

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

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2006 and confirmed by the Senate 81–0, Sandra Segal Ikuta was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She earned a law degree from University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law in 1988. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1954–2025
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2006
Confirmed: 81–0
Education: University of California, Berkeley 1976 · University of California, Los Angeles, Law 1988
Succeeded: James Robert Browning
Succeeded by: Eric Chunyee Tung

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2006	Ninth Circuit succeeded James Robert Browning	G.W. Bush (R)	81–0

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 81–0 on June 19, 2006 · 109th Congress, Roll Call 175. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 81

36 D, 45 R

Did not vote · 19

8 D, 10 R, 1 I

Education

University of California, Berkeley	A.B.	1976
Columbia University	M.S.	1978
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law	J.D.	1988

Judicial Record

In our data, Ikuta authored 11 published opinions for the court (2007–2012). Most cited: Nunez v. Duncan (290 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
2010	Nunez v. Duncan	591 F.3d 1217	290
2011	Ingram v. Oroudjian	647 F.3d 925	268
2007	Stoner v. Santa Clara County Office of Education	502 F.3d 1116	238
2007	In Re Veritas Software Corp. Securities Litigation	496 F.3d 962	86
2011	United States v. Washington	653 F.3d 1057	81
2007	United States v. Zalapa	509 F.3d 1060	49
2007	Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System v. McClellan	508 F.3d 1243	36
2007	K AND N ENGINEERING, INC. v. Bulat	510 F.3d 1079	31
2012	Vegas Diamond Properties, LLC v. Federal Deposit Insurance	669 F.3d 933	27
2011	Viewtech, Inc. v. United States	653 F.3d 1102	18
2009	Cassirer v. Kingdom of Spain	580 F.3d 1048	13

Showing the 11 most-cited of 11 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 Sandra Segal Ikuta?: President George W. Bush appointed Sandra Segal Ikuta to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 2006.
Was Sandra Segal Ikuta appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Sandra Segal Ikuta was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Sandra Segal Ikuta's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Sandra Segal Ikuta 81–0 on June 19, 2006.
Which court was Sandra Segal Ikuta on?: Sandra Segal Ikuta was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Sources

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19 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).