Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders on the Federal Bench

(Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Chart compiled by James C. Ho, Esq. for NAPABA Lawyer, Volume XIV No. 3 Fall 2004, and other later sources).

This is a list of all Asian Pacific American federal judges, past and present, who were appointed pursuant to Article III. They are listed by year of appointment. For a list of all current federal judges, active and inactive, including magistrate judges, click List of Federal Judges. Return to APAs In The Judiciary Resource Page.

NAME	COURT	APPOINTED	STATUS
Herbert Y.C. Choy	U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Nixon 1971	Deceased
Shiro Kashiwa	U.S. Court of Claims; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit	Nixon 1972; Reagan 1982	Deceased
Dick Ying Wong	U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii	Ford 1975	Deceased
Robert M. Takasugi	U.S. District Court for the Central District of California	Ford 1976	Deceased
Thomas Tang	U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Carter 1977	Deceased
Walter Heen	U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii	Carter	Recess appointment; service terminated in 1981.
A. Wallace Tashima	U.S. District Court for the Central District of California; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Carter 1980; Clinton 1996	Senior Status
Harold M. Fong	U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii	Reagan 1982	Deceased
Ronald S.W. Lew	U.S. District Court for the Central District of California	Reagan 1987	Senior Status
Denny Chin	U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; Second Circuit Court of Appeals	Clinton 1994; Obama 2010	Active
George H. King	U.S. District Court for the Central District of California	Clinton 1995	Active
Anthony W. Ishii	U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California	Clinton 1997	Active
Susan Oki Mollway	U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii	Clinton 1998	Active
Dana M. Sabraw	U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California	Bush 2003	Active
George H. Wu	U.S. District Court for the Central District of California	Bush 2007	Active
Amul R. Thapar	U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky	Bush 2007	Active
Kiyo Ann Matsumoto (Photo: Pacific Citizen)	U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York	Bush 2008	Active
Jacqueline Nguyen	U.S. District Court for the Central District of California	Obama 2009	Active
Dolly Gee (Photo: NAPABA)	U.S. District Court for the Central District of California	Obama 2009	Active
Lucy H. Koh	U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California	Obama 2010	Active

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