Atsushi Wallace Tashima at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- January 4, 1996–present
Atsushi Wallace Tashima
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Private practice, Los Angeles, CA, 1977-1980
- general attorney and vice president, 1972-1977
- attorney, Spreckels Sugar Division, 1968-1972
- Amstar Corporation, 1968-1977
- Deputy attorney general, State of California, 1961-1967
- U.S. Marine Corps sergeant, 1953-1956
Judicial service
- Judge, District Court, C.D. California, 1980-1996
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1996-2004
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Education
- Harvard University · LL.B., 1961
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Theodore Roosevelt High School
Personal record
Born 1934 · Santa Maria, CA
Courtroom rules and guidance
Appellate Oral Argument
In federal courts of appeals, oral argument is allowed unless a three-judge panel unanimously finds one of Rule 34's specified grounds for dispensing with it; the clerk provides the date, time, place, and time allocation.
Oral argument must be allowed in every case unless a panel of three judges who have examined the briefs and record unanimously agrees that oral argument is unnecessaryFederal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/node/1388571CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/3172/atsushi-wallace-tashima/Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure