Jay S. Bybee at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- March 21, 2003–present
Jay S. Bybee
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 2001-2002
- Professor, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, 1999-2000
- Professor, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, 1991-1998
- Associate counsel, President George H. W. Bush, 1989-1991
- Attorney, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1986-1989
- Attorney, Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice, 1984-1986
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1981-1984
- Law clerk, Hon. Donald Russell, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1980-1981
Judicial service
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2003-present
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Education
- J. Reuben Clark Law School
Personal record
Born 1953 · Oakland, 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/1391741CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/488/jay-s-bybee/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