Mary Helen Murguia 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, 2011–present
Mary Helen Murguia
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- director, 1999-2000
- principal deputy director, 1999-present
- counsel to the director's staff, 1998-1999
- Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, U.S. Department of Justice, 1998-2000
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Arizona, 1990-2000
- Assistant district attorney, Wyandotte County, KS, 1985-1990
Judicial service
- Judge, District Court, D. Arizona, 2000-2011
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2011-present
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Education
- University of Kansas · B.S., 1982
- J. C. Harmon High School
Personal record
Born 1960 · Kansas City, KS
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/1391261CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2352/mary-helen-murguia/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