Susan Graber at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- March 19, 1998–present
Susan Graber
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Associate justice, Supreme Court of Oregon, 1990-1998
- Presiding judge, Oregon Court of Appeals, Department 3, 1988-1990
- Private practice, Portland, OR, 1978-1988
- Private practice, Cincinnati, OH, 1975-1978
- Private practice, Santa Fe, NM, 1974-1975
- Assistant attorney general, Legal Division, New Mexico Bureau of Revenue, 1972-1974
Judicial service
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1998-present
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Education
- Wellesley College · B.A., 1969
- Yale University · J.D., 1972
Personal record
Born 1949 · Oklahoma City, OK
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/1390626CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1256/susan-graber/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