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Daniel P. Collins
Daniel P. Collins
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; May 22, 2019
Appointed by	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Harry Pregerson
Personal details
Born	1963 (age 60–61); Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Education	Harvard University (BA); Stanford University (JD)

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Daniel Paul Collins (born 1963) is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Early life and education

Collins earned his Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from Harvard College.^[1] He received his Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School in 1988, where he served on the Stanford Law Review.^[2]^[3] After graduating from law school, Collins served as a law clerk to Judge Dorothy Wright Nelson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1988 to 1989 and then to Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1991 to 1992.

Career

Collins then worked as an assistant United States attorney for the Central District of California and as an attorney-advisor in the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel.^[4] He later served as an Associate United States Deputy Attorney General and in that role participated substantially in the drafting of the PROTECT Act of 2003.^[5] From 2003 to 2019, Collins was a partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson.^[6] In 2007, he was considered but not chosen for the position of United States Attorney for the Central District of California.^[7] In 2009, he represented Phillip Morris in opposing a ban on tobacco sales in drug stores in San Francisco.^[8] In 2017, he served on the Federal Courts Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules.^[9]

Federal judicial service

On October 10, 2018, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Collins to serve as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.^[6]^[10] On October 11, 2018, Senator Dianne Feinstein said the White House had not consulted her on the nomination, and that she would oppose Senate confirmation of Collins and two other circuit court nominees.^[11]^[12]^[13] On November 13, 2018, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Collins to the seat vacated by Judge Harry Pregerson, who assumed senior status on December 11, 2015.^[14] On January 3, 2019, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate.

On January 30, 2019, President Trump indicated that he would renominate Collins to a Ninth Circuit vacancy.^[15] On February 6, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate.^[16] On March 13, 2019, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.^[17] On April 4, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.^[18] On May 20, 2019, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 51–43 vote,^[19] and on the following day, May 21, the Senate confirmed his nomination by a 53–46 vote.^[20] He received his judicial commission on May 22, 2019.^[21]

In the early months after his confirmation, some other Ninth Circuit judges complained that Collins was failing to follow court rules and objecting to other judges' rulings in language that colleagues found combative.^[22] Collins also quickly moved to challenge rulings made by his colleagues on three-judge panels.^[22] Several judges claimed it was unprecedented for a new jurist to try to overturn so many decisions from colleagues within such a short period of time.^[22]

Notable cases

On May 22, 2020, Collins dissented in a 2–1 decision which ruled that California Governor Gavin Newsom's order to close churches was constitutional.^[23] On May 29, a majority on the U.S. Supreme Court declined to overrule the 9th Circuit's ruling. However, the issue had shifted from whether closing churches was constitutional to whether limiting church capacity was constitutional.^[24]
On June 26, 2020, Collins again dissented in a pair of 2–1 decisions ruling that President Trump illegally redirected $2.5 billion in military funds to build portions of a border wall in California, Arizona, and New Mexico.^[25]
On April 27, 2021, Collins partially dissented in a qualified immunity case where a 13 year old was coerced into confessing a murder that he did not commit. While the majority granted the officers qualified immunity in part, Collins would have granted them qualified immunity in full.^[26]
In Brach v. Newsom, Collins ruled that private schools were exempt from COVID-19 restrictions.^[27]

References

^ "'85 Assembly Reps Upset After Meeting". Harvard Crimson. October 7, 1981. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
^ "Reunion-class of 2008, 1988". Stanford Law School. Retrieved October 10, 2018.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Board of editors masthead-Vol 40" (PDF). Stanford Law Review. 1988. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
^ United States Congressional Serial Set, Serial No. 14811, Senate Reports Nos. 1–39. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. February 11, 2003. The committee heard testimony from Daniel P. Collins, Associate Deputy Attorney General and Chief Privacy Officer, U.S. Department of Justice.
^ "Stopping Child Pornography: Protecting our Children and the Constitution". U.S. Senate, Judiciary Committee. October 2, 2002. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "President Donald J. Trump Announces Eighteenth Wave of Judicial Nominees, Eighteenth Wave of United States Attorney Nominees, and Thirteenth Wave of United States Marshal Nominees". whitehouse.gov. October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2018 – via National Archives. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Weinstein, Henry; Krikorian, Greg (January 18, 2007). "Judge is in race for U.S. attorney job". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
^ Egelko, Bob (August 13, 2009). "Judges don't buy theory in S.F. tobacco-ban case". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
^ Capra, Daniel J. (2017). "The Phillip D. Reed Lecture Series: Conference on Possible Amendments to Federal Rules of Evidence 404(b), 807, and 801(D)(1)(a)". Fordham L. Rev. 85 (4): 517. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
^ Egelko, Bob (October 11, 2018). "President Trump nominates 3 to Court of Appeals in San Francisco". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
^ Swayer, Alex (October 11, 2018). "Dianne Feinstein says White House didn't consult on judicial nominees". Washington Times. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
^ Wire, Sarah D. (October 11, 2018). "California Senators Will Try to Block White House Judicial Nominees for the 9th Circuit". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
^ Cadei, Emily; Irby, Kate (October 11, 2018). "Trump defies California senators with 9th Circuit judge nominations". McClatchydc.com. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
^ "Twenty Six Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov – via National Archives.
^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Judicial Nominees". whitehouse.gov. January 30, 2019. Retrieved January 31, 2019 – via National Archives.
^ "Twelve Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov – via National Archives.
^ "Nominations Hearing | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". www.judiciary.senate.gov. March 13, 2019.
^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – April 4, 2019, Senate Judiciary Committee" (PDF).
^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Daniel P. Collins to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit)". www.senate.gov.
^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Daniel P. Collins, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit)". www.senate.gov.
^ Daniel P. Collins at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
^ ^a ^b ^c Maura, Dolan (February 22, 2020). "Trump has flipped the 9th Circuit--and some judges are causing a 'shock wave'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
^ "Court summary" (PDF). cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov. May 22, 2020. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
^ "Court declines to lift restrictions on crowds at church services (UPDATED)". SCOTUSblog. May 30, 2020.
^ "Attorney General Becerra Applauds Ruling Blocking Trump's Illegal Diversion of Funding for Border Wall". State of California - Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General. June 28, 2019.
^ "Tobias v. Arteaga" (PDF). cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov. April 27, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
^ "Brach v. Newsom" (PDF). ca9.uscourts.gov. July 23, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2021.

Selected publications

Collins, Daniel P. (1997). "Lewis v. Casey: A Case Study in How Standing Doctrines Help to Promote Judicial Restraint". Federalism & Separation of Powers Practice Group Newsletter. 1 (2). The Federalist Society.
Collins, Daniel P. (1996–1997). "Making Juries Better Factfinders". Harv. J. L. & Pub. Pol'y. 20: 489. Hein paid access.

External links

Daniel P. Collins at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Daniel Collins at Ballotpedia

Legal offices
Preceded by Harry Pregerson	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 2019–present	Incumbent

[1] "'85 Assembly Reps Upset After Meeting". Harvard Crimson. October 7, 1981. Retrieved October 11, 2018.

[2] "Reunion-class of 2008, 1988". Stanford Law School. Retrieved October 10, 2018.^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] "Board of editors masthead-Vol 40" (PDF). Stanford Law Review. 1988. Retrieved October 10, 2018.

[4] United States Congressional Serial Set, Serial No. 14811, Senate Reports Nos. 1–39. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. February 11, 2003. The committee heard testimony from Daniel P. Collins, Associate Deputy Attorney General and Chief Privacy Officer, U.S. Department of Justice.

[5] "Stopping Child Pornography: Protecting our Children and the Constitution". U.S. Senate, Judiciary Committee. October 2, 2002. Retrieved October 11, 2018.

[WHBio-6] "President Donald J. Trump Announces Eighteenth Wave of Judicial Nominees, Eighteenth Wave of United States Attorney Nominees, and Thirteenth Wave of United States Marshal Nominees". whitehouse.gov. October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2018 – via National Archives. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[7] Weinstein, Henry; Krikorian, Greg (January 18, 2007). "Judge is in race for U.S. attorney job". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 11, 2018.

[8] Egelko, Bob (August 13, 2009). "Judges don't buy theory in S.F. tobacco-ban case". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved October 10, 2018.

[9] Capra, Daniel J. (2017). "The Phillip D. Reed Lecture Series: Conference on Possible Amendments to Federal Rules of Evidence 404(b), 807, and 801(D)(1)(a)". Fordham L. Rev. 85 (4): 517. Retrieved October 11, 2018.

[10] Egelko, Bob (October 11, 2018). "President Trump nominates 3 to Court of Appeals in San Francisco". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved October 11, 2018.

[11] Swayer, Alex (October 11, 2018). "Dianne Feinstein says White House didn't consult on judicial nominees". Washington Times. Retrieved October 11, 2018.

[12] Wire, Sarah D. (October 11, 2018). "California Senators Will Try to Block White House Judicial Nominees for the 9th Circuit". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 11, 2018.

[13] Cadei, Emily; Irby, Kate (October 11, 2018). "Trump defies California senators with 9th Circuit judge nominations". McClatchydc.com. Retrieved October 11, 2018.

[14] "Twenty Six Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov – via National Archives.

[15] "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Judicial Nominees". whitehouse.gov. January 30, 2019. Retrieved January 31, 2019 – via National Archives.

[16] "Twelve Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov – via National Archives.

[17] "Nominations Hearing | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". www.judiciary.senate.gov. March 13, 2019.

[18] "Results of Executive Business Meeting – April 4, 2019, Senate Judiciary Committee" (PDF).

[19] "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Daniel P. Collins to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit)". www.senate.gov.

[20] "On the Nomination (Confirmation Daniel P. Collins, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit)". www.senate.gov.

[21] Daniel P. Collins at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

[latimes-22] Maura, Dolan (February 22, 2020). "Trump has flipped the 9th Circuit--and some judges are causing a 'shock wave'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 2, 2023.

[23] "Court summary" (PDF). cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov. May 22, 2020. Retrieved June 27, 2020.

[24] "Court declines to lift restrictions on crowds at church services (UPDATED)". SCOTUSblog. May 30, 2020.

[25] "Attorney General Becerra Applauds Ruling Blocking Trump's Illegal Diversion of Funding for Border Wall". State of California - Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General. June 28, 2019.

[26] "Tobias v. Arteaga" (PDF). cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov. April 27, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.

[27] "Brach v. Newsom" (PDF). ca9.uscourts.gov. July 23, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2021.

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-'''Daniel Paul Collins''' (born July 4, 1963) is a [[United States federal judge|United States circuit judge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]].
+'''Daniel Paul Collins''' (born 1963) is a [[United States federal judge|United States circuit judge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]].
-== Early life and career ==
+== Early life and education ==
-Collins earned his [[Bachelor of Arts]], ''[[Summa Cum Laude|summa cum laude]]'', from [[Harvard College]].<ref>{{cite news |title='85 Assembly Reps Upset After Meeting |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1981/10/7/85-assembly-reps-upset-after-meeting/ |access-date=October 11, 2018 |work=Harvard Crimson |date=October 7, 1981}}</ref> He received his [[Juris Doctor]] from [[Stanford Law School]] in 1988, where he served on the ''[[Stanford Law Review]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Reunion-class of 2008, 1988 |url=http://www2.law.stanford.edu/experience/alumnilife/reunions/2008/1983/ |publisher=Stanford Law School |access-date=October 10, 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Board of editors masthead-Vol 40 |url=https://www.stanfordlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2010/01/Volume-40.pdf |publisher=Stanford Law Review |date=1988|access-date=October 10, 2018}}</ref> After graduating from law school, Collins served as a [[law clerk]] to Judge [[Dorothy Wright Nelson]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]] from 1988 to 1989 and then to Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] from 1991 to 1992.
+Collins earned his [[Bachelor of Arts]], ''[[summa cum laude]]'', from [[Harvard College]].<ref>{{cite news |title='85 Assembly Reps Upset After Meeting |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1981/10/7/85-assembly-reps-upset-after-meeting/ |access-date=October 11, 2018 |work=Harvard Crimson |date=October 7, 1981}}</ref> He received his [[Juris Doctor]] from [[Stanford Law School]] in 1988, where he served on the ''[[Stanford Law Review]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Reunion-class of 2008, 1988 |url=http://www2.law.stanford.edu/experience/alumnilife/reunions/2008/1983/ |publisher=Stanford Law School |access-date=October 10, 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Board of editors masthead-Vol 40 |url=https://www.stanfordlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2010/01/Volume-40.pdf |publisher=Stanford Law Review |date=1988|access-date=October 10, 2018}}</ref> After graduating from law school, Collins served as a [[law clerk]] to Judge [[Dorothy Wright Nelson]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]] from 1988 to 1989 and then to Justice [[Antonin Scalia]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] from 1991 to 1992.
+== Career ==
-Collins then worked as an [[Assistant United States Attorney]] for the [[United States District Court for the Central District of California|Central District of California]] and as an attorney-advisor in the [[United States Department of Justice]] [[Office of Legal Counsel]].<ref>{{cite book |title=United States Congressional Serial Set, Serial No. 14811, Senate Reports Nos. 1–39 |date=February 11, 2003 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iBKDzeOqb1cC&q=%22daniel+p.+collins%22+harvard+law+school&pg=RA1-PA2 |quote=The committee heard testimony from Daniel P. Collins, Associate Deputy Attorney General and Chief Privacy Officer, U.S. Department of Justice.}}</ref> He later served as an Associate [[United States Deputy Attorney General]] and in that role participated substantially in the drafting of the [[PROTECT Act of 2003]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Stopping Child Pornography: Protecting our Children and the Constitution |url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/stopping-child-pornography_protecting-our-children-and-the-constitution |publisher=U.S. Senate, Judiciary Committee |access-date=October 11, 2018 |date=October 2, 2002}}</ref> From 2003 to 2019, Collins was a partner at [[Munger, Tolles & Olson]].<ref name="WHBio">{{cite web |url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-eighteenth-wave-judicial-nominees-eighteenth-wave-united-states-attorney-nominees-thirteenth-wave-united-states-marshal-nominees/ |title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Eighteenth Wave of Judicial Nominees, Eighteenth Wave of United States Attorney Nominees, and Thirteenth Wave of United States Marshal Nominees |date=October 10, 2018 |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |access-date=October 10, 2018 }} {{PD-notice}}</ref> In 2007, he was considered but not chosen for the position of [[United States Attorney]] for the [[United States District Court for the Central District of California|Central District of California]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Weinstein |first1=Henry |last2=Krikorian |first2=Greg |title=Judge is in race for U.S. attorney job |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jan/18/local/me-usattorney18 |access-date=October 11, 2018 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=January 18, 2007}}</ref> In 2009, he represented [[Philip Morris USA|Phillip Morris]] in opposing a ban on tobacco sales in drug stores in [[San Francisco]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Egelko |first1=Bob |title=Judges don't buy theory in S.F. tobacco-ban case |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Judges-don-t-buy-theory-in-S-F-tobacco-ban-case-3289500.php |date=August 13, 2009 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=October 10, 2018}}</ref> In 2017, he served on the Federal Courts Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Capra |first1=Daniel J. |title=The Phillip D. Reed Lecture Series: Conference on Possible Amendments to Federal Rules of Evidence 404(b), 807, and 801(D)(1)(a) |journal=Fordham L. Rev. |date=2017 |volume=85 |issue=4 |page=517 |url=http://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr/vol85/iss4/2 |access-date=October 11, 2018}}</ref>
+Collins then worked as an [[assistant United States attorney]] for the [[United States District Court for the Central District of California|Central District of California]] and as an attorney-advisor in the [[United States Department of Justice]] [[Office of Legal Counsel]].<ref>{{cite book |title=United States Congressional Serial Set, Serial No. 14811, Senate Reports Nos. 1–39 |date=February 11, 2003 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iBKDzeOqb1cC&q=%22daniel+p.+collins%22+harvard+law+school&pg=RA1-PA2 |quote=The committee heard testimony from Daniel P. Collins, Associate Deputy Attorney General and Chief Privacy Officer, U.S. Department of Justice.}}</ref> He later served as an Associate [[United States Deputy Attorney General]] and in that role participated substantially in the drafting of the [[PROTECT Act of 2003]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Stopping Child Pornography: Protecting our Children and the Constitution |url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/stopping-child-pornography_protecting-our-children-and-the-constitution |publisher=U.S. Senate, Judiciary Committee |access-date=October 11, 2018 |date=October 2, 2002}}</ref> From 2003 to 2019, Collins was a partner at [[Munger, Tolles & Olson]].<ref name="WHBio">{{cite web |url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-eighteenth-wave-judicial-nominees-eighteenth-wave-united-states-attorney-nominees-thirteenth-wave-united-states-marshal-nominees/ |title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Eighteenth Wave of Judicial Nominees, Eighteenth Wave of United States Attorney Nominees, and Thirteenth Wave of United States Marshal Nominees |date=October 10, 2018 |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |access-date=October 10, 2018 }} {{PD-notice}}</ref> In 2007, he was considered but not chosen for the position of [[United States Attorney]] for the [[United States District Court for the Central District of California|Central District of California]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Weinstein |first1=Henry |last2=Krikorian |first2=Greg |title=Judge is in race for U.S. attorney job |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jan-18-me-usattorney18-story.html |access-date=October 11, 2018 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=January 18, 2007}}</ref> In 2009, he represented [[Philip Morris USA|Phillip Morris]] in opposing a ban on tobacco sales in drug stores in [[San Francisco]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Egelko |first1=Bob |title=Judges don't buy theory in S.F. tobacco-ban case |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Judges-don-t-buy-theory-in-S-F-tobacco-ban-case-3289500.php |date=August 13, 2009 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=October 10, 2018}}</ref> In 2017, he served on the Federal Courts Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Capra |first1=Daniel J. |title=The Phillip D. Reed Lecture Series: Conference on Possible Amendments to Federal Rules of Evidence 404(b), 807, and 801(D)(1)(a) |journal=Fordham L. Rev. |date=2017 |volume=85 |issue=4 |page=517 |url=http://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr/vol85/iss4/2 |access-date=October 11, 2018}}</ref>
-== Federal judicial service ==
+=== Federal judicial service ===
-On October 10, 2018, President [[Donald Trump]] announced his intent to nominate Collins to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]].<ref name="WHBio" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Egelko |first1=Bob |title=President Trump nominates 3 to Court of Appeals in San Francisco |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/President-Trump-nominates-3-to-Court-of-Appeals-13300981.php |date=October 11, 2018 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=October 11, 2018}}</ref> On October 11, 2018, Senator [[Dianne Feinstein]] said the White House had not consulted her on the nomination, and that she would oppose Senate confirmation of Collins and two other circuit court nominees.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swayer |first1=Alex |title=Dianne Feinstein says White House didn't consult on judicial nominees |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/11/dianne-feinstein-white-house-didnt-consult-judicia/ |date=October 11, 2018 |work=Washington Times |access-date=October 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Wire |first1=Sarah D. |title=California Senators Will Try to Block White House Judicial Nominees for the 9th Circuit |url=http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-9th-circuit-nominees-20181011-story.html |date=October 11, 2018 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=October 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Cadei |first1=Emily |last2=Irby |first2=Kate |title=Trump defies California senators with 9th Circuit judge nominations |url=https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/justice/article219869925.html |date=October 11, 2018 |work=McClatchydc.com |access-date=October 11, 2018}}</ref> On November 13, 2018, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Collins to the seat vacated by Judge [[Harry Pregerson]], who assumed [[senior status]] on December 11, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/twenty-six-nominations-sent-senate/|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=Twenty Six Nominations Sent to the Senate}}</ref> On January 3, 2019, his nomination was returned to the President under [[Standing Rules of the United States Senate, Rule XXXI|Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6]] of the [[United States Senate]].
+On October 10, 2018, President [[Donald Trump]] announced his intent to nominate Collins to serve as a United States circuit judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]].<ref name="WHBio" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Egelko |first1=Bob |title=President Trump nominates 3 to Court of Appeals in San Francisco |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/President-Trump-nominates-3-to-Court-of-Appeals-13300981.php |date=October 11, 2018 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=October 11, 2018}}</ref> On October 11, 2018, Senator [[Dianne Feinstein]] said the White House had not consulted her on the nomination, and that she would oppose Senate confirmation of Collins and two other circuit court nominees.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swayer |first1=Alex |title=Dianne Feinstein says White House didn't consult on judicial nominees |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/11/dianne-feinstein-white-house-didnt-consult-judicia/ |date=October 11, 2018 |work=Washington Times |access-date=October 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Wire |first1=Sarah D. |title=California Senators Will Try to Block White House Judicial Nominees for the 9th Circuit |url=http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-9th-circuit-nominees-20181011-story.html |date=October 11, 2018 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=October 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Cadei |first1=Emily |last2=Irby |first2=Kate |title=Trump defies California senators with 9th Circuit judge nominations |url=https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/justice/article219869925.html |date=October 11, 2018 |work=McClatchydc.com |access-date=October 11, 2018}}</ref> On November 13, 2018, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Collins to the seat vacated by Judge [[Harry Pregerson]], who assumed [[senior status]] on December 11, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/twenty-six-nominations-sent-senate/|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=Twenty Six Nominations Sent to the Senate}}</ref> On January 3, 2019, his nomination was returned to the President under [[Standing Rules of the United States Senate, Rule XXXI|Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6]] of the [[United States Senate]].
-On January 30, 2019, President Trump indicated that he would renominate Collins to a Ninth Circuit vacancy.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-judicial-nominees-2/ |title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Judicial Nominees |date=2019-01-30 |language=en-US |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> On February 6, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/twelve-nominations-sent-senate/|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=Twelve Nominations Sent to the Senate}}</ref> On March 13, 2019, a hearing on his nomination was held before the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/nominations-hearing|title=Nominations Hearing &#124; United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|website=www.judiciary.senate.gov}}</ref> On April 4, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/04.04.2019%20Results%20of%20Executive%20Business%20Meeting.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – April 4, 2019, Senate Judiciary Committee}}</ref> On May 20, 2019, the Senate invoked [[cloture]] on his nomination by a 51–43 vote,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=1&vote=00117|title=On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Daniel P. Collins to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit)|website=www.senate.gov}}</ref> and on the following day, May 21, the Senate confirmed his nomination by a 53–46 vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=1&vote=00118|title=On the Nomination (Confirmation Daniel P. Collins, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit)|website=www.senate.gov}}</ref> He received his judicial commission on May 22, 2019.<ref>{{FJC Bio|nid=6480596|inline=yes}}</ref>
+On January 30, 2019, President Trump indicated that he would renominate Collins to a Ninth Circuit vacancy.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-judicial-nominees-2/ |title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Judicial Nominees |date=2019-01-30 |language=en-US |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> On February 6, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/twelve-nominations-sent-senate/|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=Twelve Nominations Sent to the Senate}}</ref> On March 13, 2019, a hearing on his nomination was held before the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/nominations-hearing|title=Nominations Hearing &#124; United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|website=www.judiciary.senate.gov|date=March 13, 2019 }}</ref> On April 4, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/04.04.2019%20Results%20of%20Executive%20Business%20Meeting.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – April 4, 2019, Senate Judiciary Committee}}</ref> On May 20, 2019, the Senate invoked [[cloture]] on his nomination by a 51–43 vote,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=1&vote=00117|title=On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Daniel P. Collins to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit)|website=www.senate.gov}}</ref> and on the following day, May 21, the Senate confirmed his nomination by a 53–46 vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=1&vote=00118|title=On the Nomination (Confirmation Daniel P. Collins, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit)|website=www.senate.gov}}</ref> He received his judicial commission on May 22, 2019.<ref>{{FJC Bio|nid=6480596|inline=yes}}</ref>
+In the early months after his confirmation, some other Ninth Circuit judges complained that Collins was failing to follow court rules and objecting to other judges' rulings in language that colleagues found combative.<ref name=latimes>{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-22/trump-conservative-judges-9th-circuit| title=Trump has flipped the 9th Circuit--and some judges are causing a 'shock wave' |date=2020-02-22 |last=Maura |first=Dolan |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=April 2, 2023}}</ref> Collins also quickly moved to challenge rulings made by his colleagues on three-judge panels.<ref name=latimes/> Several judges claimed it was unprecedented for a new jurist to try to overturn so many decisions from colleagues within such a short period of time.<ref name=latimes/>
 ==Notable cases==
-*On May 22, 2020, Collins dissented in a 2–1 decision which ruled that California Governor [[Gavin Newsom]]'s order to close churches was constitutional.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2020/05/22/20-55533.pdf |title=Court summary|date=May 22, 2020 |website=cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov|access-date=2020-06-27}}</ref> On May 29, a majority on the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] declined to overrule the 9th Circuit's ruling. However, the issue had shifted from whether closing churches was constitutional to whether limiting church capacity was constitutional.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotusblog.com/2020/05/court-declines-to-lift-restrictions-on-crowds-at-church-services/|title=Court declines to lift restrictions on crowds at church services (UPDATED)|date=May 30, 2020|website=SCOTUSblog}}</ref>
+*On May 22, 2020, Collins dissented in a 2–1 decision which ruled that [[California Governor]] [[Gavin Newsom]]'s order to close churches was constitutional.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2020/05/22/20-55533.pdf |title=Court summary|date=May 22, 2020 |website=cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov|access-date=2020-06-27}}</ref> On May 29, a majority on the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] declined to overrule the 9th Circuit's ruling. However, the issue had shifted from whether closing churches was constitutional to whether limiting church capacity was constitutional.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotusblog.com/2020/05/court-declines-to-lift-restrictions-on-crowds-at-church-services/|title=Court declines to lift restrictions on crowds at church services (UPDATED)|date=May 30, 2020|website=SCOTUSblog}}</ref>
 *On June 26, 2020, Collins again dissented in a pair of 2–1 decisions ruling that President Trump illegally redirected $2.5 billion in military funds to build portions of a border wall in California, Arizona, and New Mexico.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-becerra-applauds-ruling-blocking-trump%E2%80%99s-illegal-diversion|title=Attorney General Becerra Applauds Ruling Blocking Trump's Illegal Diversion of Funding for Border Wall|date=June 28, 2019|website=State of California - Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General}}</ref>
 *On April 27, 2021, Collins partially dissented in a qualified immunity case where a 13 year old was coerced into confessing a murder that he did not commit. While the majority granted the officers qualified immunity in part, Collins would have granted them qualified immunity in full.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2021/04/27/18-56360.pdf|title=''Tobias v. Arteaga''|website=cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov|date=April 27, 2021|access-date=May 18, 2021}}</ref>
+*In ''Brach v. Newsom'', Collins ruled that private schools were exempt from [[COVID-19 restrictions]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2021/07/23/20-56291.pdf|title=''Brach v. Newsom''|website=ca9.uscourts.gov|date=July 23, 2021|access-date=August 16, 2021}}</ref>
-*In ''Brach v. Newsom'', Collins ruled that private schools were exempt from COVID-19 restrictions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2021/07/23/20-56291.pdf|title=''Brach v. Newsom''|website=ca9.uscourts.gov|date=July 23, 2021|access-date=August 16, 2021}}</ref>
 == See also ==
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 [[Category:21st-century American judges]]
 [[Category:Assistant United States Attorneys]]
-[[Category:California lawyers]]
-[[Category:Federalist Society members]]
 [[Category:Harvard College alumni]]
 [[Category:Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]]