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{{short description|Highest court of Washington D.C.}}
{{distinguish|United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
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|court_name = District of Columbia Court of Appeals
|image = District of Columbia Court of Appeals.JPG
|caption = The District of Columbia Court of Appeals is located in the former D.C. City Hall, a [[National Historic Landmark]].
|established = 1942
|location = [[District of Columbia City Hall]], [[Judiciary Square]], [[Washington, DC]]
|coordinates = 
|type = [[President of the United States|Presidential]] nomination with [[United States Senate|Senate]] [[Advice and consent|confirmation]]
|authority = [[Article I and Article III tribunals|Derived from the United States Congress]] 
|appealsto = [[Supreme Court of the United States]] (in matters of [[Law of the United States#Federal law|federal law]] only)
|appealsfrom = [[Superior Court of the District of Columbia]]
|terms = 15 years
|positions = 9
|budget = 
|website = {{URL|https://www.dccourts.gov/court-of-appeals |DCCourts.gov}}
|chiefjudgetitle = [[Chief judge (United States)|Chief judge]]
|chiefjudgename = [[Anna Blackburne-Rigsby]] 
|termstart = March 17, 2017
}}
{{Politics of Washington, D.C.}}

The '''District of Columbia Court of Appeals''' is the [[supreme court|highest court]] of the [[Washington, D.C.|District of Columbia]], the capital city of the [[United States]]. The court was established in 1942 as the Municipal Court of Appeals, and it has been the court of last resort for matters of D.C. local law since 1970. It and the [[Superior Court of the District of Columbia]] compose the District of Columbia's court system. It is located in the former [[District of Columbia City Hall]] building at [[Judiciary Square]].

The D.C. Court of Appeals is the equivalent of a [[state supreme court]]. Because the District of Columbia is not a [[U.S. state]], however, the court's authority [[Article I and Article III tribunals|derives from the U.S. Congress]] rather than from the [[Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|inherent sovereignty of the states]]. The D.C. Court of Appeals is sometimes confused with the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit|U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]], which is the federal [[United States courts of appeals|U.S. court of appeals]] that covers the District of Columbia.

==History==
For much of the history of the District of Columbia, appeals in local matters were adjudicated by federal courts: first the [[United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia|Circuit Court of the District of Columbia]] (1801–1863), then the [[Supreme Court of the District of Columbia]] (1863–1893) (later renamed the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia), and finally the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit|District of Columbia Court of Appeals]] (1893–1970) (later renamed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit).<ref name="State">{{cite journal |first = Theodore R. |last = Newman |year = 1978 |title = The State of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals |journal = [[Catholic University Law Review]] |volume = 27 |issue = 3 |pages = 453–468 }}</ref> The first local appellate court was established in 1942 when Congress created the '''Municipal Court of Appeals''' to hear appeals from the D.C. Municipal Court and the Juvenile Court. Consisting of a Chief Judge and two Associate Judges, the Municipal Court of Appeals acted as an intermediate appellate court, its decisions reviewable on a discretionary basis by the D.C. Circuit. In 1962, Congress renamed the court the '''District of Columbia Court of Appeals''', and in 1967 its membership was enlarged to six judges.<ref name="State" />

Federal and local jurisdiction in the D.C. remained entangled until 1970, when Congress enacted the District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act (84 [[United States Statutes at Large|Stat.]] [https://www.govinfo.gov/link/statute/84/473?link-type=details 473]). In addition to establishing the [[Superior Court of the District of Columbia]], the Act established the District of Columbia Court of Appeals as the "highest court for the District of Columbia," expanded its size to its present composition of nine judges, and broadened its jurisdiction to hear all appeals from the Superior Court and review decisions of the city's mayor and administrative agencies.<ref name="State" />

==Powers==
As the court of last resort for the District of Columbia, the Court of Appeals is authorized to review all final orders, judgments, and specified [[interlocutory]] orders of the associate judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, as well as decisions of certain D.C. agencies. The court also has jurisdiction to review decisions of administrative agencies, boards, and commissions of the District government, as well as to answer questions of law presented by the [[Supreme Court of the United States]], a [[United States court of appeals]], or the highest [[appellate court]] of any state. As authorized by Congress, the court reviews proposed rules of the [[trial court]] and develops its own rules for proceedings.

Cases before the court are determined by randomly selected three-[[judge]] divisions, unless a hearing or rehearing before the court sitting ''[[en banc]]'' (with all judges present) is ordered. A hearing or rehearing before the court sitting ''en banc'' may be ordered by a majority of the judges in regular active service, generally only when consideration by the full court is necessary to maintain uniformity of its decisions, or when the case involves a question of exceptional importance. The ''en banc'' court consists of the nine judges of the court in regular active service, except that a retired judge may sit to rehear a case or controversy if the judge heard the original hearing. The Chief Judge may designate and assign temporarily one or more judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to serve on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals when required.

Members of the court are empowered to adjudicate the oath of office ceremony for the executive cabinet of the president.

In the exercise of its inherent power over members of the legal profession, the court established the District of Columbia Bar and has the power to approve the rules governing [[Lawyer|attorney]] disciplinary proceedings. The court also reviews the rules of [[profession]]al conduct and has established rules governing the admission of members of the District of Columbia Bar and the resolution of complaints concerning the unauthorized practice of law in the District of Columbia.

==Judges==
The court consists of a chief judge and eight associate judges. The court is assisted by the service of retired judges who have been recommended and approved as senior judges. Despite being the District's local appellate court, judges are appointed by the [[president of the United States]] and confirmed by the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] for 15-year terms.<ref>{{cite web|title=Judicial Selection in the States: District of Columbia|url=http://www.judicialselection.us/judicial_selection/index.cfm?state=DC|publisher=American Judicature Society|access-date=2012-09-12|archive-date=2012-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308022346/http://www.judicialselection.us/judicial_selection/index.cfm?state=DC|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2011, the district's judicial conduct entity, the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure, gained the ability to reappoint judges that it deems "well qualified" for subsequent 15-year terms without input from the president or senate. If the commission deems the judge "qualified," the president has the option of renominating them, but if the commission deems the judge "unqualified," they are ineligible for reappointment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cjdt.dc.gov/publication/statute-reestablishing-commission|title=Statute Reestablishing the Commission|work=Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure|date=January 6, 2011}}</ref> In 2021, the commission reappointed Chief Judge [[Anna Blackburne-Rigsby]] to a new 15-year term.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cjdt.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/cjdt/publication/attachments/3673_001.pdf|title=Evaluation of the Honorable Anna Blackburne-Rigsby|work=District of Columbia Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure|date=June 14, 2021}}</ref>

===Active judges===
{{As of|2024|8|22|df=US}}:

{{start U.S. judgeship Current}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Current
|index        = 36
|title        = Chief Judge
|name         = {{sortname|Anna|Blackburne-Rigsby}}
|duty station = [[Washington, D.C.]]
|born         = 1961
|term         = 2006–present
|chief term   = 2017–present
|senior term  = —
|appointer    = [[George W. Bush|G.W. Bush]]
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Current
|index        = 39
|title        = Judge
|name         = {{sortname|Corinne A.|Beckwith}}
|duty station = [[Washington, D.C.]]
|born         = 1963
|term         = 2011–present
|chief term   = —
|senior term  = —
|appointer    = [[Barack Obama|Obama]]
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Current
|index        = 40
|title        = Judge
|name         = {{sortname|Catharine F.|Easterly}}
|duty station = [[Washington, D.C.]]
|born         = 1970
|term         = 2012–present
|term_end     = 2027
|chief term   = —
|senior term  = —
|appointer    = [[Barack Obama|Obama]]
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Current
|index        = 41
|title        = Judge
|name         = {{sortname|Roy W.|McLeese III}}
|duty station = [[Washington, D.C.]]
|born         = 1959
|term         = 2012–present
|chief term   = —
|senior term  = —
|appointer    = [[Barack Obama|Obama]]
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Current
|index        = 42
|title        = Judge
|name         = {{sortname|Joshua|Deahl}}
|duty station = [[Washington, D.C.]]
|born         = 1981
|term         = 2020–present
|chief term   = —
|senior term  = —
|appointer    = [[Donald Trump|Trump]]
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Current
|index        = 43
|title        = Judge
|name         = {{sortname|John P.|Howard III}}
|duty station = [[Washington, D.C.]]
|born         = 1984
|term         = 2022–present
|chief term   = —
|senior term  = —
|appointer    = [[Joe Biden|Biden]]
}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current
|index        = 45
|title        = Judge
|name         = {{sortname|Vijay|Shanker}}
|duty station = [[Washington, D.C.]]
|born         = 1972
|term         = 2022–present
|chief term   = —
|senior term  = —
|appointer    = [[Joe Biden|Biden]]
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Current
|index        = 46
|title        = Judge
|name         = ''Vacant''
|duty station = [[Washington, D.C.]]
|born         = —
|term         = —
|chief term   = —
|senior term  = —
|appointer    = —
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Current
|index        = 47
|title        = Judge
|name         = ''Vacant''
|duty station = [[Washington, D.C.]]
|born         = —
|term         = —
|chief term   = —
|senior term  = —
|appointer    = —
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Current
|index        = 24
|title        = Senior Judge
|name         = {{sortname|John M.|Steadman}}
|duty station = [[Washington, D.C.]]
|born         = 1930
|term         = 1985–2004
|chief term   = —
|senior term  = 2004–present
|appointer    = [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Current
|index        = 30
|title        = Senior Judge
|name         = {{sortname|Vanessa|Ruiz}}
|duty station = [[Washington, D.C.]]
|born         = 1950
|term         = 1994–2011
|chief term   = —
|senior term  = 2012–present
|appointer    = [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]]
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Current
|index        = 32
|title        = Senior Judge
|name         = {{sortname|Stephen H.|Glickman}}
|duty station = [[Washington, D.C.]]
|born         = 1945
|term         = 1999–2022
|chief term   = —
|senior term  = 2022–present
|appointer    = [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]]
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Current
|index        = 33
|title        = Senior Judge
|name         = {{sortname|Eric T.|Washington}}
|duty station = [[Washington, D.C.]]
|born         = 1953
|term         = 1999–2017
|chief term   = 2005–2017
|senior term  = 2017–present
|appointer    = [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]]
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Current
|index        = 37
|title        = Senior Judge
|name         = {{sortname|Phyllis D.|Thompson}}
|duty station = [[Washington, D.C.]]
|born         = 1952
|term         = 2006–2021
|chief term   = —
|senior term  = 2021–present
|appointer    = [[George W. Bush|G.W. Bush]]
}}
{{end U.S. judgeship Current}}</onlyinclude>

=== Vacancies and pending nominations ===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Vacator
!Reason
!Vacancy Date
!Nominee
!Nomination Date
|-
|{{sortname|Kathryn A.|Oberly}}
|Retirement
|{{dts|November 1, 2013}}
|''Pending''<!-- {{sortname|XX|XX}} -->
|TBD<!-- {{dts|XX XX, 2025}} -->
|-
|{{sortname|Loren|AliKhan}}
|Elevation
|{{dts|December 13, 2023}}
|''Pending''<!-- {{sortname|XX|XX}} -->
|TBD<!-- {{dts|XX XX, 2025}} -->
|}

==Former judges==
{{start U.S. judgeship Former}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 1
|name = {{sortname|William E.|Richardson|dab=judge}}
|state = [[District of Columbia|DC]]
|borndied = 1881–1945
|term = 1942–1945
|chief term = 1942–1945
|senior term = —
|appointer = {{sortname||F. Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt}}
|termination = death
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 2
|name = {{sortname|Nathan|Cayton}}
|state = [[District of Columbia|DC]]
|borndied = 1899–1977
|term = 1942–1956
|chief term = 1946–1956
|senior term = 1956–1972
|appointer = {{sortname||F. Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt}}
|termination = retirement
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 3
|name = {{sortname|Andrew M.|Hood}}
|state = [[District of Columbia|DC]]
|borndied = 1900–1979
|term = 1942–1972
|chief term = 1961–1972
|senior term = —
|appointer = {{sortname||F. Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt}}
|termination = retirement
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 4
|name = {{sortname|Brice|Clagett}}
|state = [[Maryland|MD]]
|borndied = 1889–1951
|term = 1946–1951
|chief term=—
|senior term = —
|appointer = {{sortname||Truman|Harry S. Truman}}
|termination = death
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 5
|name = {{sortname|Thomas D.|Quinn}}
|state = [[District of Columbia|DC]]
|borndied = 1898–1975
|term = 1951–1966
|chief term=—
|senior term = —
|appointer = {{sortname||Truman|Harry S. Truman}}
|termination = retirement
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 6
|name = {{sortname|Leo A.|Rover}}
|state = [[District of Columbia|DC]]
|borndied = 1888–1960
|term = 1956–1960
|chief term = 1956–1960
|senior term = —
|appointer = {{sortname||Eisenhower|Dwight D. Eisenhower}}
|termination = death
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 7
|name = {{sortname|Frank H.|Myers}}
|state = [[District of Columbia|DC]]
|borndied = 1897–1974
|term = 1962–1969
|chief term=—
|senior term = —
|appointer = {{sortname||Kennedy|John F. Kennedy}}
|termination = retirement
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 8
|name = {{sortname|Catherine B.|Kelly}}
|state = [[District of Columbia|DC]]
|borndied = 1917–1995
|term = 1967–1983
|chief term=—
|senior term = —
|appointer = {{sortname||Johnson|Lyndon B. Johnson}}
|termination = resignation
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 9
|name = {{sortname|Austin L.|Fickling}}
|state = [[District of Columbia|DC]]
|borndied = 1914–1977
|term = 1968–1977
|chief term=—
|senior term = —
|appointer = {{sortname||Johnson|Lyndon B. Johnson}}
|termination = death
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 10
|name = {{sortname|John W.|Kern III}}
|state = [[Maryland|MD]]
|borndied = 1928–2018
|term = 1968–1984
|chief term=—
|senior term = 1984–2012
|appointer = {{sortname||Johnson|Lyndon B. Johnson}}
|termination = retirement
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 11
|name = {{sortname|George R.|Gallagher}}
|state = [[Maryland|MD]]
|borndied = 1915–2007
|term = 1968–1981
|chief term=—
|senior term = 1981–2001
|appointer = {{sortname||Johnson|Lyndon B. Johnson}}
|termination = retirement
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 12
|name = {{sortname|Frank Q.|Nebeker}}
|state = [[Virginia|VA]]
|borndied = 1930–2024
|term = 1969–1987
|chief term=—
|senior term = 1987–2021
|appointer = {{sortname||Nixon|Richard Nixon}}
|termination = retirement
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 13
|name = {{sortname|Gerard D.|Reilly}}
|state = [[District of Columbia|DC]]
|borndied = 1906–1995
|term = 1970–1976
|chief term = 1972–1976
|senior term = 1976–1995
|appointer = {{sortname||Nixon|Richard Nixon}}
|termination = death
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 14
|name = {{sortname|Hubert|Pair}}
|state = [[District of Columbia|DC]]
|borndied = 1904–1988
|term = 1971–1974
|chief term=—
|senior term = 1975–1988
|appointer = {{sortname||Nixon|Richard Nixon}}
|termination = death
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 15
|name = {{sortname|J. Walter|Yeagley}}
|state = [[Virginia|VA]]
|borndied = 1909–1990
|term = 1971–1979
|chief term=—
|senior term = 1979–1984
|appointer = {{sortname||Nixon|Richard Nixon}}
|termination = retirement
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 16
|name = {{sortname|Stanley S.|Harris}}
|state = [[Maryland|MD]]
|borndied = 1927–2021
|term = 1972–1982
|chief term=—
|senior term = —
|appointer = {{sortname||Nixon|Richard Nixon}}
|termination = resignation
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 17
|name = {{sortname|Julia Cooper|Mack}}
|state = [[District of Columbia|DC]]
|borndied = 1920–2014
|term = 1975–1989
|chief term=—
|senior term = 1989–2001
|appointer = {{sortname||Ford|Gerald Ford}}
|termination = retirement
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 18
|name = {{sortname|Theodore R.|Newman Jr.}}
|state = [[District of Columbia|DC]]
|borndied = 1934–2023
|term = 1976–1991
|chief term = 1976–1984
|senior term = 1991–2016
|appointer = {{sortname||Ford|Gerald Ford}}
|termination = retirement
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 19
|name = {{sortname|John M.|Ferren}}
|state = [[District of Columbia|DC]]
|borndied = 1937–present
|term = 1977–1997
|chief term=—
|senior term = 1999–2023
|appointer=[[Jimmy Carter|Carter]]
|termination = retirement
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 20
|name = {{sortname|William C.|Pryor}}
|state = [[District of Columbia|DC]]
|borndied = 1932–2020
|term = 1979–1988
|chief term = 1984–1988
|senior term = 1988–2019
|appointer = {{sortname||Carter|Jimmy Carter}}
|termination = retirement
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 21
|name = {{sortname|James A.|Belson}}
|state = [[District of Columbia|DC]]
|borndied = 1931–present
|term = 1981–1991
|chief term=—
|senior term = 1991–2017
|appointer = {{sortname||Reagan|Ronald Reagan}}
|termination = retirement
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 22
|name = {{sortname|John A.|Terry}}
|state = [[District of Columbia|DC]]
|borndied = 1933–2021
|term = 1982–2006
|chief term=—
|senior term=2006–2016
|appointer = {{sortname||Reagan|Ronald Reagan}}
|termination = retirement
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 23
|name = {{sortname|Judith W.|Rogers}}
|state = [[District of Columbia|DC]]
|borndied = 1939–present
|term = 1983–1994
|chief term = 1988–1994
|senior term = —
|appointer = {{sortname||Reagan|Ronald Reagan}}
|termination = elevation
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 25
|name = {{sortname|Frank E.|Schwelb}}
|state = [[District of Columbia|DC]]
|borndied = 1932–2014
|term = 1988–2006
|chief term=—
|senior term=2006–2014
|appointer = {{sortname||Reagan|Ronald Reagan}}
|termination = retirement
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 26
|name = {{sortname|Michael W.|Farrell}}
|state = [[District of Columbia|DC]]
|borndied = 1938–present
|term = 1989–2008
|chief term=—
|senior term=2009–2019
|appointer = {{sortname||G.H.W. Bush|George H.W. Bush}}
|termination = retirement
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 27
|name = {{sortname|Annice M.|Wagner}}
|state = [[District of Columbia|DC]]
|borndied = 1937–present
|term = 1990–2005
|chief term = 1994–2005
|senior term=2005–2013
|appointer = {{sortname||G.H.W. Bush|George H.W. Bush}}
|termination = retirement
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 28
|name = {{sortname|Warren R.|King}}
|state = [[District of Columbia|DC]]
|borndied = 1937–present
|term = 1991–1998
|chief term=—
|senior term = 1998–2016
|appointer = {{sortname||G.H.W. Bush|George H.W. Bush}}
|termination = retirement
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 29
|name = {{sortname|Emmet G.|Sullivan}}
|state = [[District of Columbia|DC]]
|borndied = 1947–present
|term = 1992–1994
|chief term=—
|senior term = —
|appointer = {{sortname||G.H.W. Bush|George H.W. Bush}}
|termination = elevation
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 31
|name = {{sortname|Inez Smith|Reid}}
|state = [[District of Columbia|DC]]
|borndied = 1937–present
|term = 1995–2011
|chief term=—
|senior term=2011–2017
|appointer = {{sortname||Clinton|Bill Clinton}}
|termination = retirement
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 34
|name = {{sortname|Noël A.|Kramer}}
|state = [[District of Columbia|DC]]
|borndied = 1945–2018
|term=2005–2011
|chief term=—
|senior term=2011–2017
|appointer = {{sortname||G.W. Bush|George W. Bush}}
|termination = retirement
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 35
|name = {{sortname|John R.|Fisher}}
|state =[[District of Columbia|DC]]
|borndied = 1946–present
|term = 2006–2020
|chief term = —
|senior term = 2020–2024
|appointer = {{sortname||G.W. Bush|George W. Bush}}
|termination = retirement
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 38
|name = {{sortname|Kathryn A.|Oberly}}
|state = [[District of Columbia|DC]]
|borndied = 1950–present
|term=2009–2013
|chief term=—
|senior term = —
|appointer = {{sortname||G.W. Bush|George W. Bush}}
|termination = resignation
}}
{{U.S. judgeship row Former
|index = 44
|title = Judge
|name = {{sortname|Loren|AliKhan}}
|state = [[District of Columbia|DC]]
|borndied = 1983–present
|term = 2022–2023
|chief term = —
|senior term = —
|appointer = {{sortname||Biden|Joe Biden}}
|termination = elevation
}}
{{end U.S. judgeship Former}}

== Chief judges ==
The first three chief judges of the Municipal Court of Appeals were nominated and confirmed specifically as chief judges. However, in 1961, the Department of Justice determined that the relevant law was ambiguous enough that President [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]] could elevate sitting judge [[Andrew M. Hood]] as chief judge without submitting a nomination to the Senate for that purpose, as President [[Harry S. Truman|Truman]] had done when elevating [[Nathan Cayton]] as chief judge in 1946. The [[Library of Congress]] issued a legal opinion calling the Department of Justice's determination into question, but Hood remained as chief judge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bound-congressional-record/1962/08/09/108/senate-section/article/16020-16116|title=Congressional Record: Vol. 108, Part 12|pages=16107–16108|date=August 9, 1962}}</ref> Since 1973, the chief judge has been selected by the [[District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission]] for renewable four-year terms.<ref>{{USPL|93|198}}</ref>

{{start U.S. judge succession
|float      = right
|seat title = Chief judge
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name = [[William E. Richardson (judge)|Richardson]]
|term = 1942–1945
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name = [[Nathan Cayton|Cayton]]
|term = 1946–1956
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name = [[Leo A. Rover|Rover]]
|term = 1956–1960
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name = [[Andrew M. Hood|Hood]]
|term = 1961–1972
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name = [[Gerard D. Reilly|Reilly]]
|term = 1972–1976
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name = [[Theodore R. Newman Jr.|Newman]]
|term = 1976–1984
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name = [[William C. Pryor|Pryor]]
|term = 1984–1988
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name = [[Judith W. Rogers|Rogers]]
|term = 1988–1994
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name = [[Annice M. Wagner|Wagner]]
|term = 1994–2005
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name = [[Eric T. Washington|Washington]]
|term = 2005–2017
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name = '''[[Anna Blackburne-Rigsby|Blackburne-Rigsby]]'''
|term = 2017–present
}}
{{end U.S. judge succession}}

== Succession of seats ==
{{seatTableIntro|nine}}
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-break}}
{{start U.S. judge succession
|seat title = Seat 1
}}
{{U.S. judge succession note
|text = Established on April 1, 1942, by {{USPL|77|512}} as a judgeship for the DC Municipal Court of Appeals
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[William E. Richardson (judge)|Richardson]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1942–1945
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Nathan Cayton|Cayton]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1946–1956
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Leo A. Rover|Rover]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1956–1960
}}
{{U.S. judge succession note
|text = Reassigned on October 23, 1962, to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals by {{USPL|87|873}}
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Frank H. Myers|Myers]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1962–1969
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Frank Q. Nebeker|Nebeker]]
|state = VA
|term  = 1969–1987
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Frank E. Schwelb|Schwelb]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1988–2006
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name = '''[[Anna Blackburne-Rigsby|Blackburne-Rigsby]]'''
|state = DC
|term = 2006–present
}}
{{end U.S. judge succession}}
{{col-break}}
{{start U.S. judge succession
|seat title = Seat 2
}}
{{U.S. judge succession note
|text = Established on April 1, 1942, by {{USPL|77|512}} as a judgeship for the DC Municipal Court of Appeals
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Nathan Cayton|Cayton]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1942–1946
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Brice Clagett|Clagett]]
|state = MD
|term  = 1946–1951
}}
{{U.S. judge succession note
|text = Reassigned on October 23, 1962, to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals by {{USPL|87|873}}
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Thomas D. Quinn|Quinn]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1951–1966
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Catherine B. Kelly|Kelly]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1967–1983
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Judith W. Rogers|Rogers]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1983–1994
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Vanessa Ruiz|Ruiz]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1994–2011
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name = '''[[Roy W. McLeese III|McLeese]]'''
|state = DC
|term = 2012–present
}}
{{end U.S. judge succession}}
{{col-break}}
{{start U.S. judge succession
|seat title = Seat 3
}}
{{U.S. judge succession note
|text = Established on April 1, 1942, by {{USPL|77|512}} as a judgeship for the DC Municipal Court of Appeals
}}
{{U.S. judge succession note
|text = Reassigned on October 23, 1962, to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals by {{USPL|87|873}}
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Andrew C. Hood|Hood]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1942–1972
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Stanley S. Harris|Harris]]
|state = MD
|term  = 1972–1982
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[John A. Terry|Terry]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1982–2006
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Phyllis D. Thompson|Thompson]]
|state = DC
|term  = 2006–2021
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name = '''[[John P. Howard III|Howard]]'''
|state = DC
|term = 2022–present
}}
{{end U.S. judge succession}}
{{Col-break}}
{{Col-end}}
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-break}}
{{start U.S. judge succession
|seat title = Seat 4
}}
{{U.S. judge succession note
|text = Established on December 8, 1967, by {{USPL|90|178}}
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Austin L. Fickling|Fickling]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1968–1977
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[John M. Ferren|Ferren]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1977–1997
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Stephen H. Glickman|Glickman]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1999–2022
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name = '''[[Vijay Shanker|Shanker]]'''
|state = DC
|term = 2022–present
}}
{{end U.S. judge succession}}
{{col-break}}
{{start U.S. judge succession
|seat title = Seat 5
}}
{{U.S. judge succession note
|text = Established on December 8, 1967, by {{USPL|90|178}}
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[John W. Kern III|Kern]]
|state = MD
|term  = 1968–1984
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[John M. Steadman|Steadman]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1985–2004
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Noël A. Kramer|Kramer]]
|state = DC
|term  = 2005–2011
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name = '''[[Catharine F. Easterly|Easterly]]'''
|state = DC
|term = 2012–present
}}
{{end U.S. judge succession}}
{{col-break}}
{{start U.S. judge succession
|seat title = Seat 6
}}
{{U.S. judge succession note
|text = Established on December 8, 1967, by {{USPL|90|178}}
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[George R. Gallagher|Gallagher]]
|state = MD
|term  = 1968–1981
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[James A. Belson|Belson]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1981–1991
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Emmet G. Sullivan|Sullivan]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1992–1994
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Inez Smith Reid|Reid]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1995–2011
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name = '''[[Corinne A. Beckwith|Beckwith]]'''
|state = DC
|term = 2011–present
}}
{{end U.S. judge succession}}
{{Col-break}}
{{Col-end}}
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-break}}
{{start U.S. judge succession
|seat title = Seat 7
}}
{{U.S. judge succession note
|text = Established on July 29, 1970, by {{USPL|91|358}}
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Gerard D. Reilly|Reilly]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1970–1976
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Theodore R. Newman Jr.|Newman]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1976–1991
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Warren R. King|King]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1991–1998
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Eric T. Washington|Washington]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1999–2017
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name = '''[[Joshua Deahl|Deahl]]'''
|state = DC
|term = 2020–present
}}
{{end U.S. judge succession}}
{{col-break}}
{{start U.S. judge succession
|seat title = Seat 8
}}
{{U.S. judge succession note
|text = Established on July 29, 1970, by {{USPL|91|358}}
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Hubert Pair|Pair]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1971–1974
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Julia Cooper Mack|Mack]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1975–1989
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Annice M. Wagner|Wagner]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1990–2005
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[John R. Fisher|Fisher]]
|state = DC
|term  = 2006–2020
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name = [[Loren AliKhan|AliKhan]]
|state = DC
|term = 2022–2023
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name = '''Vacant'''
|state = —
|term = 2023–present
}}
{{end U.S. judge succession}}
{{col-break}}
{{start U.S. judge succession
|seat title = Seat 9
}}
{{U.S. judge succession note
|text = Established on July 29, 1970, by {{USPL|91|358}}
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[J. Walter Yeagley|Yeagley]]
|state = VA
|term  = 1971–1979
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[William C. Pryor|Pryor]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1979–1988
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Michael W. Farrell|Farrell]]
|state = DC
|term  = 1989–2008
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name  = [[Kathryn A. Oberly|Oberly]]
|state = DC
|term  = 2009–2013
}}
{{U.S. judge succession row
|name = '''Vacant'''
|state = —
|term = 2013–present
}}
{{end U.S. judge succession}}
{{Col-break}}
{{Col-end}}

==See also==
*[[Superior Court of the District of Columbia]]
*[[United States District Court for the District of Columbia]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.dccourts.gov/court-of-appeals District of Columbia Court of Appeals] – Official webpage of the DC Court of Appeals, part of the DC Courts' website.
* {{citation |url=https://cite.case.law |title= District of Columbia |work= Caselaw Access Project |publisher= Harvard Law School |oclc=1078785565 |quote= Court decisions freely available to the public online, in a consistent format, digitized from the collection of the [[Harvard Law Library]] }}

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