David B. Sentelle

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David B. Sentelle
Official portrait, c. 2000
Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review
In office May 19, 2020 – September 15, 2023
Appointed by	John Roberts
Preceded by	José A. Cabranes
Succeeded by	Stephen A. Higginson
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office February 12, 2013
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
In office February 11, 2008 – February 12, 2013
Preceded by	Douglas H. Ginsburg
Succeeded by	Merrick Garland
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
In office September 11, 1987 – February 12, 2013
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Antonin Scalia
Succeeded by	Robert L. Wilkins
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
In office October 17, 1985 – October 19, 1987
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Woodrow W. Jones
Succeeded by	Richard Lesley Voorhees
Personal details
Born	David Bryan Sentelle (1943-02-12) February 12, 1943 (age 81) Canton, North Carolina
Education	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BA, JD)

David Bryan Sentelle (born February 12, 1943) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He previously was a U.S. district judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina from 1985 to 1987.