David B. Sentelle

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 byJohn Roberts
Preceded byJosé A. Cabranes
Succeeded byStephen A. Higginson
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
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 byDouglas H. Ginsburg
Succeeded byMerrick Garland
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
In office
September 11, 1987 – February 12, 2013
Appointed byRonald Reagan
Preceded byAntonin Scalia
Succeeded byRobert 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 byRonald Reagan
Preceded byWoodrow W. Jones
Succeeded byRichard Lesley Voorhees
Personal details
Born
David Bryan Sentelle

(1943-02-12) February 12, 1943 (age 81)
Canton, North Carolina
EducationUniversity 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.