Milan Smith | |
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Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
Assumed office May 18, 2006 | |
Appointed by | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | A. Wallace Tashima |
Personal details | |
Born | Pendleton, Oregon, U.S. | May 19, 1942
Relations | Gordon H. Smith (brother) |
Education | Brigham Young University (BA) University of Chicago (JD) |
Milan Dale Smith, Jr. (born May 19, 1942) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.[1] Smith's brother, Gordon H. Smith, was a Republican U.S. Senator from 1997 to 2009. Milan Smith is neither a Republican nor a Democrat, and he considers himself to be a political independent.[2]