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# Bobby E. Shepherd

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge

## Profile

- Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- State: National federal courts
- Role: U.S. Circuit Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-25

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2006-present
- U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas, 1993-2006
- Circuit-chancery judge, Circuit Court of Arkansas, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, 1991-1993
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

### Education

- Ouachita Baptist University — B.A. (1973)
- University of Arkansas School of Law

### Additional information

- Private practice, Arkansas, 1976-1990
- Date of birth: 1951-01-01
- Birth place: Arkadelphia, AR

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### appellate oral argument

Scope: courtwide

In federal courts of appeals, oral argument is allowed unless a three-judge panel unanimously finds one of Rule 34's specified grounds for dispensing with it; the clerk provides the date, time, place, and time allocation.

Evidence excerpt: Oral argument must be allowed in every case unless a panel of three judges who have examined the briefs and record unanimously agrees that oral argument is unnecessary

[Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1392471)
- [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1392471)
- [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1392471)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2945/bobby-e-shepherd/)
- [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2945/bobby-e-shepherd/)
- [Wikidata: Bobby Shepherd](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4935563)

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