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# Jerome A. Holmes

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

## Profile

- Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth 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

- Chief Judge, Tenth Circuit (since October 1, 2022)
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2006-present
- Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (appointed May 4, 2006 by President George W. Bush; confirmed July 25, 2006)
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Oklahoma, 1994-2005
- M.P.A., Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government (2000), John B. Pickett Fellow in Criminal Justice Policy and Management
- Law clerk, Hon. William J. Holloway, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 1990-1991
- Law clerk, Hon. Wayne E. Alley, U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma, 1988-1990
- Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

### Education

- Georgetown University Law Center, Editor-in-Chief of the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal — J.D. (1988)
- in History, cum laude, Wake Forest University — B.A. (1983)

### Additional information

- Private practice, Oklahoma City, OK, 2005-2006
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1991-1994
- Date of birth: 1961-01-01
- Official site: U.S. Courts – Chief Judge Jerome A. Holmes
- Recognized for legal achievements with the John Marshall Award and Director’s Award from the U.S. Attorney General and the Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys
- Birth place: Washington, DC

## 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/1392476)
- [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1392476)
- [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1392476)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1500/jerome-a-holmes/)
- [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/1500/jerome-a-holmes/)
- [Wikidata: Jerome Holmes](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6182750)

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