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# Pasco Middleton Bowman II

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: senior
- Last verified: 2026-07-25

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Current Status: As of 2026, Bowman remains a senior judge on the Eighth Circuit, continuing to hear cases in his retired capacity
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1983-2003
- Chief Judge: held the role of Chief Judge of the Eighth Circuit from April 17, 1998, to April 24, 1999
- Served in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps (1959–1984), reaching the rank of Colonel
- Dean & Professor, University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law (1979–1983)
- Visiting professor, University of Virginia School of Law, 1978-1979
- Dean/professor of law, Wake Forest University School of Law, 1970-1978
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

### Education

- University of Virginia School of Law — LL.M. (1986)
- New York University School of Law (Root-Tilden Scholar; managing editor, NYU Law Review) — J.D. (1958)
- in English, Bridgewater College — B.A. (1955)

### Additional information

- Service: held the role of a judge from July 19, 1983, to August 1, 2003, when he assumed senior status.
- U.S. Army Reserve colonel, JAG Corps, 1959-1984
- Appointment: Nominated by President Ronald Reagan on May 24, 1983, to a seat vacated by Judge Jesse Smith Henley.
- Confirmation: Senate confirmed by voice vote on July 18, 1983; commission issued July 19, 1983.
- professor, 1969-1970
- Faculty, University of Georgia School of Law, 1964-1970
- associate professor, 1965-1969
- assistant professor, 1964-1965
- Private practice, New York City, 1958-1964
- Date of birth: 1933-01-01
- Birth place: Harrisonburg, VA

## Before you appear

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- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
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## 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/1378081)
- [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1378081)
- [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1378081)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/344/pasco-middleton-bowman-ii/)
- [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/344/pasco-middleton-bowman-ii/)
- [Wikidata: Pasco Bowman II](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7141816)

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