--- title: "Stephen Hale Anderson | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/stephen-hale-anderson" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Stephen Hale Anderson 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: senior - 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 Tenth Circuit, 1985-2000 - Special Counsel to the Salt Lake County Grand Jury (1975) - Began as a trial attorney in the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (1960–1964) - Inactive Senior United States Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ### Education - University of Utah College of Law in, graduating in the Order of the Coif and serving as editor-in-chief of the Utah Law Review — LL.B. (1960) - Eastern Oregon University ### Additional information - Historical records show Anderson signed 58 published Tenth Circuit decisions between 1989 and 2014. - Recognized as “Judge of the Year” by the Federal Bar Association (2005) and Utah State Bar (2002) - Served until January 1, 2000, when he assumed senior status. - Nominated by President Ronald Reagan on July 23, 1985, Anderson was confirmed by the Senate on October 16, 1985, to a new seat on the Tenth Circuit. - Private practice, Salt Lake City, UT, 1964-1985 - He then practiced law in Salt Lake City with Ray, Quinney & Nebeker (1964–1985) - President of the Utah State Bar (1983–1984) and the Salt Lake County Bar Association (1977–1978). - He returned to Brigham Young University (1955–1956) - He studied at Eastern Oregon College of Education (1949–1951), served a LDS mission in England (1951–1953), and served in the U.S. Army 44th Infantry Division (1953–1955). - Born January 12, 1932, Salt Lake City, Utah. - Date of birth: 1932-01-01 - focusing on business and tax law. - Succeeded by Judge Michael W. McConnell. - Parole and administrative remedies: Release on parole did not cure a prisoner’s failure to exhaust administrative remedies. - Fourth Amendment: No expectation of privacy in subscriber information voluntarily given to an internet service provider. - Agency deference: Federal agencies’ reasonable interpretations of ambiguous statutes are deferential unless arbitrary or capricious. - Anderson was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Byron and Nan Anderson. - Anderson is married to Shirlee Gehring and has two children. - Birth place: Salt Lake City, UT ## 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/1377221) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1377221) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1377221) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/110/stephen-hale-anderson/) - [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/110/stephen-hale-anderson/) - [Wikidata: Stephen Hale Anderson](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7609403) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/stephen-hale-anderson", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/stephen-hale-anderson", "name": "Stephen Hale Anderson | KnowJudges", "description": "Stephen Hale Anderson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. 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