Rebecca Ross Haywood

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Nominee Information
	Name: Rebecca Ross Haywood
	Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit
Progress
	Returned 294 days after nomination.
	Nominated: March 15, 2016
	ABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
	Questionnaire: Questionnaire
	Hearing:
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	Returned: January 3, 2017

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Rebecca Ross Haywood is chief of the appellate division for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania. On March 15, 2016, President Barack Obama nominated her to serve as an Article III federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.^[1] On January 3, 2017, Haywood's nomination was returned to President Obama at the sine die adjournment of the 114th Congress.^[2]

Education

Haywood earned her A.B., cum laude, from Princeton University in 1990, and her J.D. from the University of Michigan, magna cum laude, in 1994. She served as an associate editor on the Michigan Law Review during a portion of her law school studies.

Federal judicial nomination

Third Circuit Court of Appeals

President Obama nominated Haywood to the Third Circuit Court on March 15, 2016, to serve as an Article III federal judge. Obama said of Haywood, "Throughout her career, Rebecca Ross Haywood has shown unwavering integrity and an outstanding commitment to public service ... I am proud to nominate her to serve on the United States Court of Appeals."^[1]

The American Bar Association rated Haywood Unanimously Well Qualified for the nomination.^[3]

On January 3, 2017, Haywood's nomination was returned to President Obama at the sine die adjournment of the 114th Congress.^[2]