Johnnie Mae Blakeney Rawlinson (born December 16, 1952) is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 11/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 94/year
Nevada District Court · 1998–2000Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 2000–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- African American
Prior employment
- Las Vegas, NevadaOffice of the District Attorney · 1980–1998
- ↳deputy district attorney · 1980–1989
- ↳chief deputy district attorney · 1989–1995
- ↳assistant district attorney · 1995–1998
- Private practice, Las Vegas, Nevada1979–1980
- Nevada Legal Services, Las Vegas, NevadaStaff attorney · 1980
Appointments
2000–present · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
1998–2000 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of LawJ.D. · 1979
- North Carolina A&T State UniversityB.S. · 1974