Rainbows, Elephants, and Muskrats

SENIOR JUDGE DAVID B. SENTELLE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT In the summer of 1987, David B. Sentelle found himself surrounded by 17,000 mostly naked hippies. The intervening summer - while Judge Sentelle's appellate nomination was pending - was his last summer as a federal district judge for the Western District of North Carolina. [...]it's chock-full of riotously funny anecdotes involving, for example, his law clerks - who toured the Rainbow Gathering with "Judge Dave" - and six Hare Krishnas in saffron robes charging through the Nantahala National Forest with an elephant. Since his elevation to the D.C. Circuit, Judge Sentelle has had an enormous impact on the nation. [...]let's not forget Judge Sentelle's tireless efforts as (take a deep breath) the presiding judge of the Special Division for the Purpose of Appointing Independent Counsels (from 1992 to 2006), as chair of the U.S. Judicial Conference's Executive Committee (from 2010 to 2013), and as a judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review (from 2018 to present and presiding judge since 2020).