Allison Hartwell Eid is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. She was nominated to the court by President Donald Trump on June 7, 2017, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 2, 2017, by a vote of 56-41. The United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit is one of 13 U.S. courts of appeal. They are the intermediate appellate courts of the United States federal courts. Eid was included on President Donald Trump’s June 2018 list of 25 potential Supreme Court nominees to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the court. She was also on the short list to potentially replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in September 2020. Prior to her service on the Tenth Circuit, Judge Eid was a justice on the Colorado Supreme Court. She was the 95th justice to serve on the court, serving from 2006 to 2017. Eid was appointed to the court by Republican Governor Bill Owens on February 15, 2006, to succeed Justice Rebecca Kourlis, who retired. She was retained by voters in November 2008.
