[1] Gordon received his Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, in 1984 from Claremont McKenna College.

[2] On January 2, 2013, his nomination was returned to the President, due to the sine die adjournment of the Senate.

The case of Mitchell v. City of Henderson questioned whether police officers who forcibly entered the homes of plaintiffs and who stayed for a significant amount of time to gain a tactical advantage on a subject violated the Third Amendment.

Even if they were, Gordon suggested that a separate inquiry was needed to determine whether the hours spent in the home by the officers constituted quartering.

Though he declined to rule whether it was or wasn't, he was more likely to find that it was not and that additional time would be needed to meet the threshold.