Patrick Wyrick

[4][5] Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan questioned Wyrick "forcefully" and "intensely" during oral arguments in the case.

[7] The Oklahoma Judicial Nominating Commission submitted three names of potential nominees to replace Taylor to Governor Mary Fallin.

[8] Wyrick and two Oklahoma district court judges, Mark Campbell and Jonathan Sullivan, were nominated by the commission.

[9] His tenure as an associate justice ended on April 10, 2019, when he received his commission as a federal district judge.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissed the lawsuit on the grounds that the two residents lacked standing to sue.

[10] On November 17, 2017, Wyrick was named by President Donald Trump as a potential nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States.

[13] He was nominated to the seat vacated by Judge David Lynn Russell, who assumed senior status on July 7, 2013.