[7] Haddon took senior status only a few months earlier, leaving Dana L. Christensen the only active judge.

[10] Cebull ruled that "The federal government created and controls the beef checkoff program.

[12] In 2004, Cebull granted the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund and the United Stockgrowers of America an injunction against imports of Canadian cattle over concerns of a potential bovine spongiform encephalopathy outbreak.

"[16] On March 1, 2012, Cebull initiated a misconduct complaint against himself with the Ninth Circuit[17] and sent a letter of apology to Obama and his family.

[19][20] On October 4, 2012, United States Courts spokeswoman Karen Redmond said Cebull would take senior status March 18, 2013.

[21] On April 3, 2013, it was announced that Judge Cebull would retire, concluding the misconduct investigation begun by his own self-report.

Circuit Court of Appeals revealed that Cebull had sent hundreds of "racist, sexist and politically inflammatory" e-mail messages over four years.