Ninth Circuit
Bridget Shelton Bade
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appointment
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Title
- Judge
- Appointed by
- Donald J. TrumpRepublican
- Seat
- CA91404
- Nominated
- Jan. 23, 2019
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)Feb. 7, 2019
- Senate vote
- 78–21Roll Call
- Confirmed
- March 26, 2019
- Commissioned
- April 1, 2019
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
Source Federal Judicial Center.
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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Sept. 22panel identified Sat on the panel in Todd Yukutake v. Anne E. Lopez
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Sept. 11
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Aug. 28panel identified Sat on the panel in Kalshiex, LLC v. Assad
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Aug. 26opinion issued Concurred in Zunum Aero, Inc. v. the Boeing Company
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Aug. 20
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Aug. 4opinion issued Concurred in part in Federal Trade Commission v. Hoskins
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July 29panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Yates
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June 17
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April 29panel identified Sat on the panel in James Scott v. Ron Broomfield
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April 8
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March 23opinion issued Authored the opinion in Navarrete v. Bondi
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March 12opinion issued Authored the opinion in Michael Combs v. Ron Broomfield
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
| Case | No. | Status | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Yukutake v. Anne E. Lopez | 21-16756 | Decided | Sept. 22, 2026 | |
| Lewis-Williams v. San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District | 25-740 | Decided | Sept. 11, 2026 | |
| Kalshiex, LLC v. Assad | 25-7516 | Decided | Aug. 28, 2026 | |
| Zunum Aero, Inc. v. the Boeing Company | 24-5751 | Decided | Aug. 26, 2026 | Authored |
| Pacific Maritime Association v. National Labor Relations Board | 23-658 | Decided | Aug. 20, 2026 | |
| Federal Trade Commission v. Hoskins | 24-5747 | Decided | Aug. 4, 2026 | Authored |
| United States v. Yates | 25-2987 | Decided | July 29, 2026 | |
| American Federation of Government Employees, Afl-Cio v. Trump | 25-4014 | Decided | June 17, 2026 | |
| James Scott v. Ron Broomfield | 22-99000 | Decided | April 29, 2026 | |
| Eng v. United States Environmental Protection Agency | 25-138 | Decided | April 8, 2026 | |
| Navarrete v. Bondi | 24-2776 | Decided | March 23, 2026 | Authored |
| Michael Combs v. Ron Broomfield | 19-99010 | Decided | March 12, 2026 | Authored |
| Friends of Animals v. Burgum | 24-5786 | Decided | Jan. 14, 2026 | |
| Industrial Park Center LLC v. Great Northern Insurance Company | 24-4788 | Decided | Dec. 23, 2025 | |
| Vip Mortgage Incorporated v. Gates | 24-7624 | Decided | Dec. 22, 2025 | |
| State of Oregon v. Trump | 25-6268 | Rehearing en banc granted | Dec. 8, 2025 | |
| Rhode v. Bonta | 24-542 | Decided | Dec. 1, 2025 | |
| Fantasia v. Diodato | 23-3742 | Decided | Sept. 15, 2025 | Authored |
| Rearden, LLC v. Walt Disney Pictures | 24-3970 | Decided | Sept. 11, 2025 | |
| Reed Day v. Ben Henry | 23-16148 | Decided | Sept. 5, 2025 |
Judicial writings
Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.
| Type | Case | Court | Filed |
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| Concurrence | Zunum Aero, Inc. v. the Boeing Company | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 26, 2026 |
| Concurrence in part | Federal Trade Commission v. Hoskins | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 4, 2026 |
| Opinion | Navarrete v. Bondi | Ninth Circuit | March 23, 2026 |
| Opinion | Michael Combs v. Ron Broomfield | Ninth Circuit | March 12, 2026 |
| Opinion | Fantasia v. Diodato | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 15, 2025 |
| Opinion | Grijalva v. Adp Screening and Selection Services Incorporated | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 15, 2025 |
| Opinion | United States v. Bradford | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 4, 2025 |
| Opinion | Kimberly Marroquin v. City of Los Angeles | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 27, 2024 |
| Opinion | Youssif Kamal v. Eden Creamery, LLC | Ninth Circuit | Dec. 21, 2023 |
| Opinion | Orlando Garcia v. Gateway Hotel L.P. | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 15, 2023 |
| Opinion | In Re: Law Offices of Ben C. Martin v. Babbitt & Johnson Pa | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 24, 2023 |
| Opinion | Robert Bugielski v. At&t Services, Inc. | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 4, 2023 |
| Opinion | Nude Nicotine Inc. v. Fda | Ninth Circuit | July 7, 2023 |
| Opinion | Benjamin Joffe v. Google, Inc. | Ninth Circuit | Dec. 27, 2021 |
| Concurrence | Benjamin Joffe v. Google, Inc. | Ninth Circuit | Dec. 27, 2021 |
| Dissent | John Fordley v. Joe Lizarraga | Ninth Circuit | Nov. 10, 2021 |
| Opinion | United States v. Abhijit Prasad | Ninth Circuit | Nov. 8, 2021 |
| Dissent | United States v. Alfred Velazquez | Ninth Circuit | June 23, 2021 |
| Opinion | Zane Dickinson v. David Shinn | Ninth Circuit | June 22, 2021 |
| Order | Alexander Balbuena v. William Sullivan | Ninth Circuit | Nov. 17, 2020 |