Ninth Circuit
Gabriel Patrick Sanchez
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
- Joseph R. BidenDemocratic
- Seat
- CA92903
- Nominated
- Sept. 20, 2021
- Committee hearing
- Nov. 3, 2021
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)Dec. 2, 2021
- Senate vote
- 52–47Roll Call
- Confirmed
- Jan. 12, 2022
- Commissioned
- Jan. 24, 2022
- 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. 30opinion issued Authored the opinion in Americans for Prosperity v. Meyer
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Sept. 28panel identified Sat on the panel in United States of America v. Burton
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Sept. 24
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Sept. 22
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Sept. 22panel identified Sat on the panel in Todd Yukutake v. Anne E. Lopez
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Sept. 11panel identified Sat on the panel in Erwine v. Westbrook
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Sept. 9
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Sept. 9
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Aug. 28panel identified Sat on the panel in Parada Calderon v. Blanche
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Aug. 28opinion issued Authored the opinion in Jacques v. Blanche
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Aug. 24panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Aguilera
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Aug. 19opinion issued Authored the opinion in Ding v. Structure Therapeutics, Inc.
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
Judicial writings
Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.
| Type | Case | Court | Filed |
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| Opinion of the Court | Americans for Prosperity v. Meyer | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 30, 2026 |
| Opinion | Childs v. San Diego Family Housing, LLC | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 24, 2026 |
| Opinion | Martinson v. National Collegiate Athletic Association | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 9, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | Blythe v. National Collegiate Athletic Association | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 9, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | Jacques v. Blanche | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 28, 2026 |
| Opinion | Ding v. Structure Therapeutics, Inc. | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 19, 2026 |
| Opinion | Center for Biological Diversity v. United States Bureau of Reclamation | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 17, 2026 |
| Opinion | Andrew Brown v. Ron Broomfield | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 14, 2026 |
| Opinion | Serenity Investments, LLC v. Sun Hung Kai Strategic Capital, Ltd. | Ninth Circuit | July 29, 2026 |
| Opinion | Brown v. Oliver | Ninth Circuit | July 16, 2026 |
| Concurrence in part | United States v. $1,106,775 in US Currency | Ninth Circuit | June 2, 2026 |
| Opinion | Gonzalez v. City of Phoenix | Ninth Circuit | Jan. 8, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Leopoldo Rivera-Valdes | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 18, 2025 |
| Opinion | Trader Joe's Company v. Trader Joes United | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 8, 2025 |
| Opinion | Pacific Coast Fed'n of Fishermen's Ass'ns, Inc. v. Adam Nickels | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 5, 2025 |
| Opinion | Childs v. San Diego Family Housing, LLC | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 28, 2025 |
| Opinion | Hara v. Netflix, Inc. | Ninth Circuit | July 28, 2025 |
| Concurrence | Yaakov Markel v. Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America | Ninth Circuit | Dec. 30, 2024 |
| Dissent | Chmukh v. Garland | Ninth Circuit | Dec. 23, 2024 |
| Opinion | Corpeno-Romero v. Garland | Ninth Circuit | Oct. 22, 2024 |