D.C. Circuit
Neomi Jehangir Rao
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Appointment
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- Title
- Judge
- Appointed by
- Donald J. TrumpRepublican president
- Seat
- CADC1303
- Nominated
- Jan. 23, 2019
- Committee hearing
- Feb. 5, 2019
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)Feb. 28, 2019
- Senate vote
- 53–46Roll Call
- Confirmed
- March 13, 2019
- Commissioned
- March 18, 2019
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
Source Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Judges. Party shown is the party of the appointing president, which is a fact about the president, not about the judge.
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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Aug. 11
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Aug. 11panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Edward William
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Aug. 7
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Aug. 4opinion issued Authored the opinion in Joseph Englehardt v. Todd Blanche
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July 31opinion issued Authored the opinion in Adele Ruppe v. Marco Rubio
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July 21panel identified Sat on the panel in Public Safety Spectrum Alliance v. FCC
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July 21
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July 17panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Charles Littlejohn
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July 17opinion issued Authored the opinion in Clean Air Council v. EPA
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July 14opinion issued Authored the opinion in State of New York v. Donald J. Trump
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July 7
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June 12
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opinion | Joseph Englehardt v. Todd Blanche | D.C. Circuit | Aug. 4, 2026 |
| Opinion | Adele Ruppe v. Marco Rubio | D.C. Circuit | July 31, 2026 |
| Opinion | Hospital Menonita de Guayama, Inc. v. NLRB | D.C. Circuit | July 21, 2026 |
| Opinion | Clean Air Council v. EPA | D.C. Circuit | July 17, 2026 |
| Opinion | State of New York v. Donald J. Trump | D.C. Circuit | July 14, 2026 |
| Opinion | Joe Neguse v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | D.C. Circuit | May 8, 2026 |
| Opinion | Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC v. NLRB | D.C. Circuit | April 28, 2026 |
| Opinion | Bruce Bunting v. District of Columbia CVS Pharmacy, LLC | D.C. Circuit | April 14, 2026 |
| Opinion | In re: Donald Trump | D.C. Circuit | April 14, 2026 |
| Opinion | Petro Star Inc. v. FERC | D.C. Circuit | Jan. 23, 2026 |
| Opinion | Spokane Airport Board v. TSA | D.C. Circuit | Jan. 20, 2026 |
| Opinion | Antero Resources Corporation v. FERC | D.C. Circuit | Sept. 30, 2025 |
| Opinion | SSM Litigation Group v. EPA | D.C. Circuit | Sept. 5, 2025 |
| Opinion | United States v. Aaron Thorpe | D.C. Circuit | Aug. 26, 2025 |
| Opinion | Michael Hill v. DOI | D.C. Circuit | Aug. 19, 2025 |
| Opinion | Eugene Hudson, Jr. v. American Federation of Government Employees | D.C. Circuit | Aug. 19, 2025 |
| Opinion | Hulley Enterprises Ltd. v. Russian Federation | D.C. Circuit | Aug. 5, 2025 |
| Opinion | Michael Hurd, Jr. v. DC | D.C. Circuit | Aug. 5, 2025 |
| Opinion | Associated Press v. Taylor Budowich | D.C. Circuit | June 6, 2025 |
| Opinion | USA v. USCC Wireless Investment, Inc. | D.C. Circuit | Feb. 11, 2025 |