Ninth Circuit
Roopali H. Desai
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
- CA91503
- Nominated
- June 15, 2022
- Committee hearing
- July 13, 2022
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)July 28, 2022
- Senate vote
- 67–29Roll Call
- Confirmed
- Aug. 4, 2022
- Commissioned
- Oct. 3, 2022
- ABA rating
- Qualified
Source Federal Judicial Center.
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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Sept. 25opinion issued Authored the opinion in Perez-Garcia v. Blanche
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Sept. 18opinion issued Dissented in Raymundo Meza Medina v. Todd Blanche
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Sept. 17panel identified Sat on the panel in Heimbigner v. Edgewater Services, LLC
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Sept. 14panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Tovar-Duran
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Sept. 11panel identified Sat on the panel in Powers v. McDonough
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Sept. 3panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Valencia
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Sept. 2opinion issued Concurred in United States v. Younes Nasri
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Sept. 2opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Younes Nasri
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Aug. 28panel identified Sat on the panel in Mbueno-Vita v. Blanche
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Aug. 13panel identified Sat on the panel in Gonzalez-Argueta v. Blanche
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Aug. 7
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July 9panel identified Sat on the panel in Menjivar-Ayala v. Blanche
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
| Case | No. | Status | Date | |
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| Perez-Garcia v. Blanche | 24-1092 | Decided | Sept. 25, 2026 | Authored |
| Raymundo Meza Medina v. Todd Blanche | 20-70017 | Decided | Sept. 18, 2026 | Authored |
| Heimbigner v. Edgewater Services, LLC | 25-2325 | Decided | Sept. 17, 2026 | |
| United States v. Tovar-Duran | 24-2328 | Decided | Sept. 14, 2026 | |
| Powers v. McDonough | 24-6576 | Decided | Sept. 11, 2026 | |
| United States v. Valencia | 24-3820 | Decided | Sept. 3, 2026 | |
| United States v. Younes Nasri | 22-55685 | Decided | Sept. 2, 2026 | Authored |
| Mbueno-Vita v. Blanche | 24-5472 | Decided | Aug. 28, 2026 | |
| Gonzalez-Argueta v. Blanche | 25-557 | Decided | Aug. 13, 2026 | |
| Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans v. Kristin K. Mayes | 22-16490 | Decided | Aug. 7, 2026 | |
| Menjivar-Ayala v. Blanche | 24-4562 | Decided | July 9, 2026 | |
| Ortiz v. Bisignano | 24-5407 | Decided | June 24, 2026 | |
| Welsh v. Loudbear | 25-5475 | Decided | June 4, 2026 | |
| Thakur v. Trump | 25-4249 | Decided | May 26, 2026 | |
| Fuhr v. City of Seattle | 24-5618 | Decided | May 7, 2026 | |
| Williams v. Legacy Health | 24-5977 | Decided | May 6, 2026 | |
| 3pak LLC v. City of Seattle | 24-7139 | Decided | May 5, 2026 | |
| Roe v. Petersen | 25-6980 | Decided | April 28, 2026 | |
| Gonzales v. Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC | 25-1037 | Decided | April 16, 2026 | |
| United States v. Williams | 24-5792 | Decided | April 13, 2026 |
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 | Perez-Garcia v. Blanche | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 25, 2026 |
| Dissent | Raymundo Meza Medina v. Todd Blanche | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 18, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | United States v. Younes Nasri | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 2, 2026 |
| Concurrence | United States v. Younes Nasri | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 2, 2026 |
| Opinion | Adventist Health System of West v. Abbvie Inc. | Ninth Circuit | March 17, 2026 |
| Dissent | Hector Cervantes-Torres v. United States | Ninth Circuit | March 13, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Castro Alavez | Ninth Circuit | Feb. 20, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | Montejo-Gonzalez v. Bondi | Ninth Circuit | Feb. 5, 2026 |
| Opinion | Nevada Resort Association-International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Ma | Ninth Circuit | Jan. 6, 2026 |
| Opinion | Walker Specialty Constr., Inc. v. Bd. of Tr. of the Constr. Indus. and Laborers Joint Pension Trust | Ninth Circuit | Jan. 5, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Rodriguez | Ninth Circuit | Dec. 22, 2025 |
| Opinion | Alvarado v. Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 30, 2025 |
| Opinion | McNeil v. Gittere | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 2, 2025 |
| Opinion | Robert Platt v. Sodexo, S.A. | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 4, 2025 |
| Opinion of the Court | Montejo-Gonzalez v. Bondi | Ninth Circuit | Oct. 17, 2024 |
| Opinion | Michael Terpin v. at and T Mobility LLC | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 30, 2024 |
| Order | United States v. Jeffrey Page | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 12, 2024 |
| Opinion | United States v. Jeffrey Page | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 12, 2024 |
| Opinion | United States v. Gomez | Ninth Circuit | Sept. 4, 2024 |
| Opinion | Catherine Berry v. Air Force Central Welfare Fund | Ninth Circuit | Aug. 29, 2024 |