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Roopali H. Desai
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 67 to 29Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- June 15, 2022
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- July 13, 2022
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 28, 2022
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 67 to 29
- Confirmed
- August 4, 2022
- Commissioned
- October 3, 2022
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1978, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Mary M. Schroeder, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2005-2006
- Private practice, Phoenix, Arizona, 2006-2022
- Professor of practice, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, 2022
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