--- title: "Gabriel Patrick Sanchez | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/gabriel-patrick-sanchez" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Gabriel Patrick Sanchez U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit - State: National federal courts - Role: U.S. Circuit Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - American jurist who has held the role of a United States circuit judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit since January 24, 2022 - In summary: Gabriel Patrick Sanchez is a senior federal appellate judge with a background in civil litigation, criminal justice policy, and state-level appellate law, now serving on the Ninth Circuit since 2022 - Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, 1st District, 2018-present - Associate justice, California Court of Appeal, First District, 2018-2022 - Deputy attorney general, Correctional Law Section, State of California, 2011-2012 - Deputy Attorney General in California’s Correctional Law Section (2011–2012) - Law clerk, Hon. Richard A. Paez, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2005-2006 ### Education - Yale Law School — J.D. (2005) - University of Cambridge, M.Phil. in European Studies (2000) - Yale University — B.A. (1998) - Yale College, B.A., cum laude (1998) - Philosophy — University of Cambridge ### Additional information - The U.S. Senate confirmed him by a 52–47 vote on January 12, 2022, and he received his judicial commission on January 24, 2022. - Nominated by President Joe Biden on September 20, 2021, to replace Marsha Siegel Berzon. - Edmund G. Brown, Jr., California, 2012-2018 - Deputy Legal Affairs Secretary under Governor Jerry Brown (2012–2018). - Private practice, San Francisco, California, 2008-2011 - Private practice in Los Angeles and San Francisco (2006–2011). - Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 2006-2007 - Fulbright Scholar, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1999) - Harvard-Westlake School (1994) - Born 1976 in Fullerton, California. - Date of birth: 1976 - Deputy legal affairs secretary, Gov. - The Ninth Circuit is one of 13 U.S. Courts of Appeals, serving as the intermediate appellate court for the western United States. - Birth place: Fullerton ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### appellate oral argument Scope: courtwide In federal courts of appeals, oral argument is allowed unless a three-judge panel unanimously finds one of Rule 34's specified grounds for dispensing with it; the clerk provides the date, time, place, and time allocation. Evidence excerpt: Oral argument must be allowed in every case unless a panel of three judges who have examined the briefs and record unanimously agrees that oral argument is unnecessary [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/11345676) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/11345676) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/11345676) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14310/gabriel-p-sanchez/) - [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14310/gabriel-p-sanchez/) - [Judge Gabriel Patrick Sanchez](https://www.fjc.gov/node/11345676) - [Wikidata: Gabriel P. 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