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# Patrick Joseph Bumatay

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

- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2019-present
- In summary, Patrick J. Bumatay is a seasoned federal judge with a background in high-level DOJ legal work, private practice, and appellate clerkships, now serving on the Ninth Circuit since 2019
- Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Deputy General, U.S. Department of Justice, 2017-present
- Counselor to the attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 2018-2019
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of California (2012–2019), serving on the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Forces Section
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, District Court, S.D. California, 2012-2019
- Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Deputy General, U.S. Department of Justice, 2017-2018
- Detailee, Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice, 2017-2017
- Associate at Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello in New York (2010–2012)
- Law clerk to Hon. Sandra L. Townes (E.D.N.Y.) (2009–2010)
- Law Clerk to Judge Sandra Townes, District Court, E.D. New York, 2009-2010
- Counsel to the Associate Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, 2008-2009
- Special Assistant and Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Legal Policy, 2007-2008
- Special assistant and counsel, U.S. DOJ Office of Legal Policy (2007–2008)
- Law clerk to Hon. Timothy M. Tymkovich (10th Cir.) (2006–2007)
- Clerk to the Hon. Timothy Tymkovich, Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2006-2007
- Law Clerk, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Legal Policy, 2005-2006
- Paralegal, Office of Counsel to the President, Executive Office of the President, 2003-2003
- Staff Assistant, Office of Counsel to the President, Executive Office of the President, 2002-2003
- American federal judge serving as a United States Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Counselor to the Deputy Attorney General and later Counselor to the Attorney General on criminal law and national opioid strategy

### Education

- Harvard University — J.D. (2006)
- Harvard Law School During law school, he edited the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy — J.D. (2006)
- cum laude — Yale University — 2000

### Additional information

- Bumatay has been active in several bar associations, including the Federalist Society (since 2003), Federal Bar Association (San Diego chapter), National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, and National Filipino American Lawyers Association.
- Nominated by President Donald J. Trump on October 15, 2019 to replace Carlos T. Bea, confirmed by the Senate on December 10, 2019, and commissioned on December 12, 2019.
- Practitioner, Morvillo Abramowitz Grand, Iason & Anello, P.C., 2010-2012
- Northern Virginia Field Director, Mark Earley for Governor Campaign, VA, 2001-2001
- Staffer, U.S. Department of Education, 2001-2001
- Born February 14, 1978, in Secaucus, New Jersey.
- Date of birth: 1978-02-14
- Based in San Diego, California, and has authored and participated in numerous appellate opinions, including dissenting and concurring opinions in cases such as Powers v.
- McDonough and Garcia Morales v.
- Blanche.
- He has received the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award twice.
- Birth place: Seacaucus, NJ

## 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/7499211)
- [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/7499211)
- [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/7499211)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15327/patrick-joseph-bumatay/)
- [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/15327/patrick-joseph-bumatay/)
- [Wikidata: Patrick J. Bumatay](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57242772)

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