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# Roopali H. Desai

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

- Professor of practice, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, 2022
- Law clerk, Hon. Mary M. Schroeder, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2005-2006
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

### Education

- University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law — J.D. (2005)
- University of Arizona — 2001
- University of Arizona — B.A. (2000)
- Master of Public Health — University of Arizona

### Additional information

- Private practice, Phoenix, Arizona, 2006-2022
- Date of birth: 1978
- Birth place: Toronto

## 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/12484631)
- [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/12484631)
- [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/12484631)
- [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure)
- [Judge Roopali H. Desai](https://www.fjc.gov/node/12484631)
- [Wikidata: Roopali Desai](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112584134)

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