Patrick Joseph Bumatay
How Judge Bumatay rules, drawn from 39 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
About Judge Bumatay
Patrick Joseph Bumatay is a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Appointed by President Donald J. Trump, Judge Bumatay received a commission on December 12, 2019.
Judge Bumatay's practices and standing orders
The court's website lists no individual practices or standing orders of Judge Bumatay's own (checked October 11, 2026), so the court's local rules and general orders are the place to look (court page ↗).
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the court applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 11, 2026).
How Judge Bumatay decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
In a concurrence, Bumatay distinguished Article III standing from the separate sovereign-immunity inquiry that governs suits against state officials. He agreed with the judgment but would apply the latter inquiry independently.
“State sovereign immunity dictates they have not done so.”
In his October 30 dissent from denial of an injunction pending appeal, Bumatay argued that federal election law permitted an order temporarily separating ballots identified for citizenship verification. The panel denied the government’s request.
“I would hold that California’s actions are preempted under § 611(a) and enjoin California from commingling its ballots further.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part; REMANDED.”
“The BAP correctly found that the rents belonged to the bankruptcy estate. Accordingly, Pena has no right to them. AFFIRMED.”
“AFFIRMED.”
“Because the plain text of Government Code § 945.3 compels tolling of any action involving the ‘conduct of [a] peace officer,’ we affirm.”
“For the foregoing reasons, we REVERSE and REMAND with instructions for the district court to modify the injunction consistent with this opinion.”
“We hold that a plaintiff does not create appellate jurisdiction by voluntarily dismissing his claims with prejudice after being forced to arbitrate them.”
“The district court’s denial of King’s motion to suppress is AFFIRMED, and the remainder of his appeal is DISMISSED.”
“Accordingly, the panel concluded that Diaz-Flores’s conviction was a CIMT that made him ineligible for cancellation of removal.”
“For these reasons, we VACATE the district court’s judgment and award of damages on the Labor Code § 226.7 claim and REMAND with instructions to further remand it to state court. We also REVERSE the judgment and award of damages on the Labor Code § 226(a) claims and REMAND with instructions to enter judgment for Walmart.”
“Success on such a claim would ‘necessarily imply’ that his conviction was invalid. Sanders’s claim was, therefore, barred under Heck.”
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