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9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Jul. 29, 2022

Nominees for 9th Circuit and Central District get committee OK

Arizona litigator Roopali H. Desai did not get vocal opposition despite earlier comments about her past legal work.

Under normal circumstances, Arizona litigator Roopali H. Desai would have faced a close vote Thursday on her nomination to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals before the Senate Judiciary Committee — if she got a vote at all.

Desai, a nominee of President Joe Biden for the San Francisco-based appellate court with a narrow majority of Democratic appointees, faced a host of tough questions from Republican senators during her nomination hear...

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