Patrick Bumatay appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, on October 30, 2019. Patrick Bumatay appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing to be U.S. circuit judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, on Oct. 30, 2019.
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The U.S. Senate has voted to confirm Southern California federal prosecutor Patrick Bumatay to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Confirmed in a 53-40 vote Tuesday, Bumatay becomes the first openly gay appellate judge appointed by President Donald Trump and the first of Filipino descent.

Bumatay also becomes the ninth Ninth Circuit judge appointed by the president to fill one of the court's 29 active judge seats. He's also the fourth judge confirmed to a seat based in California despite objections from the state's two Democratic U.S. senators.