Who appointed Gustavo Antonio Gelpí Jr.?

President Joseph R. Biden appointed Gustavo Antonio Gelpí Jr. to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in 2021.

Was Gustavo Antonio Gelpí Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Gustavo Antonio Gelpí Jr. was appointed by President Joseph R. Biden, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Gustavo Antonio Gelpí Jr.'s confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Gustavo Antonio Gelpí Jr. 52–41 on October 18, 2021.

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Gustavo Antonio Gelpí Jr.

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Appointed by President Joseph R. Biden in 2021 and confirmed by the Senate 52–41, Gustavo Antonio Gelpí Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He earned a law degree from Suffolk University Law School in 1991. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1965 · age 61
Appointed by: Joseph R. Biden, 2021
Confirmed: 52–41
Education: Brandeis 1987 · Suffolk Law School 1991
Succeeded: Juan R. Torruella

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2006	District of Puerto Rico succeeded Héctor Manuel Laffitte	G.W. Bush (R)	Voice vote
2021	First Circuit succeeded Juan R. Torruella	Biden (D)	52–41

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 52–41 on October 18, 2021 · 117th Congress, Roll Call 414. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 52

46 D, 4 R, 2 I

Voted against · 41

41 R

Did not vote · 7

2 D, 5 R

Education

Brandeis University	B.A.	1987
Suffolk University Law School	J.D.	1991

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Gelpí was assigned 1,699 district-court cases (1987–2021). Median time from filing to termination: 210 days across 1,698 closed cases.

Real property30%

Civil rights13%

Personal-injury torts12%

Prisoner & habeas9%

Contract9%

Labor & ERISA5%

Other21%

Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.

On appeal

Of 158 of Gelpí’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 114 were affirmed, 32 reversed or vacated, and 12 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.

In our data, Gelpí authored 106 published opinions for the court (2001–2011). Most cited: Medina v. Adecco (39 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2008	Medina v. Adecco	561 F. Supp. 2d 162	39
2010	Morales v. Monagas	723 F. Supp. 2d 416	17
2007	Marina Aguila v. Den Caribbean, Inc.	490 F. Supp. 2d 244	17
2007	Figueroa Garcia v. Lilly Del Caribe, Inc.	490 F. Supp. 2d 193	16
2007	Milan v. Centennial Communications Corp.	500 F. Supp. 2d 14	14
2009	Hernandez v. Esso Standard Oil Co.(Puerto Rico)	599 F. Supp. 2d 175	9
2003	United States v. $21,510 in U.S. Currency	292 F. Supp. 2d 318	8
2002	Reyes Canada v. Rey Hernandez	193 F. Supp. 2d 409	8
2009	San Juan Cable LLC v. TELECOMMS. REGULATORY BD. OF PUERTO RICO	598 F. Supp. 2d 233	7
2009	Wiley v. Stipes	595 F. Supp. 2d 179	7
2006	Pagan-Alejandro v. PR ACDelco Service Center, Inc.	468 F. Supp. 2d 316	7
2007	Pico Vidal v. Ruiz Alvarado	377 B.R. 788	6
2002	Puerto Rico Campers' Ass'n v. Puerto Rico Aqueduct & Sewer Authority	219 F. Supp. 2d 201	6
2007	Malave v. Centro Cardiovascular De Puerto Rico Y Del Caribe	485 F. Supp. 2d 6	5
2007	BADO-SANTANA v. Ford Motor Co.	482 F. Supp. 2d 197	5

Showing the 15 most-cited of 106 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

Who appointed Gustavo Antonio Gelpí Jr.?: President Joseph R. Biden appointed Gustavo Antonio Gelpí Jr. to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in 2021.
Was Gustavo Antonio Gelpí Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Gustavo Antonio Gelpí Jr. was appointed by President Joseph R. Biden, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Gustavo Antonio Gelpí Jr.'s confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Gustavo Antonio Gelpí Jr. 52–41 on October 18, 2021.
Which court is Gustavo Antonio Gelpí Jr. on?: Gustavo Antonio Gelpí Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Sources

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4 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).