Authored opinions (40 recorded, May 2025–Sep 2026)
Each mark is a majority opinion this judge wrote; hover for the case (hollow marks were later vacated). The timeline begins with the earliest opinion in the database (May 2025), not the judge’s first day on the bench; earlier opinions may predate it.
Judge Gustavo Gelpí received his commission to serve on the First Circuit on October 19, 2021, after being nominated by President Biden to fill the seat vacated after the death of Judge Juan Torruella.
Prior to his elevation to the First Circuit, Judge Gelpí spent time on all sides of the courtroom, first as an Assistant Federal Public Defender, then as an Assistant Attorney General, Solicitor General for Puerto Rico, and as a Magistrate Judge for the District of Puerto Rico. In 2006, Judge Gelpí was nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed as a judge for the District Court of the District of Puerto Rico, later serving as Chief Judge for the District from 2018 until his appointment to the First Circuit in 2021. He is a graduate of Suffolk University Law School and Brandeis University.