Seth R. Aframe


Active
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Biden · 2024 2 years on the bench
Court
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Class
Active
Appointed by
President Joseph Biden
Commissioned
May 23, 2024
Years of service
2 years on the bench
Official biography
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Authored opinions (42 recorded, May 2025–Sep 2026)

Dahua Technology USA, Inc. v. Zhang — May 12, 2025 Goncalves v. Bondi — May 20, 2025 Anderson v. Divris — May 28, 2025 US v. Martinez-Ramos — Jul 2, 2025 US v. De Souza Prado — Jul 2, 2025 PCC Rokita, S.A. v. HH Technology Corp. — Jul 24, 2025 US v. Legassa — Jul 30, 2025 US v. Waithe — Aug 12, 2025 Hospital Amerimed Cancun S A DE C V v. Martin's Point Health Care, Inc. — Aug 19, 2025 United States Fire Insurance Company v. Peterson's Oil Service, Inc. — Sep 9, 2025 Conti v. Citizens Bank, N.A. — Sep 22, 2025 Zapet-Alvarado v. Bondi — Sep 22, 2025 Lopez-Gomez v. Bondi — Sep 22, 2025 Maurice v. Bondi — Oct 2, 2025 US v. Duluc-Mendez — Oct 15, 2025 Gore and Assoc. Mgmt. Co., Inc. v. SLSCO Ltd. — Oct 16, 2025 US v. Medoff — Nov 18, 2025 US v. Abercrombie — Dec 16, 2025 Radfar v. Covino — Jan 6, 2026 Besosa-Noceda v. Capo-Rivera — Jan 7, 2026 DeAngelis v. Hasbro, Inc. — Jan 29, 2026 Gonzalez Tomasini v. Steiner — Feb 2, 2026 Alicea v. Cincinnati Incorporated — Feb 6, 2026 US v. Yoon — Feb 20, 2026 Walsh v. HNTB Corporation — Mar 13, 2026 Ramos Ramos v. Jordan-Conde — Mar 25, 2026 Ocasio v. Comision Estatal de Elecciones — Apr 1, 2026 Beckwith v. Frey — Apr 3, 2026 US v. Nieves-Diaz — Apr 14, 2026 Lopez Martinez v. Blanche — Apr 23, 2026 US v. Padilla-Galarza — May 6, 2026 Courtemanche v. Noble — May 28, 2026 Buckley v. Blanche — May 29, 2026 Premca Extra Income Fund LP v. Angle — Jun 5, 2026 Recchia v. Campbell — Jul 21, 2026 Rana v. Blanche — Jul 23, 2026 Kim v. Blanche — Jul 30, 2026 Guzman v. Blanche — Aug 7, 2026 Cosel v. Wendt — Aug 11, 2026 In re Apellis Pharm., Inc. Securities Litigation — Aug 19, 2026 Russo v. New Hampshire Neurospine Institute, P.A. — Aug 25, 2026 US v. Velez-Ramirez — Aug 28, 2026 2025 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.

Judicial activity

Drawn from 392 tagged published First Circuit opinions. Consolidated cases are counted once.

Published cases decided
126
In majority
125
Wrote majority
42
Maj. rate
99%
Court average: 99%
Concurrences
1
Concur. in J.
0
Dissents
0
Partial diss.
1

Most frequent panel partners

Lara E. Montecalvo 39 times in the majority together
Julie Rikelman 30 times in the majority together
David J. Barron 25 times in the majority together
O. Rogeriee Thompson 24 times in the majority together
Kermit V. Lipez 20 times in the majority together
Gustavo A. Gelpí 19 times in the majority together

Notable opinions authored

Apr 3, 2026 Vac’d

Beckwith v. Frey

Sep 4, 2025 Stay pending appeal — Denied · joined majority

Orr v. Trump

Recent opinions authored