A. Richard Caputo
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1997 and confirmed by voice vote, A. Richard Caputo was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) in 1963. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1938–2020
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1997
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Brown 1960 · University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) 1963
- Succeeded
- Richard Paul Conaboy
- Succeeded by
- Malachy Edward Mannion
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Middle District of Pennsylvania succeeded Richard Paul Conaboy | Clinton (D) | Voice vote |
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
Voice vote
The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.
Education
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Caputo was assigned 3,628 district-court cases (1991–2020). Median time from filing to termination: 199 days across 3,627 closed cases.
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 378 of Caputo’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 316 were affirmed, 35 reversed or vacated, and 27 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, Caputo authored 76 published opinions for the court (1998–2011). Most cited: Doe v. Liberatore (65 citations).
A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Recent & notable rulings
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Doe v. Liberatore | 478 F. Supp. 2d 742 | 65 |
| 1998 | United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Feibus | 15 F. Supp. 2d 579 | 38 |
| 2008 | Kokinda v. Breiner | 557 F. Supp. 2d 581 | 36 |
| 2010 | Clark v. Conahan | 737 F. Supp. 2d 239 | 24 |
| 2009 | Slater v. Susquehanna County | 613 F. Supp. 2d 653 | 23 |
| 2004 | Bearley v. Friendly Ice Cream Corp. | 322 F. Supp. 2d 563 | 23 |
| 2001 | Tyrrell v. City of Scranton | 134 F. Supp. 2d 373 | 21 |
| 2007 | Vicky M. v. Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit 19 | 486 F. Supp. 2d 437 | 20 |
| 2000 | Leymeister v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance | 100 F. Supp. 2d 269 | 19 |
| 2005 | DOMINIC J. v. Wyoming Valley West High School | 362 F. Supp. 2d 560 | 17 |
| 2008 | Enterline v. Pocono Medical Center | 751 F. Supp. 2d 782 | 15 |
| 2007 | Joseph M. v. Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit 19 | 516 F. Supp. 2d 424 | 15 |
| 1998 | Lloyd v. Wyoming Valley Health Care System, Inc. | 994 F. Supp. 288 | 15 |
| 2006 | Key Consolidated 2000, Inc. v. Troost | 432 F. Supp. 2d 484 | 14 |
| 2001 | Falzett v. Pocono Mountain School District | 150 F. Supp. 2d 699 | 14 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 76 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 A. Richard Caputo?
- President William J. Clinton appointed A. Richard Caputo to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in 1997.
- Was A. Richard Caputo appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- A. Richard Caputo was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was A. Richard Caputo's confirmation vote?
- A. Richard Caputo was confirmed by voice vote on November 9, 1997. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was A. Richard Caputo on?
- A. Richard Caputo was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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22 years on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).