Who appointed Adalberto Jose Jordan?

President Barack Obama appointed Adalberto Jose Jordan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in 2012.

Was Adalberto Jose Jordan appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Adalberto Jose Jordan was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Adalberto Jose Jordan's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Adalberto Jose Jordan 94–5 on February 15, 2012.

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Adalberto Jose Jordan

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

Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2012 and confirmed by the Senate 94–5, Adalberto Jose Jordan is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of Miami School of Law in 1987. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1961 · age 65
Appointed by: Barack Obama, 2012
Confirmed: 94–5
Education: University of Miami 1984 · University of Miami Law 1987
Succeeded: Susan Harrell Black

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1999	Southern District of Florida succeeded Lenore Carrero Nesbitt	Clinton (D)	93–1
2012	Eleventh Circuit succeeded Susan Harrell Black	Obama (D)	94–5

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote · Southern District of Florida

Nomination Confirmed 93–1 on September 8, 1999 · 106th Congress, Roll Call 262. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 93

43 D, 50 R

Voted against · 1

1 R

Bob Smith(R-NH)

Did not vote · 6

2 D, 4 R

Confirmation vote · Eleventh Circuit

Nomination Confirmed 94–5 on February 15, 2012 · 112th Congress, Roll Call 19. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 94

51 D, 41 R, 2 I

Voted against · 5

5 R

Roy Blunt(R-MO)
James DeMint(R-SC)
Mike Lee(R-UT)
Pat Toomey(R-PA)
David Vitter(R-LA)

Did not vote · 1

1 R

Mark Kirk(R-IL)

Education

University of Miami	B.A.	1984
University of Miami School of Law	J.D.	1987

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Jordan was assigned 4,365 district-court cases (1984–2012). Median time from filing to termination: 185 days across 4,362 closed cases.

Contract21%

Prisoner & habeas16%

Civil rights15%

Labor & ERISA13%

Other federal statutes11%

Personal-injury torts10%

Other15%

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 185 of Jordan’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 169 were affirmed, 9 reversed or vacated, and 7 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, Jordan authored 108 published opinions for the court (1999–2011). Most cited: Smolnikar v. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (78 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
2011	Smolnikar v. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.	787 F. Supp. 2d 1308	78
2000	Kruger v. Jenne	164 F. Supp. 2d 1330	33
2001	Santelices v. Cable Wiring	147 F. Supp. 2d 1313	29
2002	Martinez v. Bush	234 F. Supp. 2d 1275	21
2007	Prohias v. Pfizer, Inc.	485 F. Supp. 2d 1329	20
2002	Bocquet v. Ouzid	225 F. Supp. 2d 1337	20
2006	Nova Casualty Co. v. Waserstein	424 F. Supp. 2d 1325	18
2010	GREAT LAKES REINSURANCE (UK), PLC v. Rosin	757 F. Supp. 2d 1244	16
2001	Federal Financial Co. v. DeKaron Corp.	261 B.R. 61	15
2000	Gonzalez v. M/V DESTINY PANAMA	102 F. Supp. 2d 1352	15
2008	Luna v. Walgreen Co.	575 F. Supp. 2d 1326	14
2011	Ibis Villas at Miami Gardens Condo Ass'n v. Aspen Specialty Insurance	799 F. Supp. 2d 1333	12
2009	Rojas Mamani v. Sanchez Berzain	636 F. Supp. 2d 1326	12
2007	Prohias v. Pfizer, Inc.	490 F. Supp. 2d 1228	12
2010	Florida Transportation Service, Inc. v. Miami-Dade County	757 F. Supp. 2d 1260	10

Showing the 15 most-cited of 108 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 Adalberto Jose Jordan?: President Barack Obama appointed Adalberto Jose Jordan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in 2012.
Was Adalberto Jose Jordan appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Adalberto Jose Jordan was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Adalberto Jose Jordan's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Adalberto Jose Jordan 94–5 on February 15, 2012.
Which court is Adalberto Jose Jordan on?: Adalberto Jose Jordan is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Sources

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