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Alan Bond Johnson

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and confirmed by voice vote, Alan Bond Johnson is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming. He earned a law degree from University of Wyoming College of Law in 1964. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born
1939 · age 87
Appointed by
Ronald Reagan, 1985
Confirmed
by voice vote
Education
Vanderbilt 1961 · University of Wyoming College of Law 1964

Federal judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
1985District of WyomingReagan (R)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, Johnson was assigned 3,767 district-court cases (1985–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 261 days across 3,597 closed cases.

Personal-injury torts19%
Prisoner & habeas18%
Contract16%
Civil rights12%
Other civil matters9%
Other federal statutes9%
Other17%

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 323 of Johnson’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 247 were affirmed, 38 reversed or vacated, and 38 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, Johnson authored 131 published opinions for the court (1986–2011). Most cited: S & S Diversified Services, L.L.C. v. Taylor (40 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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

YearCaseCitationCited
1995S & S Diversified Services, L.L.C. v. Taylor897 F. Supp. 54940
2002Hasvold v. First USA Bank, N.A.194 F. Supp. 2d 122834
1997Wyoming Department of Transportation v. Straight (In Re Straight)209 B.R. 54027
1993Federal Deposit Insurance v. Updike Bros.814 F. Supp. 103524
1988Jimenez v. Colorado Interstate Gas Co.690 F. Supp. 97722
2007Jensen v. Solvay Chemicals, Inc.520 F. Supp. 2d 134921
2000Klein v. United States125 F. Supp. 2d 46020
1990United States v. Ibarra731 F. Supp. 103719
1997Ware v. Wyoming Board of Law Examiners973 F. Supp. 133917
1987Geist v. Converse County Bank79 B.R. 93917
1993Commissioner v. Peterson (In Re Peterson)152 B.R. 32916
1997Walker v. Toolpushers Supply Co.955 F. Supp. 137715
1994Coones v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York168 B.R. 24714
1993Ball v. City of Cheyenne, Wyo.845 F. Supp. 80314
1989Matter of Mohsen715 F. Supp. 106314

Showing the 15 most-cited of 131 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 Alan Bond Johnson?
President Ronald Reagan appointed Alan Bond Johnson to the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming in 1985.
Was Alan Bond Johnson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
Alan Bond Johnson was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Alan Bond Johnson's confirmation vote?
Alan Bond Johnson was confirmed by voice vote on December 16, 1985. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Alan Bond Johnson on?
Alan Bond Johnson is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming.

Sources

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