Who appointed Alfred V. Covello?

President George H.W. Bush appointed Alfred V. Covello to the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut in 1992.

Was Alfred V. Covello appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Alfred V. Covello was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Alfred V. Covello's confirmation vote?

Alfred V. Covello was confirmed by voice vote on August 12, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Connecticut / Appointed 1992 / Served to 2025

Alfred V. Covello

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

Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and confirmed by voice vote, Alfred V. Covello was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. He earned a law degree from University of Connecticut School of Law in 1960. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1933–2025
Appointed by: George H.W. Bush, 1992
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Harvard 1954 · University of Connecticut Law 1960
Succeeded by: Mark R. Kravitz

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1992	District of Connecticut	G.H.W. Bush (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

Harvard University	A.B.	1954
University of Connecticut School of Law	J.D., LL.B.	1960

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Covello was assigned 4,552 district-court cases (1978–2022). Median time from filing to termination: 386 days across 4,542 closed cases.

Civil rights20%

Contract16%

Prisoner & habeas15%

Personal-injury torts12%

Other federal statutes8%

Labor & ERISA6%

Other24%

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 90 of Covello’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 80 were affirmed, 9 reversed or vacated, and 1 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, Covello authored 79 published opinions for the court (1992–2008). Most cited: Inset Systems, Inc. v. Instruction Set, Inc. (58 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
1996	Inset Systems, Inc. v. Instruction Set, Inc.	937 F. Supp. 161	58
1995	Nutt v. Norwich Roman Catholic Diocese	921 F. Supp. 66	34
2000	MRCA Information Services v. United States	145 F. Supp. 2d 194	30
1999	Cole v. Aetna Life & Casualty	70 F. Supp. 2d 106	29
2001	Teresa T. v. Ragaglia	154 F. Supp. 2d 290	26
1997	Balfour Beatty Construction, Inc. v. Colonial Ornamental Iron Works, Inc.	986 F. Supp. 82	21
1994	Pfizer, Inc. v. Miles, Inc.	868 F. Supp. 437	18
1994	Reich v. American Intern. Adjustment Co., Inc.	902 F. Supp. 321	18
1994	Nielsen v. Sioux Tools, Inc.	870 F. Supp. 435	17
1992	United States v. Travelers Insurance	815 F. Supp. 521	15
2003	MM Global Services, Inc. v. Dow Chemical Co.	283 F. Supp. 2d 689	14
2001	M.H. Ex Rel. H. v. Bristol Board of Education	169 F. Supp. 2d 21	14
2002	Hartford Accident & Indem. Co. v. Equitas Reinsurance Ltd.	200 F. Supp. 2d 102	13
1995	Federal Deposit Insurance v. Raffa	935 F. Supp. 119	12
2004	Dreamcatcher Software Development, LLC v. Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc.	298 F. Supp. 2d 276	11

Showing the 15 most-cited of 79 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 Alfred V. Covello?: President George H.W. Bush appointed Alfred V. Covello to the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut in 1992.
Was Alfred V. Covello appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Alfred V. Covello was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Alfred V. Covello's confirmation vote?: Alfred V. Covello was confirmed by voice vote on August 12, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Alfred V. Covello on?: Alfred V. Covello was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Sources

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