Who appointed Algenon L. Marbley?

President William J. Clinton appointed Algenon L. Marbley to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in 1997.

Was Algenon L. Marbley appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Algenon L. Marbley was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Algenon L. Marbley's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Algenon L. Marbley 91–0 on October 27, 1997.

Southern District of Ohio / Appointed 1997 / Active

Algenon L. Marbley

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1997 and confirmed by the Senate 91–0, Algenon L. Marbley is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. He earned a law degree from Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law) in 1979. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1954 · age 72
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1997
Confirmed: 91–0
Education: University of North Carolina 1976 · Northwestern Law (now Pritzker School of Law) 1979
Succeeded: John David Holschuh

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1997	Southern District of Ohio succeeded John David Holschuh	Clinton (D)	91–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 91–0 on October 27, 1997 · 105th Congress, Roll Call 279. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 91

40 D, 51 R

Did not vote · 9

5 D, 4 R

Education

University of North Carolina	B.A.	1976
Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law)	J.D.	1979

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Marbley was assigned 5,355 district-court cases (1991–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 272 days across 4,718 closed cases.

Other civil matters19%

Civil rights15%

Labor & ERISA13%

Contract11%

Other federal statutes9%

Prisoner & habeas9%

Other25%

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 332 of Marbley’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 253 were affirmed, 45 reversed or vacated, and 34 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, Marbley authored 235 published opinions for the court (1997–2011). Most cited: Lewis v. Huntington National Bank (80 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
2011	Lewis v. Huntington National Bank	789 F. Supp. 2d 863	80
2006	J.P. v. Taft	439 F. Supp. 2d 793	75
2006	Foster v. D.B.S. Collection Agency	463 F. Supp. 2d 783	47
2009	Abdulsalaam v. Franklin County Board of Commissioners	637 F. Supp. 2d 561	45
2009	Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless v. Brunner	652 F. Supp. 2d 871	42
2004	In Re AEP Erisa Litigation	327 F. Supp. 2d 812	38
2003	Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Ass'n, Inc. v. Arctic Exp., Inc.	288 F. Supp. 2d 895	37
2005	United States v. Mayhew	380 F. Supp. 2d 961	33
2003	Delahunt v. Cytodyne Technologies	241 F. Supp. 2d 827	30
2004	Mécanique C.N.C., Inc. v. Durr Environmental, Inc.	304 F. Supp. 2d 971	28
2001	Edwards v. McCormick	136 F. Supp. 2d 795	27
2004	Brown v. BKW Drywall Supply, Inc.	305 F. Supp. 2d 814	26
1999	Powell v. Morris	37 F. Supp. 2d 1011	25
1998	Williams v. United Dairy Farmers	20 F. Supp. 2d 1193	25
2005	United States v. Coleman	370 F. Supp. 2d 661	24

Showing the 15 most-cited of 235 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 Algenon L. Marbley?: President William J. Clinton appointed Algenon L. Marbley to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in 1997.
Was Algenon L. Marbley appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Algenon L. Marbley was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Algenon L. Marbley's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Algenon L. Marbley 91–0 on October 27, 1997.
Which court is Algenon L. Marbley on?: Algenon L. Marbley is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Sources

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