Alicemarie Huber Stotler
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1984 and confirmed by voice vote, Alicemarie Huber Stotler was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. She earned a law degree from University of Southern California Gould School of Law in 1967. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1942–2014
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1984
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Southern California 1964 · University of Southern California Gould Law 1967
- Succeeded
- Robert Joseph Kelleher
- Succeeded by
- Josephine L. Staton
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Central District of California succeeded Robert Joseph Kelleher | Reagan (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
| University of Southern California | B.A. | 1964 |
| University of Southern California Gould School of Law | J.D. | 1967 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Stotler was assigned 5,948 district-court cases (1976–2012). Median time from filing to termination: 214 days across 5,948 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 185 of Stotler’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 144 were affirmed, 30 reversed or vacated, and 11 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, Stotler authored 53 published opinions for the court (1985–2010). Most cited: Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Baker (45 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Baker | 739 F. Supp. 1401 | 45 |
| 1987 | Thomas v. Atascadero Unified School District | 662 F. Supp. 376 | 40 |
| 1991 | Am. Cas. Co. of Reading, Pa. v. Baker | 758 F. Supp. 1340 | 32 |
| 1994 | Century 21 Real Estate Corp. v. Re/Max South County | 882 F. Supp. 915 | 26 |
| 1992 | Perez v. General Packer, Inc. | 790 F. Supp. 1464 | 20 |
| 1999 | Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Netscape Communications Corp. | 55 F. Supp. 2d 1070 | 18 |
| 1993 | Intercontinental Dictionary Series v. De Gruyter | 822 F. Supp. 662 | 18 |
| 2010 | Parkinson v. Hyundai Motor America | 796 F. Supp. 2d 1160 | 17 |
| 1986 | Snow v. Bechtel Construction Inc. | 647 F. Supp. 1514 | 17 |
| 1992 | United States v. M.L. | 811 F. Supp. 491 | 15 |
| 1986 | California Software Inc. v. Reliability Research, Inc. | 631 F. Supp. 1356 | 15 |
| 2005 | Berry v. American Express Publishing, Corp. | 381 F. Supp. 2d 1118 | 13 |
| 2009 | Jeff Tracy, Inc. v. U.S. Specialty Insurance | 636 F. Supp. 2d 995 | 11 |
| 2000 | Callaway Golf Corp. v. Royal Canadian Golf Ass'n | 125 F. Supp. 2d 1194 | 11 |
| 1988 | Perfit v. Perfit | 693 F. Supp. 851 | 11 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 53 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 Alicemarie Huber Stotler?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Alicemarie Huber Stotler to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 1984.
- Was Alicemarie Huber Stotler appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Alicemarie Huber Stotler was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Alicemarie Huber Stotler's confirmation vote?
- Alicemarie Huber Stotler was confirmed by voice vote on May 1, 1984. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Alicemarie Huber Stotler on?
- Alicemarie Huber Stotler was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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30 years on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).