Who appointed Alvin W. Thompson?

President William J. Clinton appointed Alvin W. Thompson to the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut in 1994.

Was Alvin W. Thompson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Alvin W. Thompson was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Alvin W. Thompson's confirmation vote?

Alvin W. Thompson was confirmed by voice vote on October 7, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Connecticut / Appointed 1994 / Senior status since 2018

Alvin W. Thompson

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

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, Alvin W. Thompson is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1978. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1953 · age 73
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1994
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Princeton 1975 · Yale Law School 1978
Succeeded: Ellen Bree Burns
Succeeded by: Omar Antonio Williams

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1994	District of Connecticut succeeded Ellen Bree Burns	Clinton (D)	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

Princeton University	B.A.	1975
Yale Law School	J.D.	1978

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Thompson was assigned 5,059 district-court cases (1985–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 310 days across 4,927 closed cases.

Civil rights19%

Prisoner & habeas14%

Contract14%

Other federal statutes11%

Personal-injury torts9%

Other civil matters7%

Other27%

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 172 of Thompson’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 140 were affirmed, 18 reversed or vacated, and 14 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, Thompson authored 105 published opinions for the court (1997–2012). Most cited: Connecticut Office of Protection & Advocacy for Persons With Disabilities v. Connecticut (15 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
2010	Connecticut Office of Protection & Advocacy for Persons With Disabilities v. Connecticut	706 F. Supp. 2d 266	15
2008	Chance v. Reed	538 F. Supp. 2d 500	15
2007	In Re Xerox Corp. Erisa Litigation	483 F. Supp. 2d 206	15
2007	Johnson v. Ford	496 F. Supp. 2d 209	14
2007	Cendant Corp. v. Shelton	474 F. Supp. 2d 377	13
2007	P. Ex Rel. P. v. Newington Board of Education	512 F. Supp. 2d 89	11
2001	In Re Xerox Corporation Securities Litigation	165 F. Supp. 2d 208	11
2000	Community Television Systems, Inc. v. Caruso	134 F. Supp. 2d 455	11
2000	Milano v. Apfel	98 F. Supp. 2d 209	11
2010	In Re Xerox Corp. Securities Litigation	746 F. Supp. 2d 402	10
2009	BNY AIS NOMINEES LTD. v. Quan	609 F. Supp. 2d 269	10
1998	MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. Southern New England Telephone Co.	27 F. Supp. 2d 326	10
2009	CIVARDI v. General Dynamics Corp.	603 F. Supp. 2d 393	9
2003	Timmons v. City of Hartford	283 F. Supp. 2d 712	9
2001	United States v. Markey	131 F. Supp. 2d 316	9

Showing the 15 most-cited of 105 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 Alvin W. Thompson?: President William J. Clinton appointed Alvin W. Thompson to the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut in 1994.
Was Alvin W. Thompson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Alvin W. Thompson was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Alvin W. Thompson's confirmation vote?: Alvin W. Thompson was confirmed by voice vote on October 7, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Alvin W. Thompson on?: Alvin W. Thompson is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Sources

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31 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).