Amos Louis Mazzant III
Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2014 and confirmed by voice vote, Amos Louis Mazzant III is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. He earned a law degree from Baylor University School of Law in 1990. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1965 · age 61
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama, 2014
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Pittsburgh 1987 · Baylor Law 1990
- Succeeded
- T. John Ward
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Eastern District of Texas succeeded T. John Ward | Obama (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
| University of Pittsburgh | B.A. | 1987 |
| Baylor University School of Law | J.D. | 1990 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Mazzant was assigned 5,549 district-court cases (1987–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 267 days across 4,678 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 163 of Mazzant’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 133 were affirmed, 19 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, Mazzant authored 1 published opinion for the court (2010). Most cited: Beeler-Lopez v. DODEKA, LLC (3 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Beeler-Lopez v. DODEKA, LLC | 711 F. Supp. 2d 679 | 3 |
Showing the 1 most-cited of 1 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 Amos Louis Mazzant III?
- President Barack Obama appointed Amos Louis Mazzant III to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in 2014.
- Was Amos Louis Mazzant III appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Amos Louis Mazzant III was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Amos Louis Mazzant III's confirmation vote?
- Amos Louis Mazzant III was confirmed by voice vote on December 16, 2014. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Amos Louis Mazzant III on?
- Amos Louis Mazzant III is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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11 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).