Who appointed Amul Roger Thapar?

President Donald J. Trump appointed Amul Roger Thapar to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in 2017.

Was Amul Roger Thapar appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Amul Roger Thapar was appointed by President Donald J. Trump, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Amul Roger Thapar's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Amul Roger Thapar 52–44 on May 25, 2017.

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Amul Roger Thapar

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Appointed by President Donald J. Trump in 2017 and confirmed by the Senate 52–44, Amul Roger Thapar is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 1994. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1969 · age 57
Appointed by: Donald J. Trump, 2017
Confirmed: 52–44
Education: Boston College 1991 · University of California, Berkeley, Law 1994
Succeeded: Boyce Ficklen Martin Jr.

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2008	Eastern District of Kentucky succeeded Joseph Martin Hood	G.W. Bush (R)	Voice vote
2017	Sixth Circuit succeeded Boyce Ficklen Martin Jr.	Trump (R)	52–44

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

Nomination Confirmed 52–44 on May 25, 2017 · 115th Congress, Roll Call 137. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 52

52 R

Voted against · 44

42 D, 2 I

Did not vote · 4

4 D

Education

Boston College	B.S.	1991
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law	J.D.	1994

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Thapar was assigned 1,109 district-court cases (1991–2017). Median time from filing to termination: 164 days across 1,109 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas23%

Personal-injury torts21%

Contract13%

Real property12%

Social Security8%

Civil rights6%

Other17%

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 216 of Thapar’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 189 were affirmed, 19 reversed or vacated, and 8 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, Thapar authored 31 published opinions for the court (2008–2011). Most cited: Murriel-Don Coal Co., Inc. v. Aspen Ins. UK Ltd. (52 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2011	Murriel-Don Coal Co., Inc. v. Aspen Ins. UK Ltd.	790 F. Supp. 2d 590	52
2008	Grange Mutual Casualty Co. v. Safeco Insurance Co. of America	565 F. Supp. 2d 779	38
2010	Asher v. Unarco Material Handling, Inc.	737 F. Supp. 2d 662	28
2009	King v. Household Finance Corp. II	593 F. Supp. 2d 958	28
2009	FASTENAL COMPANY v. Crawford	609 F. Supp. 2d 650	27
2010	May v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	751 F. Supp. 2d 946	23
2010	Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. v. BSC, INC.	753 F. Supp. 2d 665	17
2010	Total Renal Care, Inc. v. CHILDERS OIL COMPANY	743 F. Supp. 2d 609	17
2011	McKinstry v. Sergent	442 B.R. 567	14
2009	Hackworth v. Guyan Heavy Equipment, Inc.	613 F. Supp. 2d 908	9
2011	Low v. Lowe's Home Centers, Inc.	771 F. Supp. 2d 739	8
2010	AMERICAN CANOE ASS'N, INC. v. City of Louisa	683 F. Supp. 2d 480	7
2008	C.A. Ex Rel. G.A. v. Morgan County Board of Education	577 F. Supp. 2d 886	7
2010	Rich & Rich Partnership v. Poetman Records USA, Inc.	714 F. Supp. 2d 657	5
2011	Martin County Coal Corp. v. Universal Underwriters Insurance	792 F. Supp. 2d 958	4

Showing the 15 most-cited of 31 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 Amul Roger Thapar?: President Donald J. Trump appointed Amul Roger Thapar to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in 2017.
Was Amul Roger Thapar appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Amul Roger Thapar was appointed by President Donald J. Trump, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Amul Roger Thapar's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Amul Roger Thapar 52–44 on May 25, 2017.
Which court is Amul Roger Thapar on?: Amul Roger Thapar is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Sources

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