Who appointed Amy Berman Jackson?

President Barack Obama appointed Amy Berman Jackson to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 2011.

Was Amy Berman Jackson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Amy Berman Jackson was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Amy Berman Jackson's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Amy Berman Jackson 97–0 on March 17, 2011.

District of Columbia / Appointed 2011 / Senior status since 2023

Amy Berman Jackson

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

Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2011 and confirmed by the Senate 97–0, Amy Berman Jackson is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. She earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1979. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1954 · age 72
Appointed by: Barack Obama, 2011
Confirmed: 97–0
Education: Harvard College 1976 · Harvard Law School 1979
Succeeded: Gladys Kessler
Succeeded by: Loren Linn AliKhan

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2011	District of Columbia succeeded Gladys Kessler	Obama (D)	97–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 97–0 on March 17, 2011 · 112th Congress, Roll Call 45. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 97

50 D, 45 R, 2 I

Did not vote · 3

1 D, 2 R

John Ensign(R-NV)
Jim Inhofe(R-OK)
Tom Udall(D-NM)

Education

Harvard College	A.B.	1976
Harvard Law School	J.D.	1979

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Jackson was assigned 2,174 district-court cases (2010–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 246 days across 1,624 closed cases.

Other federal statutes26%

Other civil matters19%

Contract12%

Criminal11%

Civil rights10%

Labor & ERISA5%

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 252 of Jackson’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 186 were affirmed, 42 reversed or vacated, and 24 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, Jackson authored 236 published opinions for the court (2011–2026). Most cited: Moran v. United States Capitol Police Board (57 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	Moran v. United States Capitol Police Board	820 F. Supp. 2d 48	57
2012	Munro v. Lahood	839 F. Supp. 2d 354	50
2011	Smirnov v. Clinton	806 F. Supp. 2d 1	41
2012	Howell v. Gray	843 F. Supp. 2d 49	35
2011	Myers v. Alutiiq International Solutions, LLC	811 F. Supp. 2d 261	26
2012	Mullen v. Bureau of Prisons	843 F. Supp. 2d 112	23
2011	DIABY v. Bierman	795 F. Supp. 2d 108	23
2012	Hernandez v. District of Columbia	845 F. Supp. 2d 112	22
2012	Memphis Publishing Company v. Federal Bureau of Investigation	879 F. Supp. 2d 1	21
2011	Dyson v. District of Columbia	808 F. Supp. 2d 84	20
2011	Jenson v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management	828 F. Supp. 2d 174	19
2011	Graff v. Federal Bureau of Investigation	822 F. Supp. 2d 23	19
2012	Judicial Watch, Inc. v. National Archives and Records Administration	845 F. Supp. 2d 288	15
2011	Hunter v. District of Columbia	797 F. Supp. 2d 86	15
2011	Mero v. City Segway Tours of Washington Dc, LLC	826 F. Supp. 2d 100	14

Showing the 15 most-cited of 236 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 Amy Berman Jackson?: President Barack Obama appointed Amy Berman Jackson to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 2011.
Was Amy Berman Jackson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Amy Berman Jackson was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Amy Berman Jackson's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Amy Berman Jackson 97–0 on March 17, 2011.
Which court is Amy Berman Jackson on?: Amy Berman Jackson is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Sources

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