Who appointed Andre Maurice Davis?

President Barack Obama appointed Andre Maurice Davis to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in 2009.

Was Andre Maurice Davis appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Andre Maurice Davis was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Andre Maurice Davis's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Andre Maurice Davis 72–16 on November 9, 2009.

Fourth Circuit / Appointed 2009 / Served to 2017

Andre Maurice Davis

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

Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009 and confirmed by the Senate 72–16, Andre Maurice Davis was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of Maryland School of Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law) in 1978. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1949 · age 77
Appointed by: Barack Obama, 2009
Confirmed: 72–16
Education: University of Pennsylvania 1971 · University of Maryland Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law) 1978
Succeeded: Francis Dominic Murnaghan Jr.
Succeeded by: Pamela Ann Harris

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1995	District of Maryland succeeded Walter Evan Black Jr.	Clinton (D)	Voice vote
2009	Fourth Circuit succeeded Francis Dominic Murnaghan Jr.	Obama (D)	72–16

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 72–16 on November 9, 2009 · 111th Congress, Roll Call 342. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 72

54 D, 16 R, 2 I

Voted against · 16

16 R

Did not vote · 12

4 D, 8 R

Education

University of Pennsylvania	B.A.	1971
University of Maryland School of Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law)	J.D.	1978

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Davis was assigned 4,543 district-court cases (1992–2009). Median time from filing to termination: 143 days across 4,542 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas24%

Civil rights16%

Contract16%

Personal-injury torts15%

Other federal statutes7%

Labor & ERISA7%

Other16%

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 86 of Davis’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 79 were affirmed, 5 reversed or vacated, and 2 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, Davis authored 238 published opinions for the court (1995–2010). Most cited: Equal Rights Center v. Equity Residential (246 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
2007	Equal Rights Center v. Equity Residential	483 F. Supp. 2d 482	246
1997	Zachair, Ltd. v. Driggs	965 F. Supp. 741	234
1996	Bryant v. Better Business Bureau of Greater Maryland, Inc.	923 F. Supp. 720	121
2001	Shreve v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.	166 F. Supp. 2d 378	84
1997	Mentch v. Eastern Savings Bank, FSB	949 F. Supp. 1236	81
1999	Settle v. Baltimore County	34 F. Supp. 2d 969	69
2000	Callwood v. Dave & Buster's, Inc.	98 F. Supp. 2d 694	49
2002	Helsel v. TISHMAN REALTY & CONST. CO., INC.	198 F. Supp. 2d 710	48
2005	United States v. Mitchell	405 F. Supp. 2d 602	34
1998	Choice Hotels International, Inc. v. Madison Three, Inc.	23 F. Supp. 2d 617	34
2002	Arbabi v. Fred Meyers, Inc.	205 F. Supp. 2d 462	30
1996	Campbell v. Federal Express Corp.	918 F. Supp. 912	28
2002	Chika v. Planning Research Corp.	179 F. Supp. 2d 575	26
2007	NaturaLawn of America, Inc. v. West Group, LLC	484 F. Supp. 2d 392	25
2003	Simms Ex Rel. Simms v. Hardesty	303 F. Supp. 2d 656	25

Showing the 15 most-cited of 238 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 Andre Maurice Davis?: President Barack Obama appointed Andre Maurice Davis to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in 2009.
Was Andre Maurice Davis appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Andre Maurice Davis was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Andre Maurice Davis's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Andre Maurice Davis 72–16 on November 9, 2009.
Which court was Andre Maurice Davis on?: Andre Maurice Davis was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Sources

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