Who appointed Ann L. Aiken?

President William J. Clinton appointed Ann L. Aiken to the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon in 1998.

Was Ann L. Aiken appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Ann L. Aiken was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Ann L. Aiken's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Ann L. Aiken 67–30 on January 28, 1998.

District of Oregon / Appointed 1998 / Senior status since 2023

Ann L. Aiken

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

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1998 and confirmed by the Senate 67–30, Ann L. Aiken is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. She earned a law degree from University of Oregon School of Law in 1979. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1951 · age 75
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1998
Confirmed: 67–30
Education: University of Oregon 1974 · University of Oregon Law 1979
Succeeded: James Anthony Redden
Succeeded by: Mustafa Taher Kasubhai

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1998	District of Oregon succeeded James Anthony Redden	Clinton (D)	67–30

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 67–30 on January 28, 1998 · 105th Congress, Roll Call 1. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 67

43 D, 24 R

Voted against · 30

30 R

Did not vote · 3

2 D, 1 R

Education

University of Oregon	B.S.	1974
Rutgers University	M.A.	1976
University of Oregon School of Law	J.D.	1979

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Aiken was assigned 4,280 district-court cases (1990–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 249 days across 3,933 closed cases.

Other civil matters18%

Civil rights18%

Prisoner & habeas17%

Contract9%

Other federal statutes8%

Social Security8%

Other23%

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 248 of Aiken’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 179 were affirmed, 45 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, Aiken authored 57 published opinions for the court (1998–2012). Most cited: Millennium Enterprises, Inc. v. Millennium Music, LP (59 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
1999	Millennium Enterprises, Inc. v. Millennium Music, LP	33 F. Supp. 2d 907	59
2010	McClellan v. I-Flow Corp.	710 F. Supp. 2d 1092	27
2001	Kandra v. United States	145 F. Supp. 2d 1192	27
2001	Canell v. Multnomah County	141 F. Supp. 2d 1046	17
2008	Murrell v. Union Pacific Railroad	544 F. Supp. 2d 1138	16
2007	Mayfield v. United States	504 F. Supp. 2d 1023	16
1998	Hells Canyon Preservation Council v. Jacoby	9 F. Supp. 2d 1216	15
2006	Crosswhite v. Jumpking, Inc.	411 F. Supp. 2d 1228	13
2005	Dewberry v. Kulongoski	406 F. Supp. 2d 1136	11
2011	Lonberg v. Freddie Mac	776 F. Supp. 2d 1202	10
2009	Association of Unit Owners of Nestani v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.	670 F. Supp. 2d 1156	9
2004	United States v. Harkins	355 F. Supp. 2d 1175	9
2000	Bird v. Lewis & Clark College	104 F. Supp. 2d 1271	9
1998	Miller v. D.F. Zee's, Inc.	31 F. Supp. 2d 792	9
2011	Kildow v. BREG, INC.	796 F. Supp. 2d 1295	8

Showing the 15 most-cited of 57 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 Ann L. Aiken?: President William J. Clinton appointed Ann L. Aiken to the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon in 1998.
Was Ann L. Aiken appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Ann L. Aiken was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Ann L. Aiken's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Ann L. Aiken 67–30 on January 28, 1998.
Which court is Ann L. Aiken on?: Ann L. Aiken is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.

Sources

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