Anna J. Brown
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1999 and confirmed by voice vote, Anna J. Brown is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. She earned a law degree from Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College in 1980. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1952 · age 74
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1999
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Portland State 1975 · Northwestern Law of Lewis and Clark College 1980
- Succeeded
- Malcolm Francis Marsh
- Succeeded by
- Karin Johanna Immergut
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | District of Oregon succeeded Malcolm Francis Marsh | Clinton (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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Brown was assigned 2,503 district-court cases (1994–2022). Median time from filing to termination: 220 days across 2,503 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 203 of Brown’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 157 were affirmed, 33 reversed or vacated, and 13 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, Brown authored 103 published opinions for the court (2001–2011). Most cited: Roberts v. Interstate Distributor Co. (17 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Roberts v. Interstate Distributor Co. | 242 F. Supp. 2d 850 | 17 |
| 2003 | Ashby v. Farmers Group, Inc. | 261 F. Supp. 2d 1213 | 14 |
| 2003 | Razilov v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance | 242 F. Supp. 2d 977 | 13 |
| 2003 | Mark v. Valley Insurance | 275 F. Supp. 2d 1307 | 12 |
| 2008 | Ashby v. Farmers Ins. Co. of Oregon | 592 F. Supp. 2d 1307 | 10 |
| 2006 | Zucco Partners, LLC v. Digimarc Corp. | 445 F. Supp. 2d 1201 | 10 |
| 2008 | Ashby v. Farmers Ins. Co. of Oregon | 565 F. Supp. 2d 1188 | 9 |
| 2002 | ANA International, Inc. v. Way | 242 F. Supp. 2d 906 | 9 |
| 2002 | King Ex Rel. King v. Aventis Pasteur, Inc. | 210 F. Supp. 2d 1201 | 9 |
| 2009 | Adidas America, Inc. v. Calmese | 662 F. Supp. 2d 1294 | 8 |
| 2002 | Wright v. Oregon Metallurgical Corp. | 222 F. Supp. 2d 1224 | 8 |
| 2001 | Clavette v. Sweeney | 132 F. Supp. 2d 864 | 8 |
| 2002 | Holman v. City of Warrenton | 242 F. Supp. 2d 791 | 7 |
| 2002 | WCI Cable, Inc. v. Alaska RR Corp. | 285 B.R. 476 | 7 |
| 2002 | Hartung v. Cae Newnes, Inc. | 229 F. Supp. 2d 1093 | 7 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 103 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 Anna J. Brown?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Anna J. Brown to the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon in 1999.
- Was Anna J. Brown appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Anna J. Brown was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Anna J. Brown's confirmation vote?
- Anna J. Brown was confirmed by voice vote on October 15, 1999. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Anna J. Brown on?
- Anna J. Brown is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Courts (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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26 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).