Anthony W. Ishii
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1997 and confirmed by voice vote, Anthony W. Ishii is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. He earned a law degree from University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 1973. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1946 · age 80
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1997
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of California, Berkeley, Law 1973
- Succeeded
- Robert Everett Coyle
- Succeeded by
- Dale Alan Drozd
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Eastern District of California succeeded Robert Everett Coyle | 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
| Reedley Junior College | A.S. | 1966 |
| University of the Pacific, School of Pharmacy | Ph.G. | 1970 |
| University of California, Berkeley, School of Law | J.D. | 1973 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Ishii was assigned 4,967 district-court cases (1991–2022). Median time from filing to termination: 229 days across 4,959 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 563 of Ishii’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 453 were affirmed, 73 reversed or vacated, and 37 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, Ishii authored 79 published opinions for the court (1998–2011). Most cited: Young v. City of Visalia (111 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Young v. City of Visalia | 687 F. Supp. 2d 1141 | 111 |
| 2008 | Sanders v. City of Fresno | 551 F. Supp. 2d 1149 | 52 |
| 2011 | Hardin v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | 813 F. Supp. 2d 1167 | 50 |
| 2010 | Kelley v. Corrections Corporation of America | 750 F. Supp. 2d 1132 | 41 |
| 2010 | Lucas v. City of Visalia | 726 F. Supp. 2d 1149 | 37 |
| 2010 | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Timeless Investments, Inc. | 734 F. Supp. 2d 1035 | 34 |
| 2006 | Ohanian v. Irwin (In Re Irwin) | 338 B.R. 839 | 25 |
| 1999 | Sierra Club v. Babbitt | 69 F. Supp. 2d 1202 | 20 |
| 2006 | Association of Irritated Residents v. C & R Vanderham Dairy | 435 F. Supp. 2d 1078 | 18 |
| 2010 | Young v. City of Visalia | 687 F. Supp. 2d 1155 | 16 |
| 2010 | Dias v. Nationwide Life Insurance | 700 F. Supp. 2d 1204 | 15 |
| 2010 | Quinteros v. Aurora Loan Services | 740 F. Supp. 2d 1163 | 14 |
| 2011 | General Security Services Corp. v. County of Fresno | 815 F. Supp. 2d 1123 | 13 |
| 2009 | Garcia Ex Rel. Marin v. Clovis Unified School District | 627 F. Supp. 2d 1187 | 13 |
| 2003 | Home Builders Ass'n v. United States Fish & Wildlife Service | 268 F. Supp. 2d 1197 | 13 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 79 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 Anthony W. Ishii?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Anthony W. Ishii to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California in 1997.
- Was Anthony W. Ishii appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Anthony W. Ishii was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Anthony W. Ishii's confirmation vote?
- Anthony W. Ishii was confirmed by voice vote on October 9, 1997. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Anthony W. Ishii on?
- Anthony W. Ishii is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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28 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).