Who appointed Audrey B. Collins?

President William J. Clinton appointed Audrey B. Collins to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 1994.

Was Audrey B. Collins appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Audrey B. Collins was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Audrey B. Collins's confirmation vote?

Audrey B. Collins was confirmed by voice vote on May 6, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Central District of California / Appointed 1994 / Served to 2014

Audrey B. Collins

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, Audrey B. Collins was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. She earned a law degree from University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law in 1977. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1945 · age 81
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1994
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Howard 1967 · University of California, Los Angeles, Law 1977
Succeeded: Robert C. Bonner
Succeeded by: Stanley Blumenfeld Jr.

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1994	Central District of California succeeded Robert C. Bonner	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

Howard University	B.A.	1967
American University	M.A.	1969
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law	J.D.	1977

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Collins was assigned 4,941 district-court cases (1993–2014). Median time from filing to termination: 201 days across 4,940 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas21%

Contract16%

Civil rights13%

Intellectual property12%

Other federal statutes11%

Labor & ERISA9%

Other18%

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 141 of Collins’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 103 were affirmed, 18 reversed or vacated, and 20 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, Collins authored 142 published opinions for the court (1994–2011). Most cited: Coleman v. Estes Express Lines, Inc. (197 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
2010	Coleman v. Estes Express Lines, Inc.	730 F. Supp. 2d 1141	197
1996	Bureerong v. Uvawas	922 F. Supp. 1450	111
2001	Idema v. Dreamworks, Inc.	162 F. Supp. 2d 1129	84
1996	Summit Technology, Inc. v. High-Line Medical Instruments, Co.	933 F. Supp. 918	56
2010	Ehrlich v. BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC	801 F. Supp. 2d 908	53
1996	Summit Technology, Inc. v. High-Line Medical Instruments Co.	922 F. Supp. 299	46
2006	Edwards v. City of Long Beach	467 F. Supp. 2d 986	42
1996	Dielsi v. Falk	916 F. Supp. 985	42
2002	Bischoff v. DirecTV, Inc.	180 F. Supp. 2d 1097	40
2008	Elliot v. Spherion Pacific Work, LLC	572 F. Supp. 2d 1169	36
2001	Abrams Shell v. Shell Oil Co.	165 F. Supp. 2d 1096	32
1995	Dogloo, Inc. v. Northern Ins. Co. of New York	907 F. Supp. 1383	30
2009	Cruz Ex Rel. Cruz v. Alhambra School Dist.	601 F. Supp. 2d 1183	25
1998	Arness v. Boeing North American, Inc.	997 F. Supp. 1268	25
2000	Federal Trade Commission v. J.K. Publications, Inc.	99 F. Supp. 2d 1176	24

Showing the 15 most-cited of 142 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 Audrey B. Collins?: President William J. Clinton appointed Audrey B. Collins to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 1994.
Was Audrey B. Collins appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Audrey B. Collins was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Audrey B. Collins's confirmation vote?: Audrey B. Collins was confirmed by voice vote on May 6, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Audrey B. Collins on?: Audrey B. Collins was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Sources

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