Who appointed Barbara M. Lynn?

President William J. Clinton appointed Barbara M. Lynn to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in 1999.

Was Barbara M. Lynn appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Barbara M. Lynn was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Barbara M. Lynn's confirmation vote?

Barbara M. Lynn was confirmed by voice vote on November 17, 1999. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Northern District of Texas / Appointed 1999 / Served to 2025

Barbara M. Lynn

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1999 and confirmed by voice vote, Barbara M. Lynn was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. She earned a law degree from Southern Methodist University School of Law (now Dedman School of Law) in 1976. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1952 · age 74
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1999
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Virginia 1973 · Southern Methodist Law (now Dedman School of Law) 1976
Succeeded: Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr.

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1999	Northern District of Texas succeeded Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr.	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

University of Virginia	B.A.	1973
Southern Methodist University School of Law (now Dedman School of Law)	J.D.	1976

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Lynn was assigned 6,483 district-court cases (1988–2025). Median time from filing to termination: 184 days across 6,466 closed cases.

Contract15%

Prisoner & habeas14%

Other civil matters14%

Civil rights11%

Other federal statutes9%

Personal-injury torts8%

Other28%

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 351 of Lynn’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 297 were affirmed, 44 reversed or vacated, and 10 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, Lynn authored 66 published opinions for the court (2000–2011). Most cited: Narvaez v. Wilshire Credit Corp. (35 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	Narvaez v. Wilshire Credit Corp.	757 F. Supp. 2d 621	35
2007	Florance v. Buchmeyer	500 F. Supp. 2d 618	30
2002	RDO Financial Services Co. v. Powell	191 F. Supp. 2d 811	27
2011	US Ex Rel. Wall v. Vista Hospice Care, Inc.	778 F. Supp. 2d 709	22
2008	EMI April Music Inc. v. Jet Rumeurs, Inc.	632 F. Supp. 2d 619	19
2011	Marsh v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	760 F. Supp. 2d 701	18
2006	Sturdivant v. Target Corp.	464 F. Supp. 2d 596	18
2010	Cox v. Hilco Receivables, LLC	726 F. Supp. 2d 659	16
2002	Carter v. Countrywide Credit Industries, Inc.	189 F. Supp. 2d 606	14
2001	E & R Rubalcava Construction, Inc. v. Burlington Insurance	148 F. Supp. 2d 746	14
2003	Shabazz v. Texas Youth Commission	300 F. Supp. 2d 467	12
2002	Illinois Union Insurance v. Tri Core Inc.	191 F. Supp. 2d 794	12
2009	Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. West Coast Life Insurance	631 F. Supp. 2d 844	11
2007	In Re Affiliated Computer Services Derivative Litigation	540 F. Supp. 2d 695	11
2010	American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc. v. Triad Guaranty Insurance	714 F. Supp. 2d 648	10

Showing the 15 most-cited of 66 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 Barbara M. Lynn?: President William J. Clinton appointed Barbara M. Lynn to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in 1999.
Was Barbara M. Lynn appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Barbara M. Lynn was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Barbara M. Lynn's confirmation vote?: Barbara M. Lynn was confirmed by voice vote on November 17, 1999. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Barbara M. Lynn on?: Barbara M. Lynn was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Sources

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