Barry Ted Moskowitz
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1995 and confirmed by voice vote, Barry Ted Moskowitz is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. He earned a law degree from Rutgers School of Law -- Newark in 1975. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1950 · age 76
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1995
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Rutgers 1972 · Rutgers Law -- Newark 1975
- Succeeded by
- Jinsook Ohta
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Southern District of California | 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
| Rutgers University | B.A. | 1972 |
| Rutgers School of Law -- Newark | J.D. | 1975 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Moskowitz was assigned 4,336 district-court cases (1983–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 191 days across 4,135 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 221 of Moskowitz’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 174 were affirmed, 30 reversed or vacated, and 17 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, Moskowitz authored 53 published opinions for the court (1992–2011). Most cited: Hilderman v. Enea TekSci, Inc. (23 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Hilderman v. Enea TekSci, Inc. | 551 F. Supp. 2d 1183 | 23 |
| 1999 | Diaz-Zaldierna v. Fasano | 43 F. Supp. 2d 1114 | 22 |
| 2010 | Scott v. Napolitano | 717 F. Supp. 2d 1071 | 18 |
| 2005 | Jawad v. Barnhart | 370 F. Supp. 2d 1077 | 14 |
| 1997 | Leventhal v. Vista Unified School District | 973 F. Supp. 951 | 11 |
| 2006 | Raduga USA Corp. v. United States Department of State | 440 F. Supp. 2d 1140 | 9 |
| 2005 | Pirouzian v. SLM Corp. | 396 F. Supp. 2d 1124 | 9 |
| 2005 | Sprint Telephony PCS, L.P. v. County of San Diego | 377 F. Supp. 2d 886 | 9 |
| 2009 | Perez v. Nidek Co. Ltd. | 657 F. Supp. 2d 1156 | 8 |
| 1996 | Greene v. Prunty | 938 F. Supp. 637 | 8 |
| 1993 | Petition of France for Extradition of Sauvage | 819 F. Supp. 896 | 8 |
| 1997 | Upper Deck Authenticated, Ltd. v. CPG DIRECT | 971 F. Supp. 1337 | 7 |
| 2010 | United States v. Stacy | 734 F. Supp. 2d 1074 | 6 |
| 2009 | NUH NHUOC LOI v. Scribner | 671 F. Supp. 2d 1189 | 5 |
| 2007 | David v. Giurbino | 488 F. Supp. 2d 1048 | 5 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 53 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 Barry Ted Moskowitz?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Barry Ted Moskowitz to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in 1995.
- Was Barry Ted Moskowitz appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Barry Ted Moskowitz was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Barry Ted Moskowitz's confirmation vote?
- Barry Ted Moskowitz was confirmed by voice vote on December 22, 1995. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Barry Ted Moskowitz on?
- Barry Ted Moskowitz is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern 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 Southern District of California (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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30 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).