Who appointed C. Ashley Royal?

President George W. Bush appointed C. Ashley Royal to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia in 2001.

Was C. Ashley Royal appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

C. Ashley Royal was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was C. Ashley Royal's confirmation vote?

C. Ashley Royal was confirmed by voice vote on December 20, 2001. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Middle District of Georgia / Appointed 2001 / Senior status since 2016

C. Ashley Royal

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001 and confirmed by voice vote, C. Ashley Royal is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. He earned a law degree from University of Georgia School of Law in 1974. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1949 · age 77
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2001
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Georgia 1971 · University of Georgia Law 1974
Succeeded: Duross Fitzpatrick
Succeeded by: Tilman Eugene Self III

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2001	Middle District of Georgia succeeded Duross Fitzpatrick	G.W. Bush (R)	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 Georgia	A.B.	1971
University of Georgia School of Law	J.D.	1974
University of Georgia	M.S.	1976

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Royal was assigned 3,062 district-court cases (1987–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 175 days across 2,840 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas37%

Other civil matters14%

Civil rights12%

Personal-injury torts9%

Contract6%

Other federal statutes5%

Other16%

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 226 of Royal’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 192 were affirmed, 24 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, Royal authored 26 published opinions for the court (2002–2011). Most cited: Bowers v. Norfolk Southern Corp. (50 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
2007	Bowers v. Norfolk Southern Corp.	537 F. Supp. 2d 1343	50
2005	2025 Emery Highway, LLC v. Bibb County, Georgia	377 F. Supp. 2d 1310	13
2002	Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance v. Brown	192 F. Supp. 2d 1376	13
2007	Kinser v. Plans Administration Committee of Citigroup, Inc.	488 F. Supp. 2d 1369	8
2011	Woodard v. WAL-MART STORES EAST, LP	801 F. Supp. 2d 1363	7
2007	Essex Insurance v. H & H Land Development Corp.	525 F. Supp. 2d 1344	6
2011	Tindall v. H & S HOMES, LLC	757 F. Supp. 2d 1339	5
2009	National Assistance Bureau, Inc. v. MacOn Memorial Intermediate Care Home, Inc.	714 F. Supp. 2d 1192	5
2006	Cowart v. Metropolitan Life Insurance	444 F. Supp. 2d 1282	5
2005	J & v. DEVELOPMENT, INC. v. Athens-Clarke County	387 F. Supp. 2d 1214	5
2010	Sun American Bank v. Fairfield Financial Services, Inc.	690 F. Supp. 2d 1342	4
2009	Clarke v. Schofield	632 F. Supp. 2d 1350	4
2004	Internal Revenue Service v. Holmes	309 B.R. 824	4
2011	Baker v. General Electric Capital, Corp.	819 F. Supp. 2d 1332	3
2007	Siler v. Hancock County Board of Education	510 F. Supp. 2d 1362	3

Showing the 15 most-cited of 26 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 C. Ashley Royal?: President George W. Bush appointed C. Ashley Royal to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia in 2001.
Was C. Ashley Royal appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: C. Ashley Royal was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was C. Ashley Royal's confirmation vote?: C. Ashley Royal was confirmed by voice vote on December 20, 2001. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is C. Ashley Royal on?: C. Ashley Royal is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.

Sources

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