Who appointed Carlos T. Bea?

President George W. Bush appointed Carlos T. Bea to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 2003.

Was Carlos T. Bea appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Carlos T. Bea was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Carlos T. Bea's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Carlos T. Bea 86–0 on September 29, 2003.

Ninth Circuit / Appointed 2003 / Senior status since 2019

Carlos T. Bea

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2003 and confirmed by the Senate 86–0, Carlos T. Bea is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He earned a law degree from Stanford Law School in 1958. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1934 · age 92
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2003
Confirmed: 86–0
Education: Stanford 1956 · Stanford Law School 1958
Succeeded: Charles Edward Wiggins
Succeeded by: Patrick Joseph Bumatay

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2003	Ninth Circuit succeeded Charles Edward Wiggins	G.W. Bush (R)	86–0

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 86–0 on September 29, 2003 · 108th Congress, Roll Call 368. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 86

37 D, 49 R

Did not vote · 14

11 D, 2 R, 1 I

Education

Stanford University	B.A.	1956
Stanford Law School	J.D.	1958

Judicial Record

In our data, Bea authored 11 published opinions for the court (2007–2009). Most cited: Thompson v. Paul (393 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2008	Thompson v. Paul	547 F.3d 1055	393
2008	Young Sun Shin v. Mukasey	547 F.3d 1019	203
2008	Green v. Lamarque	532 F.3d 1028	93
2008	Clark v. Astrue	529 F.3d 1211	70
2008	Chuyon Yon Hong v. Mukasey	518 F.3d 1030	64
2008	Peck v. Cingular Wireless, LLC	535 F.3d 1053	46
2007	Estrada-Rodriguez v. Mukasey	512 F.3d 517	19
2008	Bertelsen v. Harris	537 F.3d 1047	17
2008	United Transportation Union v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad	528 F.3d 674	13
2008	Young Sun Shin v. Mukasey	519 F.3d 901	8
2009	United States v. Gutierrez-Sanchez	559 F.3d 1088	2

Showing the 11 most-cited of 11 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 Carlos T. Bea?: President George W. Bush appointed Carlos T. Bea to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 2003.
Was Carlos T. Bea appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Carlos T. Bea was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Carlos T. Bea's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Carlos T. Bea 86–0 on September 29, 2003.
Which court is Carlos T. Bea on?: Carlos T. Bea is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Sources

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22 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).