Who appointed Carlos Murguia?

President William J. Clinton appointed Carlos Murguia to the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas in 1999.

Was Carlos Murguia appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Carlos Murguia's confirmation vote?

Carlos Murguia was confirmed by voice vote on September 8, 1999. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Kansas / Appointed 1999 / Served to 2020

Carlos Murguia

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1999 and confirmed by voice vote, Carlos Murguia was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. He earned a law degree from University of Kansas School of Law in 1982. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1957 · age 69
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1999
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Kansas 1979 · University of Kansas Law 1982
Succeeded: Sam A. Crow
Succeeded by: Toby Jon Crouse

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1999	District of Kansas succeeded Sam A. Crow	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 Kansas	B.S.	1979
University of Kansas School of Law	J.D.	1982

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Murguia was assigned 2,614 district-court cases (1990–2020). Median time from filing to termination: 230 days across 2,612 closed cases.

Civil rights21%

Personal-injury torts17%

Contract14%

Other federal statutes11%

Labor & ERISA10%

Prisoner & habeas8%

Other19%

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 108 of Murguia’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 94 were affirmed, 8 reversed or vacated, and 6 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, Murguia authored 140 published opinions for the court (1999–2011). Most cited: Falley v. Friends University (41 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
2011	Falley v. Friends University	787 F. Supp. 2d 1255	41
2006	Gieseke v. First Horizon Home Loan Corp.	408 F. Supp. 2d 1164	29
2004	Lorntzen v. Swift Transportation, Inc.	316 F. Supp. 2d 1093	19
2003	Blume v. Meneley	283 F. Supp. 2d 1171	19
2003	Britvic Soft Drinks Ltd. v. ACSIS Technologies, Inc.	265 F. Supp. 2d 1179	19
2001	Parker v. Central Kansas Medical Center	178 F. Supp. 2d 1205	17
2006	United States v. Salina Regional Health Center, Inc.	459 F. Supp. 2d 1081	14
2003	D.L. v. Unified School District 497	270 F. Supp. 2d 1217	12
2002	Caldwell-Baker Co. v. Southern Illinois Railcar Co.	225 F. Supp. 2d 1243	11
2001	Crocker v. Durkin	159 F. Supp. 2d 1258	11
2000	Estate of Fuentes Ex Rel. Fuentes v. Thomas	107 F. Supp. 2d 1288	11
2000	Paper, Allied, Chemical & Energy Workers International Union, Local 5-508 v. Slurry Explosive Corp.	107 F. Supp. 2d 1311	10
2006	Medical Supply Chain, Inc. v. Neoforma, Inc.	419 F. Supp. 2d 1316	9
2004	Cole v. American Family Mutual Insurance	333 F. Supp. 2d 1038	9
2003	Jones v. Rent-A-Center, Inc.	281 F. Supp. 2d 1277	9

Showing the 15 most-cited of 140 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 Murguia?: President William J. Clinton appointed Carlos Murguia to the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas in 1999.
Was Carlos Murguia appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Carlos Murguia was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Carlos Murguia's confirmation vote?: Carlos Murguia was confirmed by voice vote on September 8, 1999. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Carlos Murguia on?: Carlos Murguia was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas.

Sources

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