Carlton Wayne Reeves
Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010 and confirmed by voice vote, Carlton Wayne Reeves is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. He earned a law degree from University of Virginia School of Law in 1989. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1964 · age 62
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama, 2010
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Jackson State 1986 · University of Virginia Law 1989
- Succeeded
- William Henry Barbour Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Southern District of Mississippi succeeded William Henry Barbour Jr. | Obama (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
| Jackson State University | B.A. | 1986 |
| University of Virginia School of Law | J.D. | 1989 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Reeves was assigned 5,099 district-court cases (2003–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 232 days across 2,442 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 158 of Reeves’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 104 were affirmed, 32 reversed or vacated, and 22 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, Reeves authored 8 published opinions for the court (1958–2011). Most cited: Lee v. National Railroad Passenger Corp. (25 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Lee v. National Railroad Passenger Corp. | 791 F. Supp. 2d 550 | 25 |
| 2011 | Welch v. Loftus | 776 F. Supp. 2d 222 | 20 |
| 2011 | United States v. Lopez | 817 F. Supp. 2d 918 | 7 |
| 2011 | Conn v. United States | 823 F. Supp. 2d 441 | 7 |
| 1958 | Stowers v. United States | 169 F. Supp. 246 | 6 |
| 2011 | BOND PHARMACY, INC. v. Anazaohealth Corp. | 815 F. Supp. 2d 966 | 4 |
| 2011 | Cothren v. Baxter Healthcare Corp. | 798 F. Supp. 2d 779 | 2 |
| 2011 | Johnson v. Burnett | 826 F. Supp. 2d 979 | 0 |
Showing the 8 most-cited of 8 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 Carlton Wayne Reeves?
- President Barack Obama appointed Carlton Wayne Reeves to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi in 2010.
- Was Carlton Wayne Reeves appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Carlton Wayne Reeves was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Carlton Wayne Reeves's confirmation vote?
- Carlton Wayne Reeves was confirmed by voice vote on December 19, 2010. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Carlton Wayne Reeves on?
- Carlton Wayne Reeves is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Sentencing Commission (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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15 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).