Who appointed Charles J. Siragusa?

President William J. Clinton appointed Charles J. Siragusa to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York in 1997.

Was Charles J. Siragusa appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Charles J. Siragusa's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Charles J. Siragusa 98–0 on October 30, 1997.

Western District of New York / Appointed 1997 / Senior status since 2012

Charles J. Siragusa

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1997 and confirmed by the Senate 98–0, Charles J. Siragusa is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. He earned a law degree from Albany Law School in 1976. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1947 · age 79
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1997
Confirmed: 98–0
Education: Le Moyne College 1969 · Albany Law School 1976
Succeeded: Michael Anthony Telesca
Succeeded by: Elizabeth Ann Wolford

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1997	Western District of New York succeeded Michael Anthony Telesca	Clinton (D)	98–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 98–0 on October 30, 1997 · 105th Congress, Roll Call 286. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 98

44 D, 54 R

Did not vote · 2

1 D, 1 R

Dan Coats(R-IN)
Tom Harkin(D-IA)

Education

Le Moyne College	B.A.	1969
Albany Law School	J.D.	1976

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Siragusa was assigned 4,140 district-court cases (1989–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 278 days across 3,973 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas24%

Civil rights17%

Other civil matters10%

Other federal statutes9%

Social Security8%

Contract8%

Other24%

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 Siragusa’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 176 were affirmed, 26 reversed or vacated, and 24 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, Siragusa authored 178 published opinions for the court (1998–2011). Most cited: Matejka v. Barnhart (135 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
2005	Matejka v. Barnhart	386 F. Supp. 2d 198	135
2002	Kuleszo v. Barnhart	232 F. Supp. 2d 44	43
2010	Carlson v. Geneva City School District	679 F. Supp. 2d 355	36
1998	Warburton v. Underwood	2 F. Supp. 2d 306	32
2002	Crowley Ex Rel. Corning Inc. Investment Plan v. Corning, Inc.	234 F. Supp. 2d 222	26
1999	Fitch v. Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.	64 F. Supp. 2d 212	22
2010	LUNA-APONTE v. Holder	743 F. Supp. 2d 189	20
2010	Barrus v. Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.	732 F. Supp. 2d 243	19
2010	SHARIFF v. Poole	689 F. Supp. 2d 470	19
2009	Denis v. DHS/ICE of Buffalo, New York	634 F. Supp. 2d 338	19
2003	Nextel Partners, Inc. v. Town of Amherst, NY	251 F. Supp. 2d 1187	18
2009	Balta v. AYCO COMPANY, LP	626 F. Supp. 2d 347	17
1998	Amerisure Insurance v. Laserage Technology Corp.	2 F. Supp. 2d 296	15
2010	Galloway v. Town of Greece	732 F. Supp. 2d 195	14
2010	Arthur v. DHS/ICE	713 F. Supp. 2d 179	13

Showing the 15 most-cited of 178 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 Charles J. Siragusa?: President William J. Clinton appointed Charles J. Siragusa to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York in 1997.
Was Charles J. Siragusa appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Charles J. Siragusa was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Charles J. Siragusa's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Charles J. Siragusa 98–0 on October 30, 1997.
Which court is Charles J. Siragusa on?: Charles J. Siragusa is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York.

Sources

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