Who appointed Christina A. Snyder?

President William J. Clinton appointed Christina A. Snyder to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 1997.

Was Christina A. Snyder appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Christina A. Snyder's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Christina A. Snyder 93–6 on November 7, 1997.

Central District of California / Appointed 1997 / Senior status since 2016

Christina A. Snyder

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1997 and confirmed by the Senate 93–6, Christina A. Snyder is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. She earned a law degree from Stanford Law School in 1972. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1947 · age 79
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1997
Confirmed: 93–6
Education: Pomona College 1969 · Stanford Law School 1972
Succeeded: Edward Rafeedie
Succeeded by: Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1997	Central District of California succeeded Edward Rafeedie	Clinton (D)	93–6

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 93–6 on November 7, 1997 · 105th Congress, Roll Call 297. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 93

45 D, 48 R

Voted against · 6

6 R

Did not vote · 1

1 R

Ben Campbell(R-CO)

Education

Pomona College	B.A.	1969
Stanford Law School	J.D.	1972

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Snyder was assigned 7,587 district-court cases (1991–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 182 days across 7,263 closed cases.

Other civil matters14%

Prisoner & habeas14%

Contract12%

Intellectual property11%

Other federal statutes11%

Civil rights10%

Other28%

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 462 of Snyder’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 330 were affirmed, 104 reversed or vacated, and 28 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, Snyder authored 84 published opinions for the court (1998–2011). Most cited: Boon v. Allstate Insurance (49 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
2002	Boon v. Allstate Insurance	229 F. Supp. 2d 1016	49
2005	Hosseinzadeh v. M.R.S. Associates, Inc.	387 F. Supp. 2d 1104	39
1998	Sperling v. White	30 F. Supp. 2d 1246	33
2005	Grove v. De La Cruz	407 F. Supp. 2d 1126	24
2007	White v. Mayflower Transit, LLC	481 F. Supp. 2d 1101	20
1998	Johnson v. First Colony Life Insurance	26 F. Supp. 2d 1227	18
2011	Susilo v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	796 F. Supp. 2d 1177	16
2008	Kushner v. Lehigh Cement Co.	572 F. Supp. 2d 1182	16
2004	United States v. Adam Bros. Farming, Inc.	369 F. Supp. 2d 1180	15
2008	American Trucking Associations, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles	577 F. Supp. 2d 1110	14
2006	Estate of Migliaccio v. Midland National Life Insurance	436 F. Supp. 2d 1095	13
2008	Spiegler v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.	552 F. Supp. 2d 1036	10
2006	Stern v. Cingular Wireless Corp.	453 F. Supp. 2d 1138	10
2011	Carrillo v. Schneider Logistics, Inc.	823 F. Supp. 2d 1040	9
2011	Sony Corp. v. LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc.	768 F. Supp. 2d 1058	9

Showing the 15 most-cited of 84 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 Christina A. Snyder?: President William J. Clinton appointed Christina A. Snyder to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 1997.
Was Christina A. Snyder appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Christina A. Snyder was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Christina A. Snyder's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Christina A. Snyder 93–6 on November 7, 1997.
Which court is Christina A. Snyder on?: Christina A. Snyder is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Sources

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