Who appointed Christopher Reid Cooper?

President Barack Obama appointed Christopher Reid Cooper to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 2014.

Was Christopher Reid Cooper appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Christopher Reid Cooper was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Christopher Reid Cooper's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Christopher Reid Cooper 100–0 on March 26, 2014.

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Christopher Reid Cooper

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

Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2014 and confirmed by the Senate 100–0, Christopher Reid Cooper is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He earned a law degree from Stanford Law School in 1993. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1966 · age 60
Appointed by: Barack Obama, 2014
Confirmed: 100–0
Education: Yale 1988 · Stanford Law School 1993
Succeeded: Royce C. Lamberth

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2014	District of Columbia succeeded Royce C. Lamberth	Obama (D)	100–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 100–0 on March 26, 2014 · 113th Congress, Roll Call 84. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 100

53 D, 45 R, 2 I

Education

Yale University	B.A.	1988
Stanford Law School	J.D.	1993

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Cooper was assigned 1,954 district-court cases (2004–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 222 days across 1,443 closed cases.

Other federal statutes27%

Other civil matters25%

Criminal12%

Civil rights11%

Immigration5%

Labor & ERISA4%

Other16%

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 166 of Cooper’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 124 were affirmed, 23 reversed or vacated, and 19 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, Cooper authored 955 published opinions for the court (1988–2026). Most cited: Ventura v. L. A. Howard Construction Company (74 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
2015	Ventura v. L. A. Howard Construction Company	134 F. Supp. 3d 99	74
2017	Cohen v. Islamic Republic of Iran	238 F. Supp. 3d 71	51
2017	Martin County, Florida v. Department of Transportation	254 F. Supp. 3d 15	48
2014	Fulbright v. McHugh	67 F. Supp. 3d 81	44
2014	Scott v. District Hospital Partners, L.P.	60 F. Supp. 3d 156	33
2017	Cohen v. Islamic Republic of Iran	268 F. Supp. 3d 19	30
2017	Tushnet v. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement	246 F. Supp. 3d 422	27
2015	Hicklin, Jr. v. McDonald	110 F. Supp. 3d 16	27
2016	Conn v. American National Red Cross	149 F. Supp. 3d 136	25
2014	McAllister v. District of Columbia	45 F. Supp. 3d 72	24
2014	Swann v. Office of the Architect of the Capitol	73 F. Supp. 3d 20	23
2017	Bricklayers & Trowel Trades International Pension Fund v. Kafka Construction, Inc.	273 F. Supp. 3d 177	22
2016	Shapiro v. Central Intelligence Agency	170 F. Supp. 3d 147	22
2017	Shapiro v. Central Intelligence Agency	247 F. Supp. 3d 53	21
2016	Martin County, Florida v. Department of Transportation	201 F. Supp. 3d 1	21

Showing the 15 most-cited of 955 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 Christopher Reid Cooper?: President Barack Obama appointed Christopher Reid Cooper to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 2014.
Was Christopher Reid Cooper appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Christopher Reid Cooper was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Christopher Reid Cooper's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Christopher Reid Cooper 100–0 on March 26, 2014.
Which court is Christopher Reid Cooper on?: Christopher Reid Cooper is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Sources

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