Who appointed Christopher Fitzgerald Droney?

President Barack Obama appointed Christopher Fitzgerald Droney to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 2011.

Was Christopher Fitzgerald Droney appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Christopher Fitzgerald Droney's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Christopher Fitzgerald Droney 88–0 on November 28, 2011.

Second Circuit / Appointed 2011 / Served to 2020

Christopher Fitzgerald Droney

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2011 and confirmed by the Senate 88–0, Christopher Fitzgerald Droney was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of Connecticut School of Law in 1979. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1954 · age 72
Appointed by: Barack Obama, 2011
Confirmed: 88–0
Education: College of the Holy Cross 1976 · University of Connecticut Law 1979
Succeeded: Guido Calabresi
Succeeded by: William Joseph Nardini

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1997	District of Connecticut succeeded Alan Harris Nevas	Clinton (D)	100–0
2011	Second Circuit succeeded Guido Calabresi	Obama (D)	88–0

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

Confirmation vote · District of Connecticut

Nomination Confirmed 100–0 on September 11, 1997 · 105th Congress, Roll Call 237. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 100

45 D, 55 R

Confirmation vote · Second Circuit

Nomination Confirmed 88–0 on November 28, 2011 · 112th Congress, Roll Call 209. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 88

47 D, 39 R, 2 I

Did not vote · 12

4 D, 8 R

Education

College of the Holy Cross	B.A.	1976
University of Connecticut School of Law	J.D.	1979

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Droney was assigned 2,914 district-court cases (1991–2012). Median time from filing to termination: 302 days across 2,912 closed cases.

Civil rights19%

Contract18%

Other federal statutes15%

Prisoner & habeas13%

Personal-injury torts11%

Labor & ERISA7%

Other18%

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 63 of Droney’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 55 were affirmed, 5 reversed or vacated, and 3 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, Droney authored 139 published opinions for the court (1998–2011). Most cited: Karlen Ex Rel. J.K. v. Westport Board of Education (69 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2009	Karlen Ex Rel. J.K. v. Westport Board of Education	638 F. Supp. 2d 293	69
2009	Shrack v. Astrue	608 F. Supp. 2d 297	51
2001	Indymac Mortgage Holdings, Inc. v. Reyad	167 F. Supp. 2d 222	35
1999	LaFrancis v. United States	66 F. Supp. 2d 335	33
2008	Doe I v. Individuals	561 F. Supp. 2d 249	26
2002	Shattuck v. Town of Stratford	233 F. Supp. 2d 301	24
2003	Lebron v. Armstrong	289 F. Supp. 2d 56	22
2002	Bassett v. Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center Inc.	221 F. Supp. 2d 271	22
2009	Doe I v. Ciolli	611 F. Supp. 2d 216	21
2005	Piscottano v. Town of Somers	396 F. Supp. 2d 187	21
2000	Hartwig v. Albertus Magnus College	93 F. Supp. 2d 200	21
2005	Holman v. Cascio	390 F. Supp. 2d 120	20
2009	Greystone Community Reinvestment Ass'n v. Berean Capital, Inc.	638 F. Supp. 2d 278	17
2003	Fenn v. Yale University	283 F. Supp. 2d 615	17
2007	Carey v. Maloney	480 F. Supp. 2d 548	15

Showing the 15 most-cited of 139 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 Fitzgerald Droney?: President Barack Obama appointed Christopher Fitzgerald Droney to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 2011.
Was Christopher Fitzgerald Droney appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Christopher Fitzgerald Droney was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Christopher Fitzgerald Droney's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Christopher Fitzgerald Droney 88–0 on November 28, 2011.
Which court was Christopher Fitzgerald Droney on?: Christopher Fitzgerald Droney was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Sources

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