Who appointed Cindy K. Jorgenson?

President George W. Bush appointed Cindy K. Jorgenson to the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in 2002.

Was Cindy K. Jorgenson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Cindy K. Jorgenson was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Cindy K. Jorgenson's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Cindy K. Jorgenson 98–0 on February 26, 2002.

District of Arizona / Appointed 2002 / Senior status since 2018

Cindy K. Jorgenson

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

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002 and confirmed by the Senate 98–0, Cindy K. Jorgenson is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. She earned a law degree from University of Arizona College of Law (now James E. Rogers College of Law) in 1977. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1953 · age 73
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2002
Confirmed: 98–0
Education: University of Arizona 1974 · University of Arizona College of Law (now James E. Rogers College of Law) 1977
Succeeded by: Scott Hugh Rash

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2002	District of Arizona	G.W. Bush (R)	98–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 98–0 on February 26, 2002 · 107th Congress, Roll Call 37. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 98

50 D, 47 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 2

2 R

John Ensign(R-NV)
Strom Thurmond(R-SC)

Education

University of Arizona	B.S.	1974
University of Arizona College of Law (now James E. Rogers College of Law)	J.D.	1977

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Jorgenson was assigned 2,210 district-court cases (1987–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 158 days across 2,124 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas50%

Civil rights9%

Other civil matters9%

Contract6%

Criminal6%

Other federal statutes5%

Other15%

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 185 of Jorgenson’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 142 were affirmed, 29 reversed or vacated, and 14 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, Jorgenson authored 21 published opinions for the court (2004–2010). Most cited: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. v. Streeter (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
2006	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. v. Streeter	438 F. Supp. 2d 1065	74
2006	Renteria v. United States	452 F. Supp. 2d 910	72
2006	Ballesteros v. AMERICAN STANDARD INS. CO. OF WISC.	436 F. Supp. 2d 1070	15
2009	Binford v. First Magnus Financial Corp. (In Re First Magnus Financial Corp.)	403 B.R. 659	9
2010	Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance	709 F. Supp. 2d 744	8
2008	Center for Biological Diversity v. United States Department of Housing & Urban Development	541 F. Supp. 2d 1091	6
2006	Centuori v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc.	431 F. Supp. 2d 1002	6
2005	Friend v. Time Manufacturing Co.	422 F. Supp. 2d 1079	4
2005	United States v. Milligan	371 F. Supp. 2d 1127	4
2004	Forest Guardians v. United States Forest Service	370 F. Supp. 2d 978	3
2009	Hart v. United States Department of Health & Human Services	676 F. Supp. 2d 846	2
2009	Whitaker v. Pima County	640 F. Supp. 2d 1095	2
2005	Forest Guardians v. Veneman	392 F. Supp. 2d 1082	2
2004	Centuori v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc.	329 F. Supp. 2d 1133	2
2010	Kaliroy Produce Co. v. Pacific Tomato Growers, Inc.	730 F. Supp. 2d 1036	1

Showing the 15 most-cited of 21 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 Cindy K. Jorgenson?: President George W. Bush appointed Cindy K. Jorgenson to the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in 2002.
Was Cindy K. Jorgenson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Cindy K. Jorgenson was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Cindy K. Jorgenson's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Cindy K. Jorgenson 98–0 on February 26, 2002.
Which court is Cindy K. Jorgenson on?: Cindy K. Jorgenson is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Sources

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