Who appointed Claire Eagan?

President George W. Bush appointed Claire Eagan to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma in 2001.

Was Claire Eagan appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Claire Eagan's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Claire Eagan 99–0 on October 23, 2001.

Northern District of Oklahoma / Appointed 2001 / Senior status since 2022

Claire Eagan

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001 and confirmed by the Senate 99–0, Claire Eagan is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. She earned a law degree from Fordham University School of Law in 1976. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1950 · age 76
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2001
Confirmed: 99–0
Education: Trinity College (now Trinity Washington) 1972 · Fordham Law 1976
Succeeded: Thomas Rutherford Brett
Succeeded by: Sara Elizabeth Hill

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2001	Northern District of Oklahoma succeeded Thomas Rutherford Brett	G.W. Bush (R)	99–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 99–0 on October 23, 2001 · 107th Congress, Roll Call 310. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 99

49 D, 49 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 1

1 D

John Rockefeller(D-WV)

Education

Trinity College (now Trinity Washington University)	B.A.	1972
Fordham University School of Law	J.D.	1976

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Eagan was assigned 3,553 district-court cases (1993–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 229 days across 3,408 closed cases.

Other civil matters17%

Civil rights16%

Contract15%

Social Security11%

Prisoner & habeas10%

Personal-injury torts10%

Other20%

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 262 of Eagan’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 232 were affirmed, 18 reversed or vacated, and 12 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, Eagan authored 63 published opinions for the court (1999–2011). Most cited: McCully v. American Airlines, Inc. (15 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
2010	McCully v. American Airlines, Inc.	695 F. Supp. 2d 1225	15
2009	Boggs v. Great Northern Insurance	659 F. Supp. 2d 1199	15
2003	Caudill v. Ford Motor Co.	271 F. Supp. 2d 1324	14
2007	Moody v. Ford Motor Co.	506 F. Supp. 2d 823	13
1999	United States Ex Rel. Tanner v. Daco Construction, Inc.	38 F. Supp. 2d 1299	12
2007	B.H. v. Gold Fields Mining Corp.	506 F. Supp. 2d 792	11
2006	Chellen v. John Pickle Co., Inc.	446 F. Supp. 2d 1247	11
2003	United States v. Rx Depot, Inc.	290 F. Supp. 2d 1238	11
2011	Wittenberg v. Oklahoma Health Care Authority	781 F. Supp. 2d 1221	9
2010	Ciempa v. Jones	745 F. Supp. 2d 1171	9
2007	Edwards v. Creoks Mental Health Services, Inc.	505 F. Supp. 2d 1080	9
2003	City of Tulsa v. Tyson Foods, Inc.	258 F. Supp. 2d 1263	9
2003	Archer v. Kelly	271 F. Supp. 2d 1320	8
2008	Henderson v. Horace Mann Insurance	560 F. Supp. 2d 1099	7
2006	Chalfant v. Tubb	453 F. Supp. 2d 1308	6

Showing the 15 most-cited of 63 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 Claire Eagan?: President George W. Bush appointed Claire Eagan to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma in 2001.
Was Claire Eagan appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Claire Eagan was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Claire Eagan's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Claire Eagan 99–0 on October 23, 2001.
Which court is Claire Eagan on?: Claire Eagan is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.

Sources

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