Who appointed Consuelo Bland Marshall?

President Jimmy Carter appointed Consuelo Bland Marshall to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 1980.

Was Consuelo Bland Marshall appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Consuelo Bland Marshall was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Consuelo Bland Marshall's confirmation vote?

Consuelo Bland Marshall was confirmed by voice vote on September 29, 1980. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Central District of California / Appointed 1980 / Senior status since 2005

Consuelo Bland Marshall

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

Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1980 and confirmed by voice vote, Consuelo Bland Marshall is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. She earned a law degree from Howard University School of Law in 1961. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1936 · age 90
Appointed by: Jimmy Carter, 1980
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Howard 1958 · Howard Law 1961
Succeeded: Robert Firth
Succeeded by: Valerie Baker Fairbank

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1980	Central District of California succeeded Robert Firth	Carter (D)	Voice vote

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.

Confirmation vote

Voice vote

The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.

Education

Los Angeles City College	A.A.	1956
Howard University	B.A.	1958
Howard University School of Law	LL.B.	1961

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Marshall was assigned 6,893 district-court cases (1978–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 224 days across 6,679 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas15%

Contract13%

Other civil matters11%

Civil rights11%

Intellectual property11%

Other federal statutes11%

Other27%

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 194 of Marshall’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 117 were affirmed, 40 reversed or vacated, and 37 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, Marshall authored 36 published opinions for the court (1985–2011). Most cited: Federal Trade Commission v. Medicor, LLC (34 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	Federal Trade Commission v. Medicor, LLC	217 F. Supp. 2d 1048	34
2005	Southern California Housing Rights Center v. Los Feliz Towers Homeowners Ass'n	426 F. Supp. 2d 1061	26
2006	Wang v. Chinese Daily News, Inc.	435 F. Supp. 2d 1042	24
2011	UNITED ALLOYS, INC. v. Baker	797 F. Supp. 2d 974	17
2010	Peviani v. Hostess Brands, Inc.	750 F. Supp. 2d 1111	16
1999	Educational Testing Service v. Simon	95 F. Supp. 2d 1081	15
1987	State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Martin	668 F. Supp. 1379	15
1996	Graval v. P.T. Bakrie & Bros.	986 F. Supp. 1326	14
2008	Hubbs v. County of San Bernardino, CA	538 F. Supp. 2d 1254	13
2001	Riggs v. Fairman	178 F. Supp. 2d 1141	13
2001	Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. City of Hawthorne	188 F. Supp. 2d 1169	12
2005	Bonilla v. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.	407 F. Supp. 2d 1107	11
1986	Brian Clewer, Inc. v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.	674 F. Supp. 782	11
2004	Butler v. Target Corp.	323 F. Supp. 2d 1052	10
2006	Comite De Jornaleros De Redondo Beach v. City of Redondo Beach	475 F. Supp. 2d 952	8

Showing the 15 most-cited of 36 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 Consuelo Bland Marshall?: President Jimmy Carter appointed Consuelo Bland Marshall to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 1980.
Was Consuelo Bland Marshall appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Consuelo Bland Marshall was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Consuelo Bland Marshall's confirmation vote?: Consuelo Bland Marshall was confirmed by voice vote on September 29, 1980. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Consuelo Bland Marshall on?: Consuelo Bland Marshall is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Sources

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45 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).