Who appointed Cormac J. Carney?

President George W. Bush appointed Cormac J. Carney to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 2003.

Was Cormac J. Carney appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Cormac J. Carney's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Cormac J. Carney 80–0 on April 7, 2003.

Central District of California / Appointed 2003 / Senior status since 2024

Cormac J. Carney

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

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2003 and confirmed by the Senate 80–0, Cormac J. Carney is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1987. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1959 · age 67
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2003
Confirmed: 80–0
Education: University of California, Los Angeles 1983 · Harvard Law School 1987
Succeeded: Carlos R. Moreno
Succeeded by: Serena Raquel Murillo

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2003	Central District of California succeeded Carlos R. Moreno	G.W. Bush (R)	80–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 80–0 on April 7, 2003 · 108th Congress, Roll Call 126. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 80

35 D, 44 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 20

13 D, 7 R

Education

University of California, Los Angeles	B.A.	1983
Harvard Law School	J.D.	1987

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Carney was assigned 7,365 district-court cases (1991–2024). Median time from filing to termination: 140 days across 7,349 closed cases.

Other civil matters20%

Civil rights17%

Contract9%

Other federal statutes9%

Prisoner & habeas9%

Intellectual property8%

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 641 of Carney’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 480 were affirmed, 109 reversed or vacated, and 52 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, Carney authored 60 published opinions for the court (2003–2012). Most cited: Molski v. Arby's Huntington Beach (42 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
2005	Molski v. Arby's Huntington Beach	359 F. Supp. 2d 938	42
2008	Securities & Exchange Commission v. Nicholas	569 F. Supp. 2d 1065	22
2006	Provencher v. Dell, Inc.	409 F. Supp. 2d 1196	21
2008	In Re Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc. Securities Litigation	554 F. Supp. 2d 1083	20
2003	Matrix Motor Co. v. Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha	290 F. Supp. 2d 1083	17
2006	Bulletin Displays, LLC v. Regency Outdoor Advertising, Inc.	448 F. Supp. 2d 1172	16
2008	Munoz v. Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corp.	567 F. Supp. 2d 1156	14
2007	Classic Foods International Corp. v. Kettle Foods, Inc.	468 F. Supp. 2d 1181	12
2010	Fiji Water Co., LLC v. Fiji Mineral Water USA, LLC	741 F. Supp. 2d 1165	11
2010	Gezalyan v. Bmw of North America, LLC	697 F. Supp. 2d 1168	11
2007	Mendoza v. Miranda	525 F. Supp. 2d 1182	10
2005	Applied Medical Resources Corp. v. United States Surgical Corp.	352 F. Supp. 2d 1119	9
2009	Witherspoon v. Orange County Dept. of Social Services	646 F. Supp. 2d 1176	7
2008	Munoz v. Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corp.	573 F. Supp. 2d 1275	7
2007	Bulletin Displays, LLC v. Regency Outdoor Advertising, Inc	518 F. Supp. 2d 1182	6

Showing the 15 most-cited of 60 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 Cormac J. Carney?: President George W. Bush appointed Cormac J. Carney to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 2003.
Was Cormac J. Carney appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Cormac J. Carney was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Cormac J. Carney's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Cormac J. Carney 80–0 on April 7, 2003.
Which court is Cormac J. Carney on?: Cormac J. Carney is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Sources

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23 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).