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Portrait of Daniel Desmond Domenico

Daniel Desmond Domenico

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

Appointed by President Donald J. Trump in 2019 and confirmed by the Senate 5742, Daniel Desmond Domenico is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. He earned a law degree from University of Virginia School of Law in 2000. Sources ↓

Born
1972 · age 54
Appointed by
Donald J. Trump, 2019
Confirmed
57–42
Education
Georgetown 1995 · University of Virginia Law 2000

Federal judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
2019District of ColoradoTrump (R)57–42

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 5742 on April 9, 2019 · 116th Congress, Roll Call 66. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 57

4 D, 53 R

Voted against · 42

40 D, 2 I

Did not vote · 1

1 D

Education

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Domenico was assigned 2,542 district-court cases (1995–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 292 days across 2,000 closed cases.

Criminal29%
Contract20%
Civil rights14%
Prisoner & habeas8%
Personal-injury torts8%
Other federal statutes5%
Other17%

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 95 of Domenico’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 90 were affirmed, 2 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.

Questions & answers

Who appointed Daniel Desmond Domenico?
President Donald J. Trump appointed Daniel Desmond Domenico to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado in 2019.
Was Daniel Desmond Domenico appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
Daniel Desmond Domenico was appointed by President Donald J. Trump, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Daniel Desmond Domenico's confirmation vote?
The Senate confirmed Daniel Desmond Domenico 57–42 on April 9, 2019.
Which court is Daniel Desmond Domenico on?
Daniel Desmond Domenico is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

Sources

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