Daniel R. Domínguez
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, Daniel R. Domínguez was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. He earned a law degree from University of Puerto Rico School of Law in 1970. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1945 · age 81
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1994
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Boston 1967 · University of Puerto Rico Law 1970
- Succeeded
- Gilberto Gierbolini-Ortiz
- Succeeded by
- Pedro Alberto Delgado Hernández
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | District of Puerto Rico succeeded Gilberto Gierbolini-Ortiz | Clinton (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
| Boston University | B.A. | 1967 |
| University of Puerto Rico School of Law | LL.B. | 1970 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Domínguez was assigned 4,224 district-court cases (1981–2023). Median time from filing to termination: 395 days across 4,219 closed cases.
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 175 of Domínguez’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 137 were affirmed, 22 reversed or vacated, and 16 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, Domínguez authored 322 published opinions for the court (1995–2011). Most cited: Alamo Rodriguez v. Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (155 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Alamo Rodriguez v. Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 286 F. Supp. 2d 144 | 155 |
| 2001 | Nogueras-Cartagena v. United States | 172 F. Supp. 2d 296 | 77 |
| 1998 | Lopez v. Chater | 8 F. Supp. 2d 152 | 68 |
| 2005 | Villanueva-Mendez v. Nieves Vazquez | 360 F. Supp. 2d 320 | 58 |
| 2007 | López Vargas v. Commissioner of Social Security | 518 F. Supp. 2d 333 | 56 |
| 2001 | Vizcarrondo v. Board of Trustees of the University of Puerto Rico | 139 F. Supp. 2d 198 | 37 |
| 2010 | Ramos-Echevarría v. Pichis, Inc. | 698 F. Supp. 2d 262 | 34 |
| 2002 | Vazquez-Garcia v. Trans Union De Puerto Rico | 222 F. Supp. 2d 150 | 33 |
| 1997 | Leon-Nogueras v. University of Puerto Rico | 964 F. Supp. 585 | 33 |
| 2005 | Cruz-Baez v. Negron-Irizarry | 360 F. Supp. 2d 326 | 32 |
| 2005 | Sanchez Ramos v. Puerto Rico Police Department | 392 F. Supp. 2d 167 | 28 |
| 1996 | Collazo-Santiago v. Toyota Motor Corp. | 937 F. Supp. 134 | 26 |
| 2000 | Generadora De Electricidad Del Caribe, Inc. v. Foster Wheeler Corp. | 92 F. Supp. 2d 8 | 25 |
| 2000 | Mejias Miranda v. BBII Acquisition Corp. | 120 F. Supp. 2d 157 | 23 |
| 1998 | Acevedo Vargas v. Colon | 2 F. Supp. 2d 203 | 23 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 322 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 Daniel R. Domínguez?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Daniel R. Domínguez to the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico in 1994.
- Was Daniel R. Domínguez appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Daniel R. Domínguez was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Daniel R. Domínguez's confirmation vote?
- Daniel R. Domínguez was confirmed by voice vote on September 28, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Daniel R. Domínguez on?
- Daniel R. Domínguez was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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29 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).