Daniel Porter Jordan III
Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2006 and confirmed by voice vote, Daniel Porter Jordan III is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. He earned a law degree from University of Virginia School of Law in 1993. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1964 · age 62
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush, 2006
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Mississippi 1987 · University of Virginia Law 1993
- Succeeded
- Tom Stewart Lee
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Southern District of Mississippi succeeded Tom Stewart Lee | G.W. Bush (R) | 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
| University of Mississippi | B.B.A. | 1987 |
| University of Virginia School of Law | J.D. | 1993 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Jordan was assigned 3,743 district-court cases (1963–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 231 days across 3,274 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 250 of Jordan’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 210 were affirmed, 24 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, Jordan authored 7 published opinions for the court (2007–2011). Most cited: Archer v. NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION (7 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Archer v. NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION | 633 F. Supp. 2d 259 | 7 |
| 2010 | Myers v. Mississippi Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel | 720 F. Supp. 2d 773 | 4 |
| 2009 | KLLM, Inc. v. Watson Pharma, Inc. | 634 F. Supp. 2d 699 | 3 |
| 2009 | BankPlus v. Kinwood Capital Group, L.L.C. | 430 B.R. 758 | 2 |
| 2009 | F.L. Crane & Sons, Inc. v. IKBI, Inc. | 630 F. Supp. 2d 718 | 2 |
| 2011 | Berry v. E-Z Trench Manufacturing, Inc. | 772 F. Supp. 2d 757 | 1 |
| 2009 | Watts v. City of Jackson | 664 F. Supp. 2d 680 | 1 |
Showing the 7 most-cited of 7 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 Porter Jordan III?
- President George W. Bush appointed Daniel Porter Jordan III to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi in 2006.
- Was Daniel Porter Jordan III appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Daniel Porter Jordan III was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Daniel Porter Jordan III's confirmation vote?
- Daniel Porter Jordan III was confirmed by voice vote on July 20, 2006. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Daniel Porter Jordan III on?
- Daniel Porter Jordan III is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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20 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).