Who appointed David C. Bramlette?

President George H.W. Bush appointed David C. Bramlette to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi in 1991.

Was David C. Bramlette appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

David C. Bramlette was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was David C. Bramlette's confirmation vote?

David C. Bramlette was confirmed by voice vote on November 21, 1991. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of Mississippi / Appointed 1991 / Senior status since 2006

David C. Bramlette

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1991 and confirmed by voice vote, David C. Bramlette is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. He earned a law degree from University of Mississippi School of Law in 1965. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1939 · age 87
Appointed by: George H.W. Bush, 1991
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Princeton 1962 · University of Mississippi Law 1965
Succeeded by: Halil Suleyman Ozerden

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1991	Southern District of Mississippi	G.H.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

Princeton University	B.A.	1962
University of Mississippi School of Law	J.D.	1965

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Bramlette was assigned 7,257 district-court cases (1980–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 264 days across 6,495 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas30%

Personal-injury torts21%

Contract17%

Civil rights9%

Other civil matters7%

Other federal statutes3%

Other13%

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 192 of Bramlette’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 171 were affirmed, 13 reversed or vacated, and 8 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, Bramlette authored 76 published opinions for the court (1994–2011). Most cited: Spillers v. Tillman (33 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
1997	Spillers v. Tillman	959 F. Supp. 364	33
2000	Crawford v. U.S. Department of Justice	123 F. Supp. 2d 1012	32
2003	Jamison v. Purdue Pharma Co.	251 F. Supp. 2d 1315	30
2001	Smith v. Union National Life Insurance	187 F. Supp. 2d 635	19
2007	Harden v. Field Memorial Community Hospital	516 F. Supp. 2d 600	12
1997	United States v. Gulf Park Water Co., Inc.	972 F. Supp. 1056	12
1998	United States v. Gulf Park Water Co., Inc.	14 F. Supp. 2d 854	11
2004	Frye v. American General Finance, Inc.	307 F. Supp. 2d 836	10
2011	Chestang v. ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY	820 F. Supp. 2d 772	9
2008	Palermo v. Letourneau Technologies, Inc.	542 F. Supp. 2d 499	9
2003	Alack v. Beau Rivage Resorts, Inc.	286 F. Supp. 2d 771	9
1998	First Trust National Ass'n v. Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre	996 F. Supp. 585	9
1997	Wilson v. West	962 F. Supp. 939	8
1998	Thomas v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.	11 F. Supp. 2d 850	7
1994	Helfgott v. United States	891 F. Supp. 327	7

Showing the 15 most-cited of 76 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 David C. Bramlette?: President George H.W. Bush appointed David C. Bramlette to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi in 1991.
Was David C. Bramlette appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: David C. Bramlette was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was David C. Bramlette's confirmation vote?: David C. Bramlette was confirmed by voice vote on November 21, 1991. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is David C. Bramlette on?: David C. Bramlette is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

Sources

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34 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).