Who appointed David C. Bury?

President George W. Bush appointed David C. Bury to the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in 2002.

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

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

What was David C. Bury's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed David C. Bury 90–0 on March 15, 2002.

District of Arizona / Appointed 2002 / Senior status since 2012

David C. Bury

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

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002 and confirmed by the Senate 90–0, David C. Bury is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. He earned a law degree from University of Arizona College of Law (now James E. Rogers College of Law) in 1967. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1942 · age 84
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2002
Confirmed: 90–0
Education: Oklahoma State 1964 · University of Arizona College of Law (now James E. Rogers College of Law) 1967
Succeeded by: James Alan Soto

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2002	District of Arizona	G.W. Bush (R)	90–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 90–0 on March 15, 2002 · 107th Congress, Roll Call 51. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 90

48 D, 41 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 10

2 D, 8 R

Education

Oklahoma State University	B.S.	1964
University of Arizona College of Law (now James E. Rogers College of Law)	J.D.	1967

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Bury was assigned 2,232 district-court cases (1974–2023). Median time from filing to termination: 115 days across 2,228 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas56%

Civil rights9%

Contract7%

Personal-injury torts6%

Other federal statutes5%

Other civil matters4%

Other14%

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 242 of Bury’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 181 were affirmed, 46 reversed or vacated, and 15 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, Bury authored 31 published opinions for the court (2002–2011). Most cited: Stone v. Baum (28 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	Stone v. Baum	409 F. Supp. 2d 1164	28
2003	Vore v. United States Department of Justice	281 F. Supp. 2d 1129	22
2003	Center for Biological Diversity v. Norton	240 F. Supp. 2d 1090	13
2008	The ON EQUITY SALES CO. v. Thiers	590 F. Supp. 2d 1208	8
2008	Hall v. United States (In Re Hall)	393 B.R. 857	7
2008	Alday v. Raytheon Co.	619 F. Supp. 2d 726	7
2010	ECHANOVE v. Allstate Ins. Co.	752 F. Supp. 2d 1105	6
2009	Defenders of Wildlife v. Tuggle	607 F. Supp. 2d 1095	6
2010	Trammell v. RAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS	721 F. Supp. 2d 876	5
2010	United States v. Renzi	722 F. Supp. 2d 1100	5
2011	Center for Biological Diversity v. United States Forest Service	820 F. Supp. 2d 1029	4
2003	Center for Biological Diversity v. Norton	304 F. Supp. 2d 1174	4
2010	Kimble v. MARVEL ENTERPRISES, INC.	692 F. Supp. 2d 1156	3
2008	Fisher v. United States	549 F. Supp. 2d 1132	3
2003	Aguilar v. United States (In Re Aguilar)	312 B.R. 394	3

Showing the 15 most-cited of 31 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. Bury?: President George W. Bush appointed David C. Bury to the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in 2002.
Was David C. Bury appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: David C. Bury was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was David C. Bury's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed David C. Bury 90–0 on March 15, 2002.
Which court is David C. Bury on?: David C. Bury is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Sources

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