Who appointed David G. Campbell?

President George W. Bush appointed David G. Campbell to the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in 2003.

Was David G. Campbell appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

David G. Campbell 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 G. Campbell's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed David G. Campbell 92–0 on July 8, 2003.

District of Arizona / Appointed 2003 / Senior status since 2018

David G. Campbell

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

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2003 and confirmed by the Senate 92–0, David G. Campbell is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. He earned a law degree from University of Utah College of Law (now S.J. Quinney College of Law) in 1979. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1952 · age 74
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2003
Confirmed: 92–0
Education: University of Utah 1976 · University of Utah College of Law (now S.J. Quinney College of Law) 1979
Succeeded by: Michael Thomas Liburdi

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2003	District of Arizona	G.W. Bush (R)	92–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 92–0 on July 8, 2003 · 108th Congress, Roll Call 263. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 92

41 D, 50 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 8

7 D, 1 R

Education

University of Utah	B.S.	1976
University of Utah College of Law (now S.J. Quinney College of Law)	J.D.	1979

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Campbell was assigned 14,414 district-court cases (1992–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 377 days across 10,591 closed cases.

Personal-injury torts72%

Other civil matters7%

Prisoner & habeas7%

Civil rights3%

Other federal statutes3%

Contract2%

Other5%

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 484 of Campbell’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 379 were affirmed, 66 reversed or vacated, and 39 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, Campbell authored 47 published opinions for the court (2003–2011). Most cited: Surowiec v. Capital Title Agency, Inc. (62 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
2011	Surowiec v. Capital Title Agency, Inc.	790 F. Supp. 2d 997	62
2008	Gotbaum Ex Rel. Gotbaum v. City of Phoenix	617 F. Supp. 2d 878	39
2009	Mansour v. Cal-Western Reconveyance Corp.	618 F. Supp. 2d 1178	23
2007	United States v. O'Rourke	470 F. Supp. 2d 1049	18
2003	Acton v. Bank One Corp.	293 F. Supp. 2d 1092	18
2010	Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation v. KROETER	697 F. Supp. 2d 1118	15
2011	Silving v. Wells Fargo Bank, Na	800 F. Supp. 2d 1055	13
2006	Lemon v. Harlem Globetrotters International, Inc.	437 F. Supp. 2d 1089	10
2006	Foraker v. Apollo Group, Inc.	427 F. Supp. 2d 936	9
2009	Covell v. Arpaio	662 F. Supp. 2d 1146	8
2006	Wilson v. Maricopa County	463 F. Supp. 2d 987	8
2009	Tucson Women's Center v. Arizona Medical Board	666 F. Supp. 2d 1091	7
2008	Soilworks, LLC v. Midwest Industrial Supply, Inc.	575 F. Supp. 2d 1118	7
2011	Long v. TRW VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC.	796 F. Supp. 2d 1005	6
2011	Gila River Indian Community v. United States	776 F. Supp. 2d 977	6

Showing the 15 most-cited of 47 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 G. Campbell?: President George W. Bush appointed David G. Campbell to the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in 2003.
Was David G. Campbell appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: David G. Campbell 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 G. Campbell's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed David G. Campbell 92–0 on July 8, 2003.
Which court is David G. Campbell on?: David G. Campbell is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Sources

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23 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).