Who appointed Dean D. Pregerson?

President William J. Clinton appointed Dean D. Pregerson to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 1996.

Was Dean D. Pregerson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Dean D. Pregerson was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Dean D. Pregerson's confirmation vote?

Dean D. Pregerson was confirmed by voice vote on July 24, 1996. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Central District of California / Appointed 1996 / Served to 2025

Dean D. Pregerson

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1996 and confirmed by voice vote, Dean D. Pregerson was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He earned a law degree from University of California, Davis, School of Law in 1976. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1951 · age 75
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1996
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of California, Los Angeles 1972 · University of California, Davis, Law 1976
Succeeded: Atsushi Wallace Tashima
Succeeded by: John William Holcomb

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1996	Central District of California succeeded Atsushi Wallace Tashima	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

University of California, Los Angeles	B.A.	1972
University of California, Davis, School of Law	J.D.	1976

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Pregerson was assigned 6,744 district-court cases (1995–2025). Median time from filing to termination: 209 days across 6,728 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas14%

Civil rights14%

Contract12%

Intellectual property12%

Other federal statutes11%

Labor & ERISA10%

Other27%

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 273 of Pregerson’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 209 were affirmed, 40 reversed or vacated, and 24 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, Pregerson authored 120 published opinions for the court (1996–2011). Most cited: Clinco v. Roberts (103 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
1999	Clinco v. Roberts	41 F. Supp. 2d 1080	103
1996	Panavision International, L.P. v. Toeppen	945 F. Supp. 1296	45
1997	Lockheed Martin Corp. v. Network Solutions, Inc.	985 F. Supp. 949	44
2009	Robinson v. Managed Accounts Receivables Corp.	654 F. Supp. 2d 1051	43
2008	In Re New Century	588 F. Supp. 2d 1206	37
1999	Rogers v. Home Shopping Network, Inc.	57 F. Supp. 2d 973	35
2003	In Re SeeBeyond Technologies Corp. Securities Litigation	266 F. Supp. 2d 1150	32
2008	Velazquez v. GMAC Mortgage Corp.	605 F. Supp. 2d 1049	29
2000	Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. v. Nissan Computer Corp.	89 F. Supp. 2d 1154	29
1998	Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp. v. Faber	29 F. Supp. 2d 1161	29
2002	DirecTV, Inc. v. EQ Stuff, Inc.	207 F. Supp. 2d 1077	28
1999	United States v. Sudikoff	36 F. Supp. 2d 1196	23
1999	Hawkins v. Comparet-Cassani	33 F. Supp. 2d 1244	23
1999	Davis v. Prentiss Properties Ltd., Inc.	66 F. Supp. 2d 1112	21
2009	Davis v. CHASE BANK USA, NA	650 F. Supp. 2d 1073	20

Showing the 15 most-cited of 120 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 Dean D. Pregerson?: President William J. Clinton appointed Dean D. Pregerson to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 1996.
Was Dean D. Pregerson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Dean D. Pregerson was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Dean D. Pregerson's confirmation vote?: Dean D. Pregerson was confirmed by voice vote on July 24, 1996. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Dean D. Pregerson on?: Dean D. Pregerson was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Sources

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