Deborah A. Batts
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, Deborah A. Batts was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. She earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1972. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1947–2020
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1994
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Radcliffe College 1969 · Harvard Law School 1972
- Succeeded
- Richard Owen
- Succeeded by
- Vernon Speede Broderick
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Southern District of New York succeeded Richard Owen | 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
| Radcliffe College | A.B. | 1969 |
| Harvard Law School | J.D. | 1972 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Batts was assigned 5,059 district-court cases (1984–2019). Median time from filing to termination: 286 days across 5,058 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 164 of Batts’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 110 were affirmed, 33 reversed or vacated, and 21 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, Batts authored 145 published opinions for the court (1994–2011). Most cited: Coleman v. Shalala (125 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Coleman v. Shalala | 895 F. Supp. 50 | 125 |
| 2007 | Fasanelli v. Heartland Brewery, Inc. | 516 F. Supp. 2d 317 | 105 |
| 2009 | Owusu v. New York State Insurance | 655 F. Supp. 2d 308 | 83 |
| 2005 | Philadelphia Parking Authority v. Federal Insurance | 385 F. Supp. 2d 280 | 56 |
| 2005 | Bank of America Corp. v. Lemgruber | 385 F. Supp. 2d 200 | 52 |
| 1996 | Choi v. Chemical Bank | 939 F. Supp. 304 | 50 |
| 1996 | Painewebber Inc. v. Gollomp (In Re Gollomp) | 198 B.R. 433 | 49 |
| 1996 | Leslie v. BancTec Service Corp. | 928 F. Supp. 341 | 42 |
| 2005 | City of New York v. Cyco. Net, Inc. | 383 F. Supp. 2d 526 | 38 |
| 2002 | Cargo Partner AG v. Albatrans Inc. | 207 F. Supp. 2d 86 | 38 |
| 2000 | Roldan v. Artuz | 78 F. Supp. 2d 260 | 35 |
| 2011 | Alki Partners, L.P. v. Vatas Holding GmbH | 769 F. Supp. 2d 478 | 31 |
| 2010 | Malletier v. Apex Creative International Corp. | 687 F. Supp. 2d 347 | 30 |
| 2008 | In Re Eugenia Vi Venture Holdings, Ltd. Litigation | 649 F. Supp. 2d 105 | 29 |
| 1997 | Boyce v. New York City Mission Society | 963 F. Supp. 290 | 28 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 145 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 Deborah A. Batts?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Deborah A. Batts to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1994.
- Was Deborah A. Batts appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Deborah A. Batts was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Deborah A. Batts's confirmation vote?
- Deborah A. Batts was confirmed by voice vote on May 6, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Deborah A. Batts on?
- Deborah A. Batts was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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25 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).