Denise Jefferson Casper
Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010 and confirmed by voice vote, Denise Jefferson Casper is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1994. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1968 · age 58
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama, 2010
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Wesleyan 1990 · Harvard Law School 1994
- Succeeded
- Reginald C. Lindsay
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | District of Massachusetts succeeded Reginald C. Lindsay | Obama (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
| Wesleyan University | B.A. | 1990 |
| Harvard Law School | J.D. | 1994 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Casper was assigned 3,095 district-court cases (1995–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 223 days across 2,690 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 235 of Casper’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 201 were affirmed, 19 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, Casper authored 4 published opinions for the court (2011). Most cited: Optos, Inc. v. TOPCON MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. (43 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Optos, Inc. v. TOPCON MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. | 777 F. Supp. 2d 217 | 43 |
| 2011 | Aspect Software, Inc. v. Barnett | 787 F. Supp. 2d 118 | 21 |
| 2011 | Hightower v. City of Boston | 822 F. Supp. 2d 38 | 3 |
| 2011 | MASSACHUSETTS DELIVERY ASS'N v. Coakley | 797 F. Supp. 2d 164 | 2 |
Showing the 4 most-cited of 4 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 Denise Jefferson Casper?
- President Barack Obama appointed Denise Jefferson Casper to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 2010.
- Was Denise Jefferson Casper appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Denise Jefferson Casper was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Denise Jefferson Casper's confirmation vote?
- Denise Jefferson Casper was confirmed by voice vote on December 17, 2010. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Denise Jefferson Casper on?
- Denise Jefferson Casper is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: US District Court for the District of Massachusetts (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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15 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).