Denzil Price Marshall Jr.
Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010 and confirmed by voice vote, Denzil Price Marshall Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1989. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1963 · age 63
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama, 2010
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Arkansas State 1985 · Harvard Law School 1989
- Succeeded
- Billy Roy Wilson
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Eastern District of Arkansas succeeded Billy Roy Wilson | 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
| Arkansas State University | B.A. | 1985 |
| London School of Economics and Political Science | M.Sc. | 1987 |
| Harvard Law School | J.D. | 1989 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Marshall was assigned 2,615 district-court cases (1982–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 178 days across 1,955 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 416 of Marshall’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 371 were affirmed, 26 reversed or vacated, and 19 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, Marshall authored 2 published opinions for the court (2010). Most cited: GREEN PARTY OF ARKANSAS v. Daniels (4 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | GREEN PARTY OF ARKANSAS v. Daniels | 733 F. Supp. 2d 1055 | 4 |
| 2010 | Turman v. Standard Insurance | 733 F. Supp. 2d 1048 | 0 |
Showing the 2 most-cited of 2 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 Denzil Price Marshall Jr.?
- President Barack Obama appointed Denzil Price Marshall Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas in 2010.
- Was Denzil Price Marshall Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Denzil Price Marshall Jr. was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Denzil Price Marshall Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Denzil Price Marshall Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on May 5, 2010. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Denzil Price Marshall Jr. on?
- Denzil Price Marshall Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: MIAJudges (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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16 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).