Who appointed Dickran M. Tevrizian Jr.?

President Ronald Reagan appointed Dickran M. Tevrizian Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 1985.

Was Dickran M. Tevrizian Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Dickran M. Tevrizian Jr. was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Dickran M. Tevrizian Jr.'s confirmation vote?

Dickran M. Tevrizian Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on December 16, 1985. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Central District of California / Appointed 1985 / Served to 2007

Dickran M. Tevrizian Jr.

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

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and confirmed by voice vote, Dickran M. Tevrizian Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He earned a law degree from University of Southern California Law School (now Gould School of Law) in 1965. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1940 · age 86
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan, 1985
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Southern California 1962 · University of Southern California Law School (now Gould Law) 1965
Succeeded by: Andrew J. Guilford

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1985	Central District of California	Reagan (R)	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 Southern California	B.S.	1962
University of Southern California Law School (now Gould School of Law)	J.D.	1965

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Tevrizian was assigned 4,950 district-court cases (1984–2008). Median time from filing to termination: 181 days across 4,950 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas21%

Contract16%

Civil rights13%

Intellectual property10%

Labor & ERISA9%

Personal-injury torts9%

Other22%

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 25 of Tevrizian’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 22 were affirmed, 2 reversed or vacated, and 1 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, Tevrizian authored 49 published opinions for the court (1987–2006). Most cited: Newport Components, Inc. v. NEC Home Electronics (U.S.A.), Inc. (51 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
1987	Newport Components, Inc. v. NEC Home Electronics (U.S.A.), Inc.	671 F. Supp. 1525	51
1990	Pease & Curren Refining, Inc. v. Spectrolab, Inc.	744 F. Supp. 945	33
1998	Toho Co., Ltd. v. William Morrow and Co., Inc.	33 F. Supp. 2d 1206	29
2005	Wible v. Aetna Life Insurance	375 F. Supp. 2d 956	28
2002	Carafano v. Metrosplash. Com Inc.	207 F. Supp. 2d 1055	26
1994	Clark Oil & Trading Co. v. Haberbush (In Re Sahuaro Petroleum & Asphalt Co.)	170 B.R. 689	21
1987	Prescott v. Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District	659 F. Supp. 921	19
2001	Discovery Communications, Inc. v. Animal Planet, Inc.	172 F. Supp. 2d 1282	18
1999	Phelps v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance	60 F. Supp. 2d 1014	17
2003	Williams v. UMG Recordings, Inc.	281 F. Supp. 2d 1177	10
2003	McQuillion v. Duncan	253 F. Supp. 2d 1131	9
2001	Cardiner v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance	158 F. Supp. 2d 1088	9
1998	Robinson v. City of San Bernardino Police Department	992 F. Supp. 1198	9
1997	Reynolds and Reynolds Co. v. Universal Forms, Labels & Systems, Inc.	965 F. Supp. 1392	8
1990	Chavarria v. Allstate Insurance	749 F. Supp. 220	8

Showing the 15 most-cited of 49 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 Dickran M. Tevrizian Jr.?: President Ronald Reagan appointed Dickran M. Tevrizian Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 1985.
Was Dickran M. Tevrizian Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Dickran M. Tevrizian Jr. was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Dickran M. Tevrizian Jr.'s confirmation vote?: Dickran M. Tevrizian Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on December 16, 1985. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Dickran M. Tevrizian Jr. on?: Dickran M. Tevrizian Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Sources

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21 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).