Dolly Maizie Gee
Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010 and confirmed by voice vote, Dolly Maizie Gee is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. She earned a law degree from University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law in 1984. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1959 · age 67
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama, 2010
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles 1981 · University of California, Los Angeles, Law 1984
- Succeeded
- George P. Schiavelli
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Central District of California succeeded George P. Schiavelli | 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
| University of California, Los Angeles | B.A. | 1981 |
| University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law | J.D. | 1984 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Gee was assigned 5,629 district-court cases (1985–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 131 days across 5,349 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 323 of Gee’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 242 were affirmed, 44 reversed or vacated, and 37 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, Gee authored 12 published opinions for the court (2010–2011). Most cited: Minority Voting Trust v. Orange County Nursery, Inc. (In Re Orange County Nursery, Inc.) (10 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Minority Voting Trust v. Orange County Nursery, Inc. (In Re Orange County Nursery, Inc.) | 439 B.R. 144 | 10 |
| 2010 | Brown v. Electronic Arts, Inc. | 722 F. Supp. 2d 1148 | 10 |
| 2011 | Gomez v. CAMPBELL-EWALD CO. | 805 F. Supp. 2d 923 | 8 |
| 2011 | Franco-Gonzales v. Holder | 767 F. Supp. 2d 1034 | 7 |
| 2011 | Burnett v. Raytheon Co. Short Term Disability Basic Benefit Plan | 784 F. Supp. 2d 1170 | 4 |
| 2010 | Valenzuela v. ADT Security Services, Inc. | 820 F. Supp. 2d 1061 | 3 |
| 2010 | Lima v. Gateway, Inc. | 710 F. Supp. 2d 1000 | 3 |
| 2010 | Progeny Ventures, Inc. v. Western Union Financial Services, Inc. | 752 F. Supp. 2d 1127 | 2 |
| 2010 | Sofa Entertainment, Inc. v. Dodger Productions, Inc. | 782 F. Supp. 2d 898 | 2 |
| 2011 | August v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance | 772 F. Supp. 2d 1197 | 1 |
| 2010 | Interplay Entertainment Corp. v. Topware Interactive, Inc. | 751 F. Supp. 2d 1132 | 0 |
| 2010 | Hernandez v. Harrington | 720 F. Supp. 2d 1161 | 0 |
Showing the 12 most-cited of 12 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 Dolly Maizie Gee?
- President Barack Obama appointed Dolly Maizie Gee to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 2010.
- Was Dolly Maizie Gee appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Dolly Maizie Gee was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Dolly Maizie Gee's confirmation vote?
- Dolly Maizie Gee was confirmed by voice vote on December 24, 2009. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Dolly Maizie Gee on?
- Dolly Maizie Gee is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (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 Central District of California. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).