Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr.
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. He earned a law degree from University of Georgia School of Law in 1965. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1941 · age 85
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1979
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Georgia 1964 · University of Georgia Law 1965
- Succeeded by
- Lisa Godbey Wood
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Southern District of Georgia | Carter (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 Georgia | A.B. | 1964 |
| University of Georgia School of Law | LL.B. | 1965 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Bowen was assigned 5,654 district-court cases (1977–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 197 days across 5,477 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 173 of Bowen’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 143 were affirmed, 16 reversed or vacated, and 14 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, Bowen authored 185 published opinions for the court (1980–2011). Most cited: Georgia Railroad Bank & Trust Co. v. Kull (In Re Kull) (83 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Georgia Railroad Bank & Trust Co. v. Kull (In Re Kull) | 12 B.R. 654 | 83 |
| 1980 | Brown v. Beck | 481 F. Supp. 723 | 38 |
| 2003 | Hooters of Augusta, Inc. v. American Global Insurance | 272 F. Supp. 2d 1365 | 34 |
| 1983 | Cummings v. Walsh Construction Co. | 561 F. Supp. 872 | 32 |
| 1993 | Mimbs v. Commercial Life Insurance | 818 F. Supp. 1556 | 30 |
| 1981 | Safeway Finance Co. v. Ward (In Re Ward) | 14 B.R. 549 | 29 |
| 1982 | McCroan v. Bailey | 543 F. Supp. 1201 | 28 |
| 1983 | DeLaigle v. Federal Land Bank of Columbia | 568 F. Supp. 1432 | 23 |
| 1982 | Mitchell v. Hopper | 538 F. Supp. 77 | 22 |
| 1992 | Jordan v. Southern Wood Piedmont Co. | 805 F. Supp. 1575 | 21 |
| 1981 | Claxton v. Small Business Administration of the United States Government | 525 F. Supp. 777 | 21 |
| 1982 | Sires v. Luke | 544 F. Supp. 1155 | 20 |
| 1981 | Kendrick v. City Council of Augusta, Ga. | 516 F. Supp. 1134 | 20 |
| 1994 | Mills v. Amoco Performance Products, Inc. | 872 F. Supp. 975 | 19 |
| 1981 | Sims' Crane Service, Inc. v. Reliance Insurance | 514 F. Supp. 1033 | 19 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 185 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 Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr.?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia in 1979.
- Was Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr. was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on November 26, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr. on?
- Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Administrative Office of the United States Courts (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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46 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).